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Gov.uk drops jQuery from their front end
GOV.UK dropped their jQuery dependency from their front end. You'll never guess what happened. (Yes, you will.)
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Big changes ahead for Deno
Learnings from our recent survey and feedback from across our community. We'll discuss how we're addressing this feedback and the features to expect from Deno in the coming months.
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Someone’s Been Messing with My Subnormals
TL;DR: After noticing an annoying warning, I went on an absurd yak shave, and discovered that because of a tiny handful of Python packages b...
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Challenging algorithms and data structures every programmer should try
Bored of algorithms? Here are my recommendations that are exciting, understandable, and sometimes even useful!
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Accelerate Python code by importing Taichi
Python has become the most popular language in many rapidly evolving sectors, such as deep learning and data sciences. Yet its easy readability comes at the cost of performance. Of course, we all complain about program performance from time to time, and Python should certainly not take all the blame. Still, it's fair…
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If PHP Were British (2011)
PHP, as the result of a spectacular error of judgement, appears to be written in US English. How do we developers ensure the traditions of the British Empire continue to be upheld, even in the digital age?
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Vim 9.0
The previous release was version 8.2 in December 2019. Since the latest source code is always available on GitHub, many have already picked up later patch versions (there are more than 5000 of them!). Therefore the changes have already been tried out by many users. On top of that bugs have been fixed, security issues…
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Node.js packages don't deserve trust
Another week, another npm supply chain attack . Yikes! People on hacker news are wringing their hands about what should be done. The problem seems dire.
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The optional chaining operator, “modern” browsers, and my mom
Eric Bailey recently wrote on CSS-Tricks about testing your website on a crappy laptop and it reminded me of this anecdote from my own life. About a month ago…
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“What if it changes?”
How and why to use the second most powerful question known to software development
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Donald Knuth – The Patron Saint of Yak Shaves (2017)
In 2015, I gave a talk in which I called Donald Knuth the Patron Saint of Yak Shaves . The reason is that Donald Knuth achieved the most perfect and long-running yak shave: TeX.
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I fell in love with low-JS
About 5 years ago I was working on a project written in style still common for today:
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I want off Mr. Golang’s Wild Ride (2020)
My honeymoon with the Go language is extremely over. This article is going to have a different tone from what I’ve been posting the past year - it’s a proper rant. And I always feel bad writing tho...
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It’s time to make that indie C# game in Godot
Hi — thank you for reading this article! We’d love to talk to you about what you’re making in our C#-focused Discord for Godot game…
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I still love PHP and JavaScript
Over the last twenty years, I have used over a dozen languages professionally, from C to Common Lisp, from Java to Python, from C++ to Typescript. Yet, I ...
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How to create a Python package in 2022
How do you create a Python package? How do you set up automated testing and code coverage? How do you publish the package? That's what this article...
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Unix command line conventions over time
ETA, 2022-05-19: I'm happy this blog post has gathered a fair bit of interest. However, this post is as much effort as I'm prepared to put into the topic. I think it would be a good idea to write an essay, article, or even a book, on how syntax of the Unix command line has varied over the years, and in different…
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Why do we call it “boilerplate code?”
Etymology is fun!
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Programming breakthroughs we need
Matyáš Racek's blog
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The other kind of staff software engineer
In this article, the author explores the differences between line and staff software engineers. They discuss the advantages and disadvantages of ea...
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Why the Windows Registry sucks technically (2010)
It’s quite popular to bash the Windows Registry in non-technical or lightly technical terms. I’ve just spent a couple of weeks reverse engineering the binary format completely for our h…
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Cache your CORS
CORS is a necessity for many APIs, but basic configurations can create a huge number of extra requests, slowing down every browser API client, and sending...
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Appeal to Ruby Community from Kharkiv Rubyist
I write to Ruby community in days of war Russia leads against my country.
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Raspberry Pi security alarm – the basics
In November last year — I started building a DIY security alarm system, using a Raspberry Pi as the controller. My plan was to make a self-sustained system, using proper alarm hardware — like PIR sensors and sirens. Integration with Home Assistant would be an add-on, not a requirement. I wanted the system to be as…
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Why do arrays start at 0?
It's not the reason you think. No, it's not that reason either.