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The Many Layers of Packaging: Why PyPI Isn't an App Store
Thoughts on FOSS and fintech, layered by Mahmoud Hashemi
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Every blog post that took off on Hacker News, ranked by the votes of its best submission. 14,544 posts.
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How IPython Notebook and Github have changed the way I teach Python
I teach in a small high school in southeast Alaska, and each year I teach an Introduction to Programming class. I recently learned how to use IPython Notebook, and it has completely changed the way…
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Controlling My A/C with a Gameboy
Last year, I was lucky enough to be gifted a Gameboy Color in great shape. Apart from its intended gameplay features, I also wanted to try and build something meaningful with it, so I made this application to control my air-conditioner over its existing, reverse-engineered infrared protocol.
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Paul Buchheit: Communicating with code
Some people can sell their ideas with a brilliant speech or a slick powerpoint presentation. I can't. Maybe that's why I'm skeptical of idea...
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Putting a full power search engine in Ecto
My diatribe about adding support for ParadeDB to Ecto
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Fun With HTTP Headers
Like any good web developer, I have a tendency to poke around at people’s web sites to see if I can figure out how they’re implemented. After poking at enough sites, I started noticing that people were putting some weird and interesting stuff in their HTTP headers. So, a couple of weeks ago, I decided to actually go…
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Rust and QML: a timely example
A brief recap. The new project Rust Qt Binding Generator can create bindings between Rust code and Qt code. You can use Rust code to power your Qt application. Or in other words, you can use Qt as a cross-platform user interface for your Rust application.
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Before You Get Too Excited About That GitHub Study
Another day, another study purporting to find that Tech Is Sexist. Since it’s showing up here, you probably already guessed how this is going to end. Most of this analysis is not original to …
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Understanding "Prototypes" in JavaScript
For the purposes of this post, I will be talking about JavaScript objects using syntax defined in ECMAScript 5.1. The basic semantics existed in Edition 3, but they were not well exposed. A Whole New Object In JavaScript, objects are pairs of keys and values (in Ruby, this structure
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An interactive guide to x86-64 assembly – moving data
This is the second part of a series of interactive articles on the x86-64 architecture. This part will focus on the first assembly instructions, visualizing the way data moves in memory when they are executed.
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OOP is not that bad
OOP is certainly not my favorite paradigm, but I think mainstream statically-typed OOP does a few things right that are very important for programming with many people, over long periods of time.
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Escaping from Anaconda's Stranglehold on macOS
Economist. Policy Entrepreneur. Geek. Co-recipient of the 2018 Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel. University Professor at NYU. Focused on urbanization; cooperation at scale of millions and billions; science; technology; economic development; long-term growth; code as language.
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The Software Engineering Identity Crisis
Many of us became software engineers because we found our identity in building things. Not managing things. Not overseeing things. Building things. With our own hands, our own minds, our own code. But that identity is being challenged. AI coding assistants aren’t just changing how we write software - they’re…
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Things about programming I learned with Go
Go has been gaining a significant popularity over last few months. Language-related articles and blog posts are written every day. New Go projects are started on Github. Go conferences and meetups attract more and more people. This language certainly has its time now. It became a language of the year 2016 according to…
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It Doesn't Work
8 AM. Like any other day, I take a quick glance at my GitHub notifications via Octobox.
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Taming the beast that is the Django ORM – An introduction
The Django ORM, how it compares to raw SQL and gotchas that you should be aware of when using it
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Avoid Git LFS if possible
I have long held the opinion that you should avoid Git LFS if possible. Since people keeping asking me why, I figured I'd capture my thoughts in a blog post so I have something to refer them to.
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Git as a NoSql Database (2016)
Git’s man-pages state that it’s a stupid content tracker. It’s probably the most used version control system in the world. Which is very strange, since it doesn’t describe itself as being a source control system. And in fact, you can use git to track any
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Fifty Shades of OOP
This post talks about the many different aspects under the umbrella term OOP
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Java 8: New features in ConcurrentHashMap
DEAD CODE TECH LAW Contact us Our Location Icon label Alaska Icon label Nevada Icon label New Mexico Icon label Arizona Understanding the Role of a Medical Malpractice Lawyer: A Comprehensive Guide Medical malpractice cases are complex legal undertakings that require a specific set of skills and expertise. When faced…
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Undefined Behavior in 2017
Since you talk about the sanitizers and tools like Checked-C, I’ll note there’s also SaferCPlusPlus[1], which is essentially a memory-safe (and data race safe) subset of C++. The idea is that there are a finite number of C++ elements that contribute to memory unsafety, and since the advent of C++11, it is now…