Excalidraw is a virtual collaborative whiteboard tool that lets you easily sketch diagrams that have a hand-drawn feel to them.

Kroki! URL: https://kroki.io/ Type: link Domain: kroki.io Notes: Amazing set of diagram makers that I had never seen. All I knew about was Graphviz.

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:

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

Build a multitasking operating system and kernel with an interactive shell!

Introduction - Ruby Science by thoughtbot URL: https://thoughtbot.com/ruby-science/introduction.html?utm_source=shortruby&utm_campaign=shortruby_0063&ref=shortruby.com Type: link Domain: thoughtbot.com Notes: A beautiful book, free, online, full of actionable advice for ruby devs.

10 years ago, we released an awesome CLI for developing single-page JavaScript applications. So, why did it fail?

Packaging Python Projects — Python Packaging User Guide URL: https://packaging.python.org/en/latest/tutorials/packaging-projects/ Type: link Domain: packaging.python.org Notes: Really good instructions for packaging Python packages. Highlights: - {'text': 'python3 -m pip install --index-url https://test.pypi.org/simple/ --no-deps example-package-YOUR-USERNAME-HERE', 'note': '', 'created': '2023-10-07T23:53:51.054Z', 'lastUpdate': '2023-10-07T23:53:51.070Z', 'creatorRef': 624427, '_id': '6521ef8ffd27dd69c74a0ca5'}

I recently re-read Martin Fowler's excellent book on refactoring. It's about improving the design and quality of your code in small steps, without changing external behavior. The book contains detailed descriptions of refactorings, with motivation, mechanics, and an example for each. A must-read.

By June 1949, people had begun to realize that it was not so easy to get a program right as had at one time appeared. It was on one of my journeys between the EDSAC room and the punching equipment that the realization came over me with full force that a good part of the remainder of my life was going to be spent in finding errors in my own programs. — Maurice Wilkes, creator of the first stored-program computer, EDSAC Debugging is programming, and programming is often mostly debugging. One of t

Weddings are an occasion for gift giving, and a fine watch always makes an ideal gift, whether it’s from a parent to a prospective son- or daughter-in-law, a groom to a best man, or exchanged between the betrothed couple in addition to (or in place of) the traditional rings. What are the best wedding watches? We put th

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Those new to functional programming often wonder when to use higher-order functions (or blocks/procs/lambdas in Ruby). I did, too. In this post, we'll implement the map method from scratch, in turn gaining an intuitive understanding of higher-order functions and when to use them.

An educational puzzle game. Solve a series of tasks where you build increasingly powerful components. Starts with the simplest logical components and ends up with a programmable computer.

Become a computer operating system and try not to anger the user!

Tutorials for Raspberry Pi ⚫ Projects and Applications for Beginners and Experts ⚫ Raspberry Pi First Steps ⚫ and many other RasPi Tutorials.

Learn about the Jews of Curaçao: their rich history, magnificent synagogues, historic cemeteries, fascinating museums, and other delightful other sites. Find everything you need to plan a visit. CuracaoJews.org is an initiative of the Jewish Cultural Historical Museum as we approach 400 years of Jewish life recorded on the island of Curaçao.

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