Donkey code
This is an attempt to write down a very simple example I’ve been using to explain the profound impact the language we use has on thought, discussion and ultimately code. Imagine you have a co…
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Diátaxis
The Diátaxis framework solves a problem of quality in technical documentation, describing an information architecture that makes it easier to create, maintain and use.
Project managers, ducks, and dogs marking territory
"sacrificial" ducks
Principles for systematically inventing new technology (in computer science)
Not for problems (a) or (b), but if you want to invent the next generation of IDEs, you have to imagine what functionality would make them a step change better than what exists now. In the IDE…
Reality has a surprising amount of detail
Parse, don’t validate
Order of approximation - Wikipedia
worry about at the annual calibration.") In this usage, the ordinality of the approximation is not exact, but is used to emphasize its insignificance; the higher the number used, the less important the effect. The terminology, in this context, represents a high level of precision required to account fo
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Giving a Shit as a Service
A mental model for service businesses.
Tarsnap - Why is 1 GB 10^9 bytes instead of 2^30?
Explanation of why a GB is 10^9 bytes
Software engineering is about thinking, not typing
The Ants and the Grasshopper
One winter a grasshopper, starving and frail, approaches a colony of ants drying out their grain in the sun, to ask for food. “Did you not store up food during the summer?” the ants ask. “No”, says the grasshopper. “I lost track of time, because I was singing and dancing all summer long.”
Bounties Damage Open Source Projects
On Waiting - Tim Kellogg
Joe's Blog — a non-linear personal web notebook
The Worst Programmer I Know
The great thing about measuring developer productivity is that you can quickly identify the bad programmers. I want to tell you about the worst programmer I know, and why I fought to keep him in the team.
Broken Ownership
In the ownership trio, we discussed 3 elements: Knowledge, Mandate and Responsibility. This article digs into various broken ownership scenarios where 1-2 of those elements are missing, what are the common symptoms and how to fix them.
Do Something, So We Can Change It!
A habit for addressing two-way decisions.
The Small Web Browser, an inclusive proposal
How to Do Great Work
Instead of your Life's Purpose
A meditation on meaning.
Use singular nouns for database table names
The unreasonable effectiveness of simple HTML – Terence Eden’s Blog
Regular blogging by Terence Eden.
Blackboard system - Wikipedia
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5 Questions the Most Interesting People Will Always Ask in Conversations
The point is to get beyond the dreaded small talk.
Two types of software engineers
One assumes it's easy because it's a non-technical problem, the other assumes that's why it's hard
GitHub - ClickHouse/NoiSQL: NoiSQL — Generating Music With SQL Queries
NoiSQL — Generating Music With SQL Queries. Contribute to ClickHouse/NoiSQL development by creating an account on GitHub.
This is a fun project and neither a good nor convenient solution to a problem. Better solutions exist.
There is not much sense in this project, although it can facilitate testing ClickHouse.
You could argue that modern AI, for example, Riffusion, can do a better job. The counterargument is - if you enjoy what you are doing, it's better not to care if someone does it better but with less pleasure.
Maker's Schedule, Manager's Schedule
Juice
What is Juice in software development. What is Game Feel & how it can it be used in non-game software. How software can fulfil emotional requirements. How to create software with soul. Examples of Juice on the web.
“I could rewrite curl” | daniel.haxx.se