Rob Janssen

Collide is an open-source "collaborative IDE" demonstration

Pick a folder you want to edit on your local file system. Run Collide from the command line in that folder. You and your amigos browse to http://your_host_name:8080. Collaboratively edit :). Requires Client: recent Chrome or Safari Server: Java 7 JRE Build: Java 7 JDK, Ant 1.8.

learn to love frustration

Better (concurrent) living through chemistry. Tutorial on JoCaml and join calculus, part I

Continuing my exploration of OCAML, I found that there is an extension called JoCaml, which supports concurrency. I don't yet know if it really supports multicore computing - probably not, a real shame! But JoCaml's view of concurrent execution is very nice.

A better way to store password hashes?

Note to reader, this is the first of a two part series. You can find the second part here.

Higgs – Naar het hart van de verbeelding

Internationale wetenschappers hebben een onbekend elementair deeltje gevonden. Het is vrijwel zeker het lang gezochte, maar nog nooit ontdekte Higgs-boson, het ontbrekende puzzelstuk in de natuur. Dat heeft het Europees Centrum voor Kernonderzoek (CERN) op 4 juli bekendgemaakt.

Preparing Yourself for Modern JavaScript Development

There is a lot going on in the JavaScript world these days, both in and out of the browser. Talk about script loaders, client side MVC frameworks, minifiers, AMD, Common.js, Coffeescript, can quickly get your head spinning.

The Realtime Engine

On Monday I had the pleasure of speaking once again at NodeConf in Portland. On this glorious second edition, several talks were dedicated to the topic of realtime, covering angles such as its inception and future, scalability, backend messaging and more.

When Even Crashing Doesn’t Work

I’ve written previously about the importance of crashing in order to improve code quality. However even the seemingly simple task of crashing can be more error prone than you might expect. I’ve recently become aware of two different problems that can happen when crashing in 64-bit Windows.

Password Storage Cheat Sheet

Media covers the theft of large collections of passwords on an almost daily basis.

Het Higgs-boson uitgelegd voor mensen die van lifestyle houden

De gemiddelde mens, de casual-ademhaler, weet niet wat een Higgs-boson is, behalve dat het een deeltje is dat misschien, of waarschijnlijk, denken we, ontdekt is. En gepresenteerd in het elegante Comic Sans.

This Read-It-Later-list is just that, bookmarks of stuff I intend to read or have read. I do not necessarily agree with opinions or statements in the bookmarked articles.

This list is compiled from my Pocket list.