Hacknot's If They Come, How Will They Build It? is a harrowing series of 29 emails sent over a two week period. I finally got CVS access today from Arnold. So I've checked out the AccountView module OK, but it won't compile. The Eclipse project has dependencies on about five other projects.
Introduction to OctreesConceptually, this is what we're doing in our picture: Each red line is an expensive CPU test for intersection. Naturally, you should feel horrified by this code because it is going to run in O(N^2) time.
Let Links Be LinksThe concept of the web as an application platform has never been more popular, but the tools used to create these so-called “web apps” are still fraught with pitfalls that are often ignored or misunderstood.
Code Clinic 2015: How to Write Code the Compiler Can Actually OptimizeGame Developers Conference 2015 Mike Acton Insomniac Games, Inc free content Programming Programming
Enough With the Salts: Updates on Secure Password SchemesI’ve been spending some time recently combing through the old Matasano Blog Catacombs and blowing the dust off years old tomes. It’s been amazing to see how much information from years ago is still relevant today.
Obsessive Efficiency DisorderIt's a bit like OCD, but more efficient.[1] Having had a few talks with colleagues about this, it's clear I'm not alone. In fact, many of us who are working at a high pace and functioning at a high level seem to experience this.
Choose Boring TechnologyProbably the single best thing to happen to me in my career was having had Kellan placed in charge of me. I stuck around long enough to see Kellan's technical decisionmaking start to bear fruit. I learned a great deal from this, but I also learned a great deal as a result of this.
Your Constructors Are Completely IrrationalWhen clients ask me to help them with legacy code it generally takes less than 30 minutes for me to run into a debilitating constructor—a term I use to describe a constructor that does too much.
Fix your slow MongoDB queries in a few minutesIf your application is executing hundreds or even thousands of queries a second, how do you quickly find which queries are causing performance issues? Figuring out why your application is running slow often is like trying to find a needle in a haystack.
Must-See Tech Talks for Every ProgrammerI love a good tech talk. I like to watch them, I like to give them, and now that I have lots of free time on my hands, I've put together a list of the must-see talks for every programmer.
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.