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The number of people who majored in computer science in the US isn't much higher in 2015 than in 2005. Why do so few students major in computer science?

In moments of chaos he penalized people for pointing blame instead of proposing a fix.— Rebecca (Slatkin) Sloane (@RebeccaSlatkin) August 17, 2017

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An important thing I learned upon leaving Slack: there were pockets of deep appreciation for me, everywhere.

All of my math stuff from grad school. Contribute to mbrandonw/my-math-notes development by creating an account on GitHub.

I'm dipping my toe into screencasts. Here's my first attempt.

I recently made a video mentioning my new mic setup and got a few questions about it. Instead of making a video that just mentions tons of links, I...

That’s the promise: you will live more curiously if you write. You will become a scientist, if not of the natural world than of whatever world you care about. More of that world will pop alive. You will see more when you look at it.

A lot has shifted for me personally during my 365 days of Pome. I changed jobs and moved to a new city even more packed with writers than my last; full of readings and poems in the physical world. I have a new schedule, new rhythms. And I keenly feel the need to make room for fresh projects and ideas, not get too comfortable.

With about a minute to go, I opened up my AirPods, ensured they were connected to my iPhone, woke Erin up, and handed her one. She popped in the left, me the right, and we were able to share New Year’s together. We did so silently, with Declan sleeping between us, none the wiser. ​ I’ll forget AirPods one day. I won’t forget the opening of 2017. With my little family, all huddled in one hotel room bed, celebrating together, each in our own little way.

Even though it’s a steep learning curve, and it requires rewiring your brain to think about problems differently

In the fourth installment of my RxSwift primer, I'll introduce Drivers.

In the third installment of my RxSwift primer, I'm starting to show why Rx is so great.

it’s likely that the iOS team can crib their solution, platform differences aside. That’s very powerful, as it leads to us all speaking a common language, even though our actual languages are very different.

The first step to converting this to use Rx is to think of what the inputs and outputs are. What causes things to happen? What causes us to do a computation, or change what we present to the user?

Understanding which Medium posts get the most attention

Five months ago, I picked up a new job: every morning, I wake up at 6am, hop on my bike, and transport 50 bagels from Beauty’s Bagels to Awaken Cafe. After a quick cup of coffee, I bike on to my next…

Last summer, I started doing handstands.

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As another part of taking care of my mental health, I will be officially stepping down from all moment responsibilities.

CocoaLove focuses on talks which don’t deprecate as soon as you leave. In 2015, Matt gave this talk. Matt lead teams that make software at Tumblr, and makes software himself with his partners at Lickability. His talk was about why you might want to step away from the keyboard and into leadership, and what happens when you do. It’s about the difference between managing programs and managing people.

You’ve been there. You’re sitting in a meeting and your boss, a product manager, or an executive is talking about Q2 goals. They’re laying out a roadmap of the features that are going to be “coming down the pike”. All of a sudden you see it.

http://2015.funswiftconf.com

A selection of my unpopular* opinions (* couldn’t bring myself to write “contrarian” so maybe add that to the list, too):— r. (@artypapers) March 14, 2016

As a technical challenge, Bootstrap just isn’t very interesting. It’s trying to provide a collection of components — components like modals, tooltips, and grids that have been around the Web forever…

Great code reads like great prose. It is succinct, expressive, and clear the first time you read it.