This is the collection of articles related to programming or computers in some way.
There are a lot of these because my profession is software engineer. Let’s not go into whether that’s an appropriate word to use for what I do. I think both sides have valid arguments, but I lean towards the title as aspirational. I want my work to stand up to engineering rigor, whether the rest of my industry does or not.
19 items with this tag.
More thoughts on the topic of code interviews, and an implementation of the longest common subsequence problem so I could refresh myself on dynamic programming.
A post about programming fonts I've used and where I am now.
My thoughts on why "conventional comments" might not be the best solution.
Where I describe my path to becoming the programmer I am today.
Some thoughts on how SQLite could lead to a better service design from the start.
Where I discuss the absurd things I did with my keyboard's LCD and how it was more complicated than I expected.
About the positive combination of expert knowledge and LLMs for getting work done.
Thoughts on what I’ve learned about Large Language Models.
Where I talk about some recent features of 1Password that are incredibly useful for software engineering problems.
Where I talk about my experience switching my site to use Quartz for static site generation from an Obsidian vault.
In which I talk about some of the basics of abstract algebra and group theory and how it applies to Statsd and Datadog.
Where I expand a bit on my thoughts about an idea I read on the NixOS Discourse forums.
About my recent experience botching a coding interview, and my thoughts on the practice of coding tests.
An exploration in using a ServiceWorker written in Rust compiled to WASM, and the problems I ran into.
Where I attempt to explain an idea I've been thinking about around different ways of editing code.
An attempt to put into words some thoughts I've had around code as a way to communicate knowledge, both to my future self and others.
A philosophy about documentation writing. I think it's a useful framework.
A list of tools I use frequently, and some my thoughts on them.
A book page about the Little Schemer series of programming books.