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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 February 2020 18:28:27 +00:00
The centre half is more than a sporting term. Chris Oldwood shows us why.
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The Refactor Part of TDD – Reducing to the Min with FizzBuzz
Bob Schmidt
07 January 2020 18:03:04 +00:00
Simon Sebright considers whether de-duplication in refactoring can be too aggressive.
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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 Case Against the Use of Code ‘Smells’
Bob Schmidt
05 September 2019 17:23:45 +01:00
Simon Sebright asks if we’re using the term correctly.
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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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Afterwood
Bob Schmidt
01 June 2019 18:41:56 +01:00
There are parallels between writing and programming. Chris Oldwood shares his journey into learning to write well.
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Avoid Stagnation
Bob Schmidt
06 May 2019 23:37:51 +01:00
Pete Goodliffe cautions us against allowing our programming skills to become stale.
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Modern SAT solvers: fast, neat and underused (part 1 of N)
Bob Schmidt
03 April 2019 23:17:07 +01:00
SAT solvers can quickly find solutions to Boolean Logic problems. Martin Hořeňovský demonstrates how this can be used to solve arbitrary Sudoku puzzles.
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The Simple Life
Bob Schmidt
05 March 2019 17:36:44 +00:00
Pete Goodliffe urges us to keep code simple.
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5 Big Fat Reasons Why Mutexes Suck Big Time
Bob Schmidt
06 February 2019 18:47:55 +00:00
Mutable shared state in multithreaded code is often protected by mutexes. Sergey Ignatchenko reminds us that Re-Actors can avoid many of the problems.
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A Small Universe
Bob Schmidt
05 February 2019 17:21:07 +00:00
Writing a programming language is a hot topic. Deák Ferenc shows us how he wrote a compiler for bytecode callable from C++.
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A Small Universe Part II
Bob Schmidt
05 February 2019 16:36:55 +00:00
Writing a programming language is a hot topic. Deák Ferenc shows us how he wrote a compiler for bytecode callable from C++.
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A Thorough Introduction to Distributed Systems
Bob Schmidt
03 February 2019 17:01:54 +00:00
What is a distributed system, and why is it so complicated? Stanislav Kozlovski explains.