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Overload Journal #58 - Dec 2003 or Design of applications and programs
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Making a Linux Desktop

Bob Schmidt

08 September 2020 18:46:41 +01:00

Alan Griffiths adds support for shell components to the desktop environment.

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Piping Software for Less

Bob Schmidt

06 September 2020 18:23:37 +01:00

Paul Grenyer continues his mission to build a DevOps pipeline on a budget.

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An Example Confined User Shell

Bob Schmidt

01 August 2020 17:51:32 +01:00

Snap confinement is not just for individual apps but can be applied to a complete GUI environment. Alan Griffiths demonstrates with the Mircade shell.

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The Standard Report

Bob Schmidt

04 July 2020 16:58:39 +01:00

Guy Davidson reports on the latest developments.

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Refocusing Amdahl’s Law

Bob Schmidt

01 June 2020 21:12:29 +01:00

Parallelising code can make it faster. Lucian Radu Teodorescu explores how to get the most out of multi-threaded code.

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Expect the Unexpected (Part 1)

Bob Schmidt

03 May 2020 18:28:21 +01:00

Pete Goodliffe looks into dealing with the inevitable.

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What Is Your Name?

Bob Schmidt

03 May 2020 18:21:19 +01:00

Simon Sebright considers the importance of names as identification.

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Quick Modular Calculations (Part 3)

Bob Schmidt

06 April 2020 20:18:25 +01:00

This article concludes the 3-part series. Cassio Neri presents a new algorithm that also works for 64-bit operands.

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Deconstructing Inheritance

Bob Schmidt

05 April 2020 19:09:30 +01:00

Inheritance can be overused. Lucian Radu Teodorescu considers how it can go wrong and the alternatives.

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It’s About Time

Bob Schmidt

02 April 2020 18:47:08 +01:00

How easy is it to make code wait for a time period before doing something? Mike Crowe looks at ways to avoid problems when a system clock changes.

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The Standard Report

Bob Schmidt

02 March 2020 22:49:22 +00:00

Guy Davidson reports from the C++ Standards Committee.

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The Path of Least Resistance

Bob Schmidt

04 February 2020 18:47:24 +00:00

Python’s modules and imports can be overwhelming. Steve Love attempts to de-mystify the process.

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A Secure Environment for Running Apps?

Bob Schmidt

02 February 2020 18:31:30 +00:00

Getting apps from the app store is easy. Alan Griffiths considers this from a security perspective.

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Afterwood

Bob Schmidt

01 December 2019 16:46:15 +00:00

We are aware of the film Get Carter. Chris Oldwood asks if it should be called Acquire Carter instead.

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Making a Linux Desktop: Painting Some Wallpaper

Bob Schmidt

04 November 2019 18:17:17 +00:00

Alan Griffiths continues his series on coding with the Mir library.

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OOP Is not Essential

Bob Schmidt

04 October 2019 20:03:02 +01:00

People tend to love or hate Object Oriented Programming. Lucian Teodorescu considers a recent OOP claim.

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C++ Pipes

Bob Schmidt

02 October 2019 19:14:28 +01:00

Expressive code can make life easier. Jonathan Boccara demonstrates fluent pipelines for collections in C++.

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Making a Linux Desktop

Bob Schmidt

07 September 2019 17:27:40 +01:00

Alan Griffiths illustrates how to get started with Mir.

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A Low-Latency Logging Framework

Bob Schmidt

05 August 2019 22:21:46 +01:00

Logging can be a bottleneck in systems. Wesley Maness and Richard Reich demonstrate a low-latency logging framework that avoids common problems.

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On IT and... CO2 Footprints

Bob Schmidt

04 June 2019 19:08:09 +01:00

Recent headlines declare a climate emergency. Sergey Ignatchenko considers how we can make an impact on IT’s carbon footprint.


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