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10 things developers need to shut up about

This post was originally published over at jooq.org, a blog focusing on Java from the perspective of the developers of jOOQ. Some things are just very very very VERY very important. Such as Whitespace:

users.ece.cmu.edu/~koopman/pubs/koopman14_toyota_ua_slides.pdf

Al Jazeera America: The Other America "Fredrick Brennan"

Introducing Tweet-a-Program—Wolfram Blog

In the Wolfram Language a little code can go a long way. And to use that fact to let everyone have some fun, today we’re introducing Tweet-a-Program. Compose a tweet-length Wolfram Language program, and tweet it to @WolframTaP.

GitHut

GitHut is an attempt to visualize and explore the complexity of the universe of programming languages used across the repositories hosted on GitHub.

The Biggest Mistakes I See on Resumes, and How to Correct Them | LinkedIn

The Ultimate Retaliation: Pranking My Roommate With Targeted Facebook Ads

Recently I found myself in need of a roommate and, like many others, reached out to the Craigslist universe.

Rabbits, Faces & Hyperspaces - Computerphile

Hyperspace was hijacked by science fiction, but what is a space? Robert Miles explains with the use of small red rabbits and human faces.How Broadband ADSL Works: http://youtu.be/uwtGfyna62I Busy Beaver Turing Machines: http://youtu.be/CE8UhcyJS0I Public Key Cryptography: http://youtu.be/GSIDS_lvRv4

10 developer phrases that mean something completely different

Have you ever heard a colleague use the phrase “The code explains itself”? What your co-worker really means, is that they were not bothered to write any commentary. As you’ve probably noticed, what developers say and what they mean are usually two completely different things.

Tales of a Former Disassembly Addict

There wasn't much of a choice. I'd routinely look at the disassembled output of Pascal and C compilers and throw up my hands. It was often as if the code was some contrived example in Zen of Assembly Language, just to show how much opportunity there was for optimization.

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.

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