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In this article, I’ll talk about where we are with Go today and what’s coming next, specifically in the context of how generative AI is changing software development. (Discussion hosted…

Predictive Text Using only 13KB of JavaScript. No LLM. permy.gif Try it here | Code | Permy This is a simple POC of using Permy with a simple JSON dictionary for predictive text that is surprisingly …

Grammars are a powerful tool in Raku for pattern matching and transformation. This post will cover...

In a previous edition of this magazine, we argued that English was so pervasive in our industry, nobody even questioned its use anymore. The same can be said of Git. It is difficult to imagine that merely twenty years ago, the landscape of source control tools was more diverse, and the choice of one such tool was much more complicated than today. Actually, Git was not even on the map yet. Before debating whether the hegemony of Git is good or bad, let us go back in time for a little while.

The Nature of Technology Book is a book by complexity theorist, Brian Arthur that describes what technology is, and how it evolves. In this blog post, I describe a few take aways from the book that hopefully inspire you to pick it up.

Tips and tricks for making Microsoft leave you alone while you use your PC.

logic programming in Rust

Aldus was 40 when he moved to Venice to study the new technology of printing. He invented the modern book at age 50. (https://press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/book/chicago/B/bo208858133.html , p.85)

TUI is an ambiguous term, meaning either of 'terminal' or 'text' user interface. The difference is even more pronounced now, with chat interfaces and assistive tech. So let's stop calling TUIs 'text' and call them 'terminal'—by their real name. Reserving 'text' for more appropriate conversational UIs.

Over the last seven years or so, Alan Kay has been answering questions on Quora ( https://www.quora.com/profile/Alan-Kay-11 ). There’s now a book-length amount of text there from Kay on his philosophy of programming and what he sees as the current big challenges for the Internet and for computer science. Since Quora is an annoying platform to browse, a few months ago I downloaded all of Kay’s dialogues up to that time and put them on Archive.org as a PDF ( Alan Kay Quora 2023 11 : Free Download...

There's often a lot of emphasis in math on generalizing concepts beyond the domains where they were originally defined, but what are the limits of this proce...

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Jacob Kaplan-Moss, one of the lead developers of Django, writes in a long post that he says has come from a place of frustration: [...] Instead, every time a maintainer finds a way to get paid, people show up to criticize and complain. Non-OSI licenses "don"t count" as open source. Someone employed ...

Developmental psychologist James Byrnes explores updated norms, historical trends, and strategies of successful candidates for publishing peer-reviewed articles.

Interactive articles about physics, math, and engineering.