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17 links, first saved June 12, 2011, latest November 27, 2025.
- Software Failures and IT Management's Repeated Mistakes - IEEE Spectrum
Large-scale software transitions are incredibly hard and don't seem to be getting easier. There is a big component of Gall's Law here. I would also highlight that no large-scale…
- The Top Programming Languages 2025 - IEEE Spectrum
Python at the top of the list by a ways, and also now at the top of the list for the most popular in "Jobs" as well.
- Why "Normal" Engineers Are the Key to Great Teams - IEEE Spectrum
Charity Majors with a great article about engineering teams and what makes great engineering organizations. A quip I think about a lot: All great technology organizations are…
- Wybot S3 Pool Cleaning Robot Announced at CES 2025 - IEEE Spectrum
- ChatGPT Code: Is the AI Actually Good At Writing Code? - IEEE Spectrum
- How Engineers at Digital Equipment Corp. Saved Ethernet - IEEE Spectrum
This is a great story about the creation of the very first Ethernet bridge, or what we now call a switch. I've got five switches in my house right now making sure my Ethernet…
- Roll Your Own All-Sky, Raspberry Pi Camera - IEEE Spectrum
I had no idea what a AllSkyCams were until I saw this article. I bet there would be really cool views from one of these.
- Q&A With Co-Creator of the 6502 Processor - IEEE Spectrum
The 6502 is the only assembly language work I've ever done, and the instruction set is well done.
- How the Boeing 737 Max Disaster Looks to a Software Developer - IEEE Spectrum
This is a fantastic read on the Boeing 737 Max situation. I’ll say it again: In the 737 Max, the engine nacelles themselves can, at high angles of attack, work as a wing and…
- AI Helps Amputees Walk With a Robotic Knee - IEEE Spectrum
This is absolutely brilliant. Normally, human technicians spend hours working with amputees to manually adjust robotic limbs to work well with each person’s style of walking. By…
- Blockchains: How They Work and Why They’ll Change the World - IEEE Spectrum
Thorough background and introduction to blockchain technology along with a number of great examples beyond cryptocurrencies.
- Superaccurate GPS Chips Coming to Smartphones in 2018 - IEEE Spectrum
Having a GPS in so many devices has been a revolution bigger than I would have expected. Moving the accuracy of GPS locations from 5 meters to 30 centimeters would enable a whole…
- The Fathers of the Internet Revolution Urge Today’s Software Engineers to Reinvent the Web
On Wednesday, in the former San Francisco church that now serves as the headquarters of the Internet Archive, pioneers of the Internet and the World Wide Web joined together to…
- Linux at 25: Q&A With Linus Torvalds
The creator of the open-source operating system talks about its past, present, and future.
- Advanced Economies Must Still Make Things
And yet manufacturing is still important for the health of a country’s economy, because no other sector can generate nearly as many well-paying jobs. Take Facebook, which at the…
- Dutch Police Training Eagles to Take Down Drones - IEEE Spectrum
Or, you can be like the Dutch National Police, and train eagles to take down drones for you.
- How I Learned to Live Google-free
I decided to put my own dependence on Google to the test. The plan was simpleto the best of my ability, I would sever my relationship with Google. I vowed to stop doing business…