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Introduction to genetic algorithms (example in Javascript)
In this post, we'll learn the basics of one of the most interesting machine learning algorithms, the genetic algorithm. This article is part of a series.
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What I learned from my first C coding challenge
Last week at Vimeo we had a challenge. Build a better query string parameter sorter for a Varnish plugin. The gauntlet was thrown down at 5pm on a Friday and by 2am Friday night we had our first contender. I arrived home to see the code and decided to throw my hat into the ring. I had made some attempts at c plugins…
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Another go at the Next Big Language
2007 was a different time for languages. While Java held the popular crown, the mainstream programming community were still coming to terms with Java 6. Released 3 months earlier, it was very much an evolution of the Java 5 watershed. Its arrival heralded the end of life for Java 1.4 and represented an opportunity to…
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Reddit's database has only two tables
Steve Huffman talks about Reddit’s approach to data storage in a High Scalability post from 2010. I was surprised to learn that they only have two tables in their database.
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Learn how to code a Facebook app in 20 minutes with PythonAnywhere
[Warning! this tutorial was written in August 2012, and so is probably out of date]
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An Introduction to Condition Handling for Non-Lispers
One of Common Lisp’s more advanced features is its condition handling system, which is a powerful generalisation of other languages’ exception handling systems. I first became aware of condition handling from Peter Seibel’s Practical Common Lisp , chapter 19 . But if I’m honest I’ve only very recently understood what…
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The Switch from Heroku to Hardware
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I've finally implemented the command I keep typing all day: gti
I've finally implemented the command I keep typing all day: gti. It's a program that displays a badly made ASCII-art animation to punish you for your typing error - and after that magically launches the command you meant to launch. The code is available under an MIT-like license on github - though of course anybody…
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PonyDebugger: Chrome Developer Tools for Native iOS Apps
The Corner is Square's technical blog covering software engineering, APIs, data, open source and more.
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Hopefully more controversial programming opinions
It's not about technology for its own sake. It's about being able to implement your ideas.
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Tabasco Sort: a super-optimal merge sort
Paul Khuong's personal blog. Some Lisp, some optimisation, mathematical or computer.
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Controversial programming opinions
One of the very first ideas we had for this blog was to convert some of the wonderful gems of the early era of our site, the undisciplined period, to blog posts. Questions that were once enthusiastically received by the community, but no longer fit Programmer’s scope.
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Learning C with gdb
The Recurse Center is a self-directed, community-driven educational retreat for programmers in New York City.
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Pascal's Apology, or why computer science is complicated
Blaise Pascal once famously ended a letter with an apology : I'm sorry that this was such a long letter, but I didn't have time to write you a short one. Computer science has pretty much the same problem. It's a young field, and young fields are, by their nature, messy. As we race to generate new knowledge, we also…
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Top Surprises When Starting Out as a Software Developer
Even though more than 20 years have passed, I still remember wondering what it would be like to finish university and start working. Up until that point, I had pretty much spent my whole life in sc…
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Dynamic Programming versus Memoization
_posted by Shriram Krishnamurthi_ [Edit on 2012-08-27, 12:31EDT: added code and pictures below. 2012-08-27, 13:10EDT: also incorporated some comments.] I wrote this on the Racket educators' mailing list, and Eli Barzilay suggested I post it here as well...
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Backbone has made me a better programmer
Andy Appleton is a web developer based in Berkshire, UK.
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'; CREATE TABLE `Capture the Flag`;' -- Stripe's Web Security CTF is Live
Today we're launching Capture the Flag: Web Edition, a security contest where you can try your hand at discovering and exploiting vulnerabilities in mock web applications.
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Build Your Own Home Automation w/ Pusher, Twilio, and Arduino
Build you own DIY Home Automation Using Twilio, PowerSwitch, Arduino, and Pusher