tl;dr Mentoring is probably the best way to advance the art of programming, by keeping hard-earned lessons fresh. Programming is a new discipline. Mathematics and logic had existed for millennia and even the scientific method had existed for generations before … Read more
I recently realized that all the various programming philosophies are concerned with state, and can be boiled down into a simple statement about how to work with state. Object-Oriented – Modifying a lot of state at once is hard to … Read more
Subtitle: Yet Another Tech Interviewing Post There are hundreds and hundreds of blogs about how programming interviews suck, how they ask trivia questions or try to ask questions that only fresh graduates would know well (sort binary trees is the … Read more
I recently wrote about completing Advent of Code 2022 using a different programming language (or two) every day for 25 days. That note focused on the strategy, tactics and logistics involved in using 26 languages in 25 days without saying … Read more
I enjoy all facets of using computers, including programming, and am decent at it. I like many others also enjoy the theory crafting aspect which means spending time reading/thinking about programming and technical concepts and engaging with or observing discussions … Read more
Since making a sudden leap from computer science to academic medicine about seven years ago, I haven’t programmed as much. I love what I do in medicine and biology, and I love helping patients. But, I have missed programming – … Read more
Software Gems: The Computer History Museum Historical Source Code Series Ken Iverson at Harvard University Thousands of programming languages were invented in the first 50 years of the age of computing. Many of them were similar, and many followed a … Read more
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