So excited for this!
Programming nerd.
One of the things that hydrogen atoms did given fifteen billion years of cosmic evolution.
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I love this table column:
“Four or five times a week”
“Every 6 years”
…
“Every 4776 years (once in recorded history)”
“Every 1.07 billion years (four occurrences in the history of Earth)”
…
“Once every 2.2 trillion years (never in the history of the Universe, once during the life of a red dwarf)”
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/68–95–99.7_rule#Table_of_numerical_values
RIP Sir Anthony Hoare, inventor of Quicksort among many other things. https://www.theregister.com/2026/03/12/in_memoriam_sir_tony_hoare/
Agentic skills are human language instructions to help write programming language instructions to be compiled into machine language instructions.
Doug GregorApple is hosting a Security-focused developer event at the Apple Developer Center in Cupertino on March 5th!
The day will feature a wide range of sessions, including deep dives into Memory Integrity Enforcement and other memory safety mitigations, as well as #SwiftLang's comprehensive solution to memory safety. Plus an in-person mixer with Apple engineers and fellow security-focused developers.
View the agenda and register to attend in-person or online here: https://developer.apple.com/events/view/D4MG4S3PJ7/dashboard
Anna ZaksWe’re hiring compiler and tools engineers to push the boundaries of static analysis and language design. If you’re passionate about security, memory safety and working on tools that eliminate entire classes of bugs, come build breakthroughs in software security with us!
https://jobs.apple.com/en-us/details/200642941-0836/compiler-security-engineer-c-c?team=SFTWR
Even cooler than getting your BASIC code published in a magazine.
Swift Student Challenge submissions are now open - Latest News - Apple Developer
The Swift Student Challenge is here! Submissions are now open through February 28, and students from all over the world are invited to submit their app playgrounds.Learn more about the ChallengeKey things to know No prior experience is needed. The Challenge is open to students of all levels who meet the eligibility requirements. The Challenge is free to enter — all you need is access to a Mac or iPad with Xcode or Swift Playground. Your app playground can be on any topic of your choice. The best app ideas come from subjects or experiences that you're passionate about. Your app playground should be experienced within 3 minutes or less. The Swift Student Challenge is a great opportunity for students to build their skills and create something great. Learn more Watch a new video to learn from past winners and Apple experts. Explore learning resources.
I can say, with absolute certainty, that time zones will still cause problems.
I buy the idea that human-computer interaction drives evolution in programming, e.g. GUI demanded something different than procedural programming.
If LLMs shift that interaction model again, I wonder how programming will adapt?