Little language inspired by Rust that compiles to Go.

I've written a number of little scripts over the years, many of which I use every day. Here's a little collection.

Plenty of books and blogs will tell you how to develop your functional programming skills or teach you algorithms. But if you’re already pretty good at that stuff, you might be better off trying to become a more virtuous human being: more in control of your emotions, more able to hold your nerve in times of crisis, and humbler about the institutional power your technical knowledge grants you.

База.

Twenty years ago we worried about performance. Now it is time to worry about maintainability, even though it often compromises performance.

A project is not a school, and it shouldn't pay for our education; however, we want to learn while working on a project. Here is some simple advice on how to align our goals and project objectives.

Chats, emails, phone calls, mailing lists, issue tracking systems, face-to-face meetings, and other communication instruments for a software project.

Узнал про дебаггер много нового

Николай общается с людьми, которые что-то где-то достигли. Иногда интересно, но часто душно.

Most people are not autonomous in their use of computers to solve their problems because they cannot use the languages listed. They must hope for an app to solve their problem. But they can use a spreadsheet to solve their problem!
The sad reality is, however, that today we buy computers that essentially boot into the app store.

The author doesn't like how modern UI:s are designed. Gives good examples.

Now I use my inbox as a to do list of sorts. Emails are only there as long as they're relevant. Confirmation of a table reservation at a restaurant? It's at most relevant until the date of the booking has past. Archive it.

Просто напоминаю про прекраснейший блокировщик рекламы, который не только — внезапно — скрывает рекламу от любимого пользователя, но и старательно засерает статистику рекламным площадкам ("все кликают ВСЁ"), сводя на нет самый смысл персонифицированной слежки.

Как технически обнаружить мусорщика и почему камеры, смотрящие не на фасад, бесполезны

repost from bouncepaw:
Если делать дизайн только из красного света, то глаза не будут терять ночное видение, потому что ночные палочки не замечают красный свет. Так-то толку от этого мало, но в некоторых случаях супер-полезно. Например, морякам и астрономам.

Заметка про асинхронную работу