In imperative programming it is common practice to group instructions in small and easily comprehensible units—namely functions or methods. Often to enable code reuse but also to improve readability.
Why you should understand (a little) about TCPThis isn’t about understanding everything about TCP or reading through TCP/IP Illustrated. It’s about how a little bit of TCP knowledge is essential. Here’s why. When I was at the Recurse Center, I wrote a TCP stack in Python (and wrote about what happens if you write a TCP stack in Python).
To ECC or Not To ECCOn one of my visits to the Computer History Museum – and by the way this is an absolute must-visit place if you are ever in the San Francisco bay area – I saw an early Google server rack circa 1999 in the exhibits.
An Open Letter to Developers Everywhere (About Cryptography) · GitHubPlease check your code to ensure you're not making one of the following mistakes related to cryptography. If you're looking for cryptography right answers, check out the linked gist.
Confidence Through Feedback, or Why Imposter Syndrome is the Wrong MetaphorImposter syndrome is often presented as a personal failing. A lack of confidence, our wrong-headed beliefs not matching the reality of how competent we are, or worst of a flaw of our gender.
Patronizing PasswordsWe all know that moment. You register for a new service, type in your chosen password, but can’t get in. Your password could very well be secure, but the opinionated service you’re trying to use disagrees.
Magic Methods in C#The concept of NoSQL databases has been around for a while, but there still are quite a few misunderstandings regarding the topic of relational SQL vs NoSQL databases. In this post, I’d like to clarify the most common misconceptions and discuss the primary use cases for each of them.
Hell’s code kitchenLinus Torvalds is infamous for periodically tearing into kernel hackers who submit patches he doesn’t like. Dave Eisenberg took it upon himself to rewrite one of Linus’ rants. Without the invective it’s a fraction of its original length. It still gets the same information across.
Create Your First Diagnostic Analyzer in Visual Studio 2015Diagnostic analyzers are a great new extensibility feature in Visual Studio 2015 for performing static code analysis. Most developers will probably settle with using the ones provided by Microsoft and third party vendors.
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.