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Basic and the ROMs that changed the world (and then disappeared) (2022)

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For all practical purposes, BASIC is seldom used and mostly forgotten today. But given my praise...
For all practical purposes, BASIC is seldom used and mostly forgotten today. But given my praise for it, why is it like that? As I see there were three reasons, and as time went by, their accumulated effect was devastating.Reason #1.The IBM PC, and later it’s clones, completely overtook the home computer market. On ...

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Fast Virtual Functions: Hacking the VTable for Fun and Profit

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Virtual functions have clear intrinsic value; using them can make architectures significantly more flexible and solve...
Virtual functions have clear intrinsic value; using them can make architectures significantly more flexible and solve a plethora of design problems.When it comes to virtual functions (or methods, the terminology distinction isn’t fruitful in this context) there are two main schools of thought for performance. The fi...

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You Shouldn't Use VS Code

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·FollowWe’re in the midst of midterm season and for computer science majors, that means doing what...
·FollowWe’re in the midst of midterm season and for computer science majors, that means doing what they hate most: coding on paper.There’s no syntax highlighting, auto-formatting, or error messages. You can be 10 lines deep into your solution, realize you’ve made a mistake, and have to erase and rewrite everything.I...

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Dora Metrics at Work

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sourceImagine your team secured a budget for doubling the number of software engineers. That’s great! You...
sourceImagine your team secured a budget for doubling the number of software engineers. That’s great! You can finally fix all the bugs, implement new ideas, and clean up all the technical debt that’s been accumulating for years. Right? Wait, wait… Not so fast.First, it will take time to hire new software engineers a...

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Dynamic Programming in Lisp Flavored Erlang

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(See also: Part 1 and Part 3.)(Note: You can find the completed LFE code from this...
(See also: Part 1 and Part 3.)(Note: You can find the completed LFE code from this post here: https://github.com/danieljaouen/dynamic-programming-in-lfe , as well as the translated Elixir code here: https://github.com/danieljaouen/dynamic-programming-in-elixir .)Today, I am revisiting everyone’s favorite topic from ...

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The Power of the 0.1x Developer: Unsung Heroes of the Codebase

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I’m not your typical programmer. While some colleagues chase the mythical “10x” status, churning out code...
I’m not your typical programmer. While some colleagues chase the mythical “10x” status, churning out code at breakneck speed, I embrace the “0.1x” mentality. You might scoff, thinking I’m a slowpoke, but hear me out.My approach is about more than just lines of code. It’s about building code that lasts. I spend time ...

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The "End of Programming" will look a lot like programming

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Communications of the ACM has a new article titled “The End of Programming” by Matt Welsh....
Communications of the ACM has a new article titled “The End of Programming” by Matt Welsh. It posits that traditional programs “will be replaced by AI systems that are trained rather than programmed” (emphasis in the original). Welsh is “the CEO and co-founder of Fixie.ai, a recently founded startup developing AI ca...

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How I got to the top 1% of StackOverflow

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For several years already, my StackOverflow profile has consistently ranked in the top 1%, having now...
For several years already, my StackOverflow profile has consistently ranked in the top 1%, having now several tens of thousands of points.When people see my score, they often assume that I spend hours going through random questions and providing answers. However, this is a complete misconception. In reality, I rarel...

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Reflections on 25 Years of Programming

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How Programming Languages Got Their Names

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Have you ever wondered how the likes of Python or Java got their names? Let’s take...
Have you ever wondered how the likes of Python or Java got their names? Let’s take a look at some programming languages and the story behind how they were named.Before we start — If you’re curious about how things are named, check out my newsletter Why Is That Called That, where I explore the origin of words, phrase...

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Show HN: I Invented a New Machine Learning Algorithm

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My initial goal was to create AGI. I approached the problem by first attempting to solve...
My initial goal was to create AGI. I approached the problem by first attempting to solve a simpler problem: how can I get an agent to learn to walk towards food?The SetupI manifested this problem in the following way:The image depicts the following:There is a 2D grid.An agent exists in it (the green rectangle).Food ...

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Python types have an expectations problem

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In the last ~10 or so years, many of the popular scripting languages gained optional static...
In the last ~10 or so years, many of the popular scripting languages gained optional static typing: JavaScript (via TypeScript), PHP, Python, even Ruby has something along the lines as far as I know.It’s become quite widespread in each of these languages’ communities, to the point of being considered a best practice...

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Stop Turning Programming into a Religion

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My dear, priests, holy fathers, monks and other such a folk. I didn’t get my CS...
My dear, priests, holy fathers, monks and other such a folk. I didn’t get my CS degree so I can see you turn programming into a religion.Allow me to elaborate.Nobody expects the Spanish Inquisition!Humans once used religion to explain phenomena they could not understand. Over time, we evolved. Religious practitioner...

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Mostly Terrible: The Monorepo

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Join me on Discord: discord.gg/streamdalThis is an “opinion piece”. For the actual “how-to” guide, read Migrating...
Join me on Discord: discord.gg/streamdalThis is an “opinion piece”. For the actual “how-to” guide, read Migrating Repos on Github to a Monorepo.I think monorepos are a waste of time, at best, and idiotic, at worst. Usually, it’s both.Of course, there are exceptions but they are few and far between (ie. node, well-es...

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Tech for Palestine

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Using Rust for Gamedev (2019)

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·FollowI’ve recently created a new website and finished an online game named Adventures of Pascal Penguin....
·FollowI’ve recently created a new website and finished an online game named Adventures of Pascal Penguin. One of the most unique things about this game is that it was written in Rust and runs in web browsers thanks to WebAssembly. WebAssembly has only been mainstream for about a year or so, so not many games have b...

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Meta-Learning: the future for foundation models, and how to improve it

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Ever since BERT and other large deep-learning models started becoming accessible to the mainstream, we’ve seen...
Ever since BERT and other large deep-learning models started becoming accessible to the mainstream, we’ve seen more and more companies shift to utilizing these large proven ‘foundation models’ as a base for their techniques. By utilizing pre-trained models, you can get a headstart in creating the perfect model for y...

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Basic and the ROMs that changed the world (and then disappeared) (2022)

Fast Virtual Functions: Hacking the VTable for Fun and Profit

You Shouldn't Use VS Code

Dora Metrics at Work

Dynamic Programming in Lisp Flavored Erlang

The Power of the 0.1x Developer: Unsung Heroes of the Codebase

The "End of Programming" will look a lot like programming

How I got to the top 1% of StackOverflow

Reflections on 25 Years of Programming

How Programming Languages Got Their Names

Show HN: I Invented a New Machine Learning Algorithm

Python types have an expectations problem

Stop Turning Programming into a Religion

Mostly Terrible: The Monorepo

Tech for Palestine

Using Rust for Gamedev (2019)

Meta-Learning: the future for foundation models, and how to improve it