Adventures in Rust 0.9: Arrays and JSON
I wanted to try Rust last year around this time but never got around to it. My friend’s taking a look now and so why not actually start learning the language? he mentioned having some issues with...
View ArticleSystems Past: the only 8 software innovations we actually use
Systems Past: the only 8 software innovations we actually use Interesting post and he makes a good point: I find that all the significant concepts in software systems were invented/discovered in the 15...
View ArticleGNU Moe Tutorial/Review
Yesterday I was looking at a listing of updates for free software projects. I commented that the package GNU Moe could be used as a replacement for nano or zile, that is, when you need to quickly edit...
View ArticlePython Exceptions
http://www.jeffknupp.com/blog/2013/02/06/write-cleaner-python-use-exceptions/ Many programmers have had it drilled into their head that exceptions, in any language, should only be used in truly...
View ArticleGenerating a Culture of Code Documentation
Generating a Culture of Code Documentation This is from a presentation given at the Write the Docs conference, Cutter’s experience is that SMEs fall into three categories in roughly equal proportion:...
View ArticleFirst code patch submission in a long time…
UPDATE: It got in, the patch was reviewed, updated and added to the main code base. The developer even added my name to the credits! I submitted an issue to the Django Rest Framework project. There was...
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