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Software ⁷²

• Aug 18, 2024 » Effective Code Reviews
• Jun 28, 2024 » ✚ → Building web apps with Vue and Django (2024) - The Ultimate Guide ⭐
• Jun 16, 2024 » PyCon US 2024 Highlights
• Mar 24, 2024 » Redis relicensing: Why is this a problem?
• Feb 28, 2024 » Bulkheads: A pattern for handling unexpected errors in software
• Oct 20, 2023 » Debugging a deadlock in Python
• Oct 12, 2023 » Custom file icons, folder icons, and app icons on different operating systems
• Aug 31, 2023 » How to make a binary .deb Debian package using Docker
• Feb 22, 2023 » Debugging bash scripts with the bashdb debugger
• Jul 10, 2022 » Crystal Web Archiver 1.3.0b Released!
• Jul 07, 2022 » CompressedTextField for Django & MySQL is released!
• Mar 29, 2022 » ✚ → Python's type checking renaissance
• Feb 06, 2022 » ✚ → Performance Testing
• Mar 23, 2021 » Crystal Web Archiver 1.1.0b Released!
• Mar 16, 2021 » You might not need centralized continuous integration
• Mar 09, 2021 » Reliable rendering of web pages that view concurrently modified data
• Mar 02, 2021 » Real-time updates in Django with WebSockets, Channels, and pub-sub
• Feb 23, 2021 » ✚ → Things I Wish I Knew Before Working in Industry ⭐
• Feb 16, 2021 » Building web apps with Vue and Django (2024) - The Ultimate Guide ✚ ⭐
• Feb 09, 2021 » Database clamps: Deterministic performance tests for database-dependent code
• Feb 02, 2021 » Tests as Policy Automation
• Jan 26, 2021 » Python's type checking renaissance ✚
• Jan 20, 2021 » I no longer trust The Great Suspender
• Jun 27, 2019 » OS Abstractions are Failing Us
• Jan 06, 2019 » Dependent Types: Impressions of a software practitioner
• Nov 24, 2018 » Why isn't the external link symbol in Unicode? ⭐
• Sep 23, 2018 » The Flat Module Pattern in JavaScript
• Jun 02, 2018 » Performance Testing ✚
• Apr 07, 2018 » Unsound type systems are still useful
• Jan 20, 2018 » How to implement a large software feature
• Apr 09, 2017 » The Trouble with Global Variables
• Mar 25, 2017 » How to Design Large Programs with Abstraction and Encapsulation ⭐
• May 21, 2016 » Glue in Functional Programming Languages
• May 17, 2016 » Abandonment vs. Unchecked Exceptions for Error Handling
• Apr 22, 2016 » Notes on “The Clean Coder”
• Apr 02, 2016 » Roles on Software Teams
• Sep 13, 2015 » State of the Union in Programming Languages (2015) ⭐
• Aug 08, 2015 » Algorithms 101 for Software Applications
• Jun 27, 2015 » Unicode 101
• Apr 26, 2015 » Optional Structural Static Typing in Python
• Mar 14, 2015 » Semantic Versioning vs. Romantic Versioning
• Feb 27, 2015 » Proof terms in Idris
• Dec 20, 2014 » Spectrum of Languages by Hardware Distance ⭐
• Nov 22, 2014 » Error handling styles in programming
• Jun 24, 2014 » Submitting a Python App to the Mac App Store
• Feb 17, 2014 » Agda: Second Impressions
• Jan 24, 2014 » Agda: First Impressions
• Jan 01, 2014 » ✚ → Handling Text Correctly
• Nov 12, 2013 » Impressions of Haskell
• Sep 30, 2013 » Strange Loop 2013 Highlights
• Sep 04, 2013 » Regular Expressions
• Aug 25, 2013 » How I learn new programming languages
• Aug 19, 2013 » Interactive Computing
• Aug 13, 2013 » Fixing a function at runtime without restarting the program
• Jul 27, 2013 » Sending email from command line scripts
• Jul 13, 2013 » Error Handling
• Jun 01, 2013 » Handling Text Correctly ✚
• May 28, 2013 » RDiscount 2.1.6 released
• May 12, 2013 » Implicit Partial Application Considered Harmful
• May 11, 2013 » Programming for Perfectionists (P4P): A Book Outline ⭐
• May 07, 2013 » ✚ → Migrating from BBEdit to Sublime Text
• May 07, 2013 » Avoid feeling like a port on the Mac
• Apr 30, 2013 » Copyrights and Licenses for Software
• Apr 09, 2013 » Making an Existing Python Program Unicode Aware
• Apr 07, 2013 » Beautiful Code: SQLite
• Mar 22, 2013 » Migrating from BBEdit to Sublime Text ✚
• Mar 16, 2013 » Introducing p4status: A status command for Perforce
• Mar 10, 2013 » Killer apps for software platforms
• Mar 01, 2013 » Notes on Racket (PLT-Scheme)
• Feb 25, 2013 » Notes on Prolog
• Feb 20, 2013 » Visual Guide to Programming Language Properties ⭐
• Feb 18, 2013 » ✚ → Unique Features of Various Programming Languages
• Feb 02, 2013 » RDiscount 2.0.7 released
• Feb 01, 2013 » Learnings from SICP (and Lisp)
• Jan 29, 2013 » Unique Features of Various Programming Languages ✚
• Jan 15, 2013 » Things I Wish I Knew Before Working in Industry ✚ ⭐
• Jan 08, 2013 » Programming is Fun. But What Matters is Solving a Real Problem. ⭐
• Dec 21, 2012 » ✚ → Retrospect vs. Time Machine
• Dec 16, 2012 » Why I no longer use Drupal
• Nov 13, 2010 » Retrospect vs. Time Machine ✚

Productivity ¹³

• Jan 25, 2021 » ✚ → Block Distracting Websites
• Jan 20, 2021 » I no longer trust The Great Suspender
• Feb 02, 2020 » Power Naps
• Jan 18, 2020 » Stress
• Dec 15, 2018 » Timecharts
• Aug 21, 2016 » How to upload from OS X Photos to Facebook (2016)
• Mar 23, 2015 » Block Distracting Websites ✚
• Nov 25, 2013 » How to move notes from an iPhone to an email account
• Oct 27, 2013 » Scrivener: An IDE for thinkers, creators, and writers
• Sep 04, 2013 » Regular Expressions
• Jul 27, 2013 » Sending email from command line scripts
• May 07, 2013 » ✚ → Migrating from BBEdit to Sublime Text
• Mar 22, 2013 » Migrating from BBEdit to Sublime Text ✚
• Dec 16, 2012 » Why I no longer use Drupal
• Sep 17, 2010 » Comparing Writing Utensils

Personal ⁹

• May 02, 2021 » Interview with David Foster
• Nov 08, 2014 » Learning Japanese - the first 6 months
• Feb 02, 2014 » What is Color?
• Aug 25, 2013 » How I learn new programming languages
• Aug 04, 2013 » Skills I'm Learning at Splunk
• Aug 03, 2013 » Skills I Learned at Microsoft
• Jan 08, 2013 » Programming is Fun. But What Matters is Solving a Real Problem. ⭐
• Dec 21, 2012 » This website is now powered by Jekyll
• Sep 18, 2010 » Impact of Anime on my Programming Experience

Django ⁶

• Jun 28, 2024 » ✚ → Building web apps with Vue and Django (2024) - The Ultimate Guide ⭐
• Feb 06, 2022 » ✚ → Performance Testing
• Mar 09, 2021 » Reliable rendering of web pages that view concurrently modified data
• Mar 02, 2021 » Real-time updates in Django with WebSockets, Channels, and pub-sub
• Feb 16, 2021 » Building web apps with Vue and Django (2024) - The Ultimate Guide ✚ ⭐
• Feb 09, 2021 » Database clamps: Deterministic performance tests for database-dependent code
• Feb 02, 2021 » Tests as Policy Automation
• Jun 02, 2018 » Performance Testing ✚

Offtopic ⁶

• Jan 20, 2021 » I no longer trust The Great Suspender
• May 02, 2016 » A Programmer's Guide to Practical Hats
• Nov 08, 2014 » Learning Japanese - the first 6 months
• May 10, 2014 » Reading Japanese text from images
• Feb 02, 2014 » What is Color?
• Apr 21, 2013 » Exploring Onionland: The Tor .onion Darknet ⭐

Business ⁴

• Feb 23, 2021 » ✚ → Things I Wish I Knew Before Working in Industry ⭐
• Apr 02, 2016 » Roles on Software Teams
• Mar 10, 2013 » Killer apps for software platforms
• Jan 15, 2013 » Things I Wish I Knew Before Working in Industry ✚ ⭐
• Jan 08, 2013 » Programming is Fun. But What Matters is Solving a Real Problem. ⭐

Privacy ³

• Feb 04, 2021 » Privacy Sandbox: Google's answer to privacy-conscious advertising
• Oct 21, 2013 » Shame on the NSA
• Apr 21, 2013 » Exploring Onionland: The Tor .onion Darknet ⭐

Cooking ²

• Dec 18, 2017 » How to annotate a new recipe
• Dec 09, 2017 » Learning to cook better: My journey

DigitalPreservation ²

• Jul 10, 2022 » Crystal Web Archiver 1.3.0b Released!
• Mar 23, 2021 » Crystal Web Archiver 1.1.0b Released!

Politics ²

• Oct 21, 2013 » Shame on the NSA
• Oct 04, 2013 » WA Initiative 522: GMO Food Labeling