Compendium of Wondrous Links vol V
- Seven habits of effective text editing. A great essay by Bram Moolenaar (of Vim fame). It is applicable to any editor, but, of course, shows why Vim can be such a good choice (once you know how to use it, obviously)
- A useful collection of recipes in Python. Thirty python language features and tricks you may not know
- How to be a sane programmer. Basically, do other stuff not related to programming. The related Business Insider article is also worth the read.
- The Evolution of a Software Engineer
- D/A and A/D Digital Show and tell. Great explanation on how sampling and analog conversion works. I spent my college years dealing with this stuff (and using the same equipment), it is explained beautifully.
- 10 important URLs that every single Google user needs to know Interesting stuff about privacy and Google.
- A glass breaking recorded at high speed.
- How to Create an Awesome Candidate Experience. On thing that I particularly liked about it is the fact that it acknowledges how emotionally exhausting is to go through a recruitment process for the candidate.
- Game servers UDP vs TCP. great article about the differences between TCP and UDP, usually not well understood.
- Amazing precision. The art of Street Typography.
- I love this quote: “I do not want to be a “rock star”. I want to be a good engineer on a great engineering team“. I talked previously about this, and how a great team will be much more productive than a bunch of “Ninja Developers”.
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