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Beautiful Code
O’Reilly just published Beautiful Code. I was invited to contribute, but I just could not go along with the premise. I disagree that beauty is a guiding principle of programming. Here is how …
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Every blog post that took off on Hacker News, ranked by the votes of its best submission. 1,784 posts.
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Operational Transformation (algorithm behind Wave, Google Docs)
Almost exactly a year ago, Google made one of the most remarkable press releases in the Web 2.0 era. Of course, by "press release", I actually mean keynote at their own conference, and by "remarkable" I mean potentially-transformative and groundbreaking. I am referring of course to the announcement of Google Wave , a…
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Stop lying on stage
Entrepreneurs crave information about successful startups, and they should. Most of the received wisdom about business and entrepreneurship ...
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Python code makes any song swing
[tweetmeme source= ‘plamere’ only_single=false] One of my favorite hacks at last weekend’s Music Hack Day is Tristan’s Swinger. The Swinger is a bit of python code that tak…
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Don't Talk to the Cops
Don't talk to the cops about any significant crime ...ESPECIALLY if you're innocent. Here's why.
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How To: Read more books
I’ve read a hundred books a year for the past couple years. Last time I mentioned this, a couple people asked how I could read so many books. Do I read unusually quickly? Do I spend an unusual amount of time reading? I did a simple calculation: The average person spends 1704 hours a year watching TV. If the average…
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Toward a Grand Unified Theory of n00bs
Dan Grover is an engineer, designer, and product leader living between Portland and Oakland.
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How Not To Run An A/B Test
Are you falling victim to the peeking problem? Learn how to design and run an experiment properly.
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JRuby Creator's Short List of Key Missing JVM Features
I mused today on Twitter that there's just a few small things that the JVM/JDK need to become a truly awesome platform for all sorts of development. Since so many people asked for more details, I'm posting a quick list here. There's obviously other things, but these are the ones on my mind today.Cold…
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Systems Programmers Relax - Most Programming Advice Isn't For You
I'm an incredibly slow programmer (in the hobby projects I do for the love of it, that is). My ratio of thinking to typing must be around 10...
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Aza Raskin Leaving Mozilla
Since the beta version of Mozilla's Firefox, I've been a devotee. It became my go-to web browser in 2004. In addition to being open-source, it was far
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Ouch
Back to: Did somebody just try to buy the British government? | Forward to: In case you were wondering ...
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What Every Developer Should Know About URLs
Everything a web developer should know about URLs: their nine parts, special characters and encoding, and how relative URLs resolve to absolute ones.
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Tumblr CTO Marco Arment Steps Down
After four years of my serving as Tumblr’s lead developer, Tumblr’s technical management needs have evolved to require types of experience that I don’t have, and my independent career has offered a lot of opportunities that I haven’t had the time to take full advantage of.
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