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16 links, first saved September 28, 2007, latest January 9, 2025.
- Stay Gold, America
- I Fight For The Users
Atwood's blog is great, and it’s been a while since he has shared an essay. I loved his TRON invocation of "Fight for the Users". I've banged on about social media plenty, but a…
- An Exercise Program for the Fat Web
This may have convinced me to jump into Pi-hole and better protect privacy for my entire home network. I was using the Eero Plus service but I've found that to have some…
- There is no longer any such thing as Computer Security
I like this position, computer security is just security, and it’s really easy these days to get exploited. This is a good overview particularly on phishing and what you can most…
- To Serve Man, with Software
Great post and reflections from Jeff Atwood. His thoughts reflect many of the people building things in tech. I think it’s a good thing that people are becoming more introspective…
- The Existential Terror of Battle Royale —Coding Horror
I don't do a lot of multiplayer gaming but reading this got me caught up with how evolved the world of gaming has gotten. This made me think of the Hunger Games . I didn't intend…
- Your Digital Pinball Machine
- Thanks For Ruining Another Game Forever, Computers
In the space of just 20 years, computers went from barely beating the best humans at Chess, with a problem space of 1050, to definitively beating the best humans at Go, with a…
- We Hire the Best, Just Like Everyone Else
Given the risks, I think maybe "hire the nuttiest risk junkie adrenaline addicted has-ideas-so-crazy-they-will-never-work people you can find" might actually be more practical…
- Is Your Computer Stable?
Everyone breathes a sigh of relief when their newly built computer boots up for the first time, no matter how many times they've done it before. But booting is only the beginning…
- Getting the Most Out of PNG
When it comes to image formats on the internet, it's generally a three-way tie between JPEG, GIF, and PNG. Deciding which image format to use is relatively straightforward; you…
- Coding Horror: A Visual Explanation of SQL Joins
Helpful. I thought Ligaya Turmelle's post on SQL joins was a great primer for novice developers. Since SQL joins appear to be set-based, the use of Venn diagrams to explain them…
- How to Stop Sucking and Be Awesome Instead
I've been fortunate to have some measure of success in my life, primarily through this very blog over the last eight years, and in creating Stack Overflow and Stack Exchange over…
- Please Don't Learn to Code
10 PRINT "I AM MAYOR" 20 GOTO 10
- The Ten Commandments of Egoless Programming
Favorite line "Don't be the guy coding in the dark office emerging only to buy cola. The guy in the room is out of touch, out of sight, and out of control and has no place in an…
- Can Your Team Pass The Elevator Test?
Software developers do love to code. But very few of them, in my experience, can explain why they're coding. Try this exercise on one of your teammates if you don't believe me.…