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The Jenga rule for programming:
Never change existing code beyond what is strictly necessary for you to reach your goal and keep the program from crashing.

(As opposed to the "Boy scout rule for programming")
January 3, 2024 at 5:25 PM
What if state machines were a data type?
November 26, 2023 at 1:55 PM
Stem-and-leaf plots are fascinating. According to Wikipedia, their use declined with the demise of typewriters.
Stem-and-leaf display - Wikipedia
en.m.wikipedia.org
October 24, 2023 at 5:29 PM
If you think you can replace your DevOps team with some AWS lambdas and a declarative config, I have some bad news for you.
October 16, 2023 at 5:18 PM
With a rotation invariant alphabet, we could read text from any direction.
October 14, 2023 at 9:46 AM