Blog Posts
All my blog posts and articles
December 2018
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2018-12-30
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2018-12-28
Some great links for 12/29/2018
Big news! If you aren’t using the Fish shell yet, what are you waiting for? It’s practically 100% compatible with bash and is 190x better in certain areas!
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2018-12-27
Some great links for 12/28/2018
We’re Finally Learning the Lesson of Y2K — and It’s Too Late
I remember taking out hundreds of dollars
tags: y2k
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2018-12-26
Some great links for 12/27/2018
Deep Rails: How to use Abstract Classes
Interesting Rails abstract classes feature
https://link.medium.com/l1TFQWJXWS
Do me you dare?
tags: media attention socialnetworks
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2018-12-25
Some great links for 12/26/2018
Read more →Everything I’ve learned in 10 years of Blogging
I don’t do this myself but maybe you will find it useful
All of our favorite computer genius scientist.
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2018-12-23
Some great links for 12/24/2018
André Staltz – JavaScript Getter-Setter Pyramid
Really excellent explanation of all the different ways functions can be used in JavaScript. Technically dense and requires study but good.
tags: functions callbacks promises JavaScript
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2018-12-22
Some great links for 12/23/2018
There are lots of algorithm libraries. This one is a nice one!
tags: algorithms computer science
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2018-12-19
Some great links for 12/20/2018
Read more →Stop Learning Frameworks – Lifehacks for Developers by Eduards Sizovs
Without reading this, I know I totally agree!
tags: developers frameworks learning lifehacks
How to curve an exam and assign grades – David Richeson: Division by Zero
Not a coding link but has some useful ideas if you are a teacher.
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2018-12-16
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2018-12-15
Some great links for 12/16/2018
Read more →Introducing Action Mailbox for Rails 6
Rails keeps on marching on. Another great addition. Supports an intelligent way for a rails app to receive and handle incoming email.
tags: rails email actionmailbox
The Second Edition of “Refactoring”
This classic is updated. And they switch from java to JavaScript. This is a great improvement. Yes, per...
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2018-12-11
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2018-12-09
Some great links for 12/10/2018
Read more →Qt 5.12 LTS Released – Qt Blog
QT is a cross platform user interface framework. It’s for building client side apps that you can run everywhere.
tags: crossplatform user interface qt
Consultant interview: Markus Schirp
A really interesting and more or less brand new way to do testing
tags: mutation testing ...
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2018-12-08
Some great links for 12/09/2018
Save a month of your life by using these keyboard shortcuts
We can always learn more and better shortcuts!
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2018-12-07
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2018-12-04
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2018-12-02
Some great links for 12/03/2018
Looks interesting
The Baseline Costs of JavaScript Frameworks – uncommon
A comparison of the Javascript tax you pay for each of three popular js frameworks.
tags: javascript frameworks costs
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2018-12-01
Some great links for 12/02/2018
Read more →https://link.medium.com/Cd6lBUGriS
InterSystems perspectives on being a researcher and scientist
tags: research
https://link.medium.com/LebIg2vriS
Nice review of various programming language s including crystal
tags: comparison crystal programming
https://link.medium.com/sHUIp9jriS
Useful ways to think about choosing your technology platform!
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November 2018
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2018-11-23
Some great links for 11/24/2018
Read more →Good description of how to use fibers in ruby.
tags: fibers processes concurrency
Nice summary of good coding practices. Ruby specific.
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2018-11-22
Some great links for 11/23/2018
Read more →Looks really cool. ML auto completion for any programming language. Must try.
tags: programming vocode
Home – Stadia Maps Documentation
Great alternative for google maps
tags: maps stadia googlemaps
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2018-11-18
Some great links for 11/19/2018
Under the right circumstances this is an amazingly useful tool
Eva Icons – beautifully crafted Open Source UI icons for common actions and items.
Very nice collection of free icons.
tags: open source actions icons