TheGoodParts.dev

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My colleague Julius

My colleague Julius par Ploum - Lionel Dricot.

xorvoid

Craft software that makes people feel something - Raphael Amorim

Recently, people have been asking me why I’m pausing Boo to work on a programming language. I think it would actually be cool to write down how I feel.

Raphamorim
Do the simplest thing that could possibly work

I Hate Screenshots of Text

Why do people take screenshots of text?

On the foolishness of "natural language programming" - Edsger W. Dijkstra, 1978 (still very relevant now, possibly more than ever)

https://www.cs.utexas.edu/~EWD/transcriptions/EWD06xx/EWD667.html

#programming #softwaredevelopment

E.W.Dijkstra Archive: On the foolishness of "natural language programming". (EWD 667)

ZigCool

How to Write Blog Posts that Developers Read

Software bloggers can make the same mistakes for years that prevent readers from discovering their writing. I know because I'm one of them. Over time, I've learned techniques that help some blog posts succeed and the pitfalls that cause others to languish in obscurity.

Unexpected Benefits of Building Your Own Tools | Alex Tiniuc

Every piece of software is a state machine. Any mutable variable adds a staggering number of states to that machine.

https://old.reddit.com/r/programming/comments/1ojmwd9/john_carmack_on_updating_variables/nm518eo/

#programming #softwaredevelopment #functionalprogramming