Ethical alternatives to revenue-generating deceptive patterns
Link: Ethical alternatives to revenue-generating deceptive patterns: "Interesting alternatives to so-called “dark patterns”. Author says: “Avoiding deception and building trust: the power of ethical revenue generation with transparent patterns.”"
BookFinder.com: New & Used Books, Rare Books, Textbooks
BookFinder.com: New & Used Books, Rare Books, Textbooks –Aggregates used book sites. Recommendo
Meet Zig: The modern alternative to C
Link: Meet Zig: The modern alternative to C: "Zig is an up-and-coming systems-oriented language that could one day replace C. Here's what you need to know about Zig."
Some possible reasons for 8-bit bytes
Link: Some possible reasons for 8-bit bytes: "An interesting walk down history lane… of computers"
Three-Bucket Framework for Engineering Metrics
Link: Three-Bucket Framework for Engineering Metrics: "Deciding what metrics to track and report to stakeholders. This article is common sense but very useful advice on how yo think about what metrics make sense to measure an engineering team."
Why am I not terrified of AI?
Link: Why am I not terrified of AI?: "Author says: “Every week now, it seems, events on the ground make a fresh mockery of those who confidently assert what AI will never be able to do, or won’t do for centuries if ever, or is incoherent even …”"
The Missing Semester of Your CS Education
Link: The Missing Semester of Your CS Education: "Classes teach you all about advanced topics within CS, from operating systems to machine learning, but there’s one critical subject that’s rarely covered, and is instead left to students to figure out on their own: proficiency with their tools. We’ll teach you how to master the command-line, use a powerful text editor, use fancy features of version control systems, and much more!"
SQLite the only database you will ever need in most cases
Link: SQLite the only database you will ever need in most cases: "This is a nice writeup about power use of sqlite."
CheatGPT
Link: CheatGPT: "If you teach programming, this is a very insightful article. It doesnt solve anything though. From the author: “This week I stepped out of one world and landed in another. It started while I was marking assignments in a few of my programming courses.The quality of the code I was reading was amazing! My students were doing the sorts of things that my open source peers do.”"
10 Ways to Avoid Being Fooled
Link: 10 Ways to Avoid Being Fooled: "Great useful list of mental models, biases, techniques and tips to avoid being fooled"