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December 2023
20 Things I’ve Learned in my 20 Years as a Software Engineer
20 Things I’ve Learned in my 20 Years as a Software Engineer –Important, Read This First You’re about to read a blog post with a lot of advice. Learning from those who came before us is instrumental to success, but we often forget an important caveat. Almost all advice is contextual, yet it is rarely delivered with any context. “You just need to charge more!” says the company […]
Robotics in Education (RiE) 2024
RFC processes are a poor fit for most organizations – Jacob Kaplan-Moss
RFC processes are a poor fit for most organizations – Jacob Kaplan-Moss –The RFC process has been a huge success in defining the standards that run the Internet, but naively adopting this process for your company is a mistake. RFC processes tend to fail at most organizations because they lack a clear decision-making step.
My $500M Mars Rover Mistake: A Failure Story — Chris Lewicki
My $500M Mars Rover Mistake: A Failure Story — Chris Lewicki –Some mistakes feel worse than death.
November 2023
CutList Optimizer
CutList Optimizer –Online panel cutting optimization software. Generate optimized cutting patterns based on the available stock sheets by nesting the required parts.
git branches: intuition & reality
petercorke/robotics-toolbox-python: Robotics Toolbox for Python
petercorke/robotics-toolbox-python: Robotics Toolbox for Python –Robotics Toolbox for Python. Contribute to petercorke/robotics-toolbox-python development by creating an account on GitHub.
How To Use RTK GPS On A ROS Robot
How To Use RTK GPS On A ROS Robot –Get accurate positioning down to 14 mm!
An unbiased evaluation of environment management and packaging tools
An unbiased evaluation of environment management and packaging tools –Amazing summary of all the crazy dev tools in the python world.
Document Your Python Code and Projects With ChatGPT – Real Python
Document Your Python Code and Projects With ChatGPT – Real Python –Good documentation is a critical feature of any successful Python project. In practice, writing documentation is hard and can take a lot of time and effort. Nowadays, with tools like ChatGPT, you can quickly document your Python code and projects.
Ask Guy Kawasaki Anything
Ask Guy Kawasaki Anything –Let AI answer your questions based on Guy Kawasaki’s videos.
Excalidraw — Collaborative whiteboarding made easy
Excalidraw — Collaborative whiteboarding made easy –Excalidraw is a virtual collaborative whiteboard tool that lets you easily sketch diagrams that have a hand-drawn feel to them.
Sample diagrams — blockdiag 1.0 documentation
Kroki!
Kroki! –
Analyzing Data 170,000x Faster with Python
Analyzing Data 170,000x Faster with Python –The article, Analyzing Data 180,000x Faster with Rust, first presents some unoptimized Python code, and then shows the process of rewriting and optimizing the code in Rust, resulting in a 180,000x speed-up. The author notes:
October 2023
Making the EM5 mk 2 High Res Mode Sing By Brad Nichol | Steve Huff Hi-Fi and Photo
Making the EM5 mk 2 High Res Mode Sing By Brad Nichol | Steve Huff Hi-Fi and Photo –Making the EM5 mk 2 High Res Mode Sing By Brad Nichol – His blog is HERE Hi Steve, I though that some of your readers might be interested in a little low down on the Olympus EM5 mk 2 high res mode, it is certainly a popular camera but one that is difficult for
Developing a Multithreaded Kernel From Scratch!
Developing a Multithreaded Kernel From Scratch! –Build a multitasking operating system and kernel with an interactive shell!
Must have 10 years experience with Lineman.js
Must have 10 years experience with Lineman.js –10 years ago, we released an awesome CLI for developing single-page JavaScript applications. So, why did it fail?