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The latest blog posts to take off on Hacker News. 21,843 posts.
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Diving into AngularJS
Andy Appleton is a web developer based in Berkshire, UK.
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Obscure C++ Features
This page is a collection of obscure C++ features, gathered over the years as I've explored different corners of the language. C++ is very big and I'm always learning more about it. Hopefully you'll learn something from this page even if you already know C++ pretty well. The features below are roughly ordered from…
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JQuery 2.0 Released
jQuery: The Write Less, Do More, JavaScript Library
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Vim Splits – Move Faster and More Naturally
How to use splits in Vim.
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A non-magical introduction to pip and virtualenv for Python beginners
One of the hurdles that new Python developers have to get over is understanding the Python packaging ecosystem.
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"Asswipe," replied Yahoo's server. That's when I knew I had it
Yahoo's public chat rooms have passed away . It is for the best, for the spam had spread everywhere. But they had a good run, operating for a decade and a half, an Internet eternity.
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A Comparison of Angular, Backbone, CanJS and Ember
Selecting a JavaScript MVC framework can be hard work. There are so many factors to consider and so many options out there that selecting a framework …
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The Node.js Community is Quietly Changing the Face of Open Source
The node.js community is developing at an amazing pace. What are the many differences that make that possible?
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Tests Are Overhyped
Let me lead off by saying that I don’t think tests are bad. I really don’t. But here’s the thing: I don’t care what your test-code ratios are. You know what the best test-code ratio is? Whatever you need to make sure your crap works while still getting product out the door.
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MRI's Method Caches
One of MRI's big performance problems is that method cache expiry is global. That is, any time you make a change to any class anywhere, the entire VM's method caches get busted at the same time. This is why you'll frequently hear people saying that "calling Object#extend is bad".
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How to work with Software Engineers
Ken Norton is an executive coach, writer, and speaker. Bring the Donuts is the home for his essays on product management and product leadership.
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What's Going On (on "Why Python, Ruby, and Javascript are Slow")
A few weeks ago, Alex Gaynor gave a talk at waza entitled " Why Python, Ruby, and Javascript are slow ". A video now available , and it is a good watch if you use any of these languages. Even if you don't, or have just viewed the slides, it is still thought provoking.
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Light Table a year ago
A year ago today I put up the original blog post for Light Table . It was just a simple video of a prototype I made in less than a week while I was visiting my grandparents without internet - at the time we had no idea what it would become. To be honest, I thought some would think it was neat, but then it would fade…
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How To Survive a Ground-Up Rewrite
Smart people tell you never, ever to rewrite an entire system from scratch. They're right. But if you do, here are tips that will help.
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Git koans
A Python programmer handed her ~/.gitconfig to Master Git. Among the many lines were the following:
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Stochastic Superoptimization
An “optimizer” should really be called an “improver”, and a “superoptimizer” should be called an “optimizer” 🙂
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PyPy 2.0 beta 2 released
We're pleased to announce the 2.0 beta 2 release of PyPy. This is a major release of PyPy and we're getting very close to 2.0 final, howeve...