Brian Steffens wrote a very interesting article about how a mathematical function translates all the way down to machine code. From math to machine: translating a function to machine code https://briansteffens.github.io/2017/02/20/from-math-to-machine.html I like the part with the machine code: 48 bf 01 00 00 … 🙂
Author: M. H. Neifer
The Passionate Programmer
David Matteson thinks that professionals should be passionate about their programming. Don’t Pursue Programming if You Aren’t Passionate About It https://medium.com/@ebbv/dont-pursue-programming-if-you-aren-t-passionate-about-it-a5bd4e33cd01#.yrg4zicpz I think it’s enough to do a good job.
Use Vim as a Python IDE
Liu-Cheng Xu writes about using Vim as a Python IDE. how to use vim as a python ide http://www.liuchengxu.org/posts/use-vim-as-a-python-ide/ Can not wait to try this. Thanks for sharing.
Joe Average Programmer
Tony You wrote an article about average programmers. Programming Doesn’t Require Talent or Even Passion https://medium.com/@WordcorpGlobal/programming-doesnt-require-talent-or-even-passion-11422270e1e4#.9ehymbv1j Let’s hope the human resources people read this.
Blue-Collar Job Coding
Found this very interesting article on Wired. The Next Big Blue-Collar Job Is Coding https://www.wired.com/2017/02/programming-is-the-new-blue-collar-job/ Yep. I totally agree. Coding courses are everywhere.
The Bipolar Lisp Programmer
I discovered this article on Hacker News some time ago. The Bipolar Lisp Programmer http://www.shenlanguage.org/lambdassociates/htdocs/blog/bipolar.htm Not sure what this means.
crepl for ClojureScript
Gijs Stuurman writes about ClojureScript. crepl: Write and run ClojureScript code together http://thegeez.net/2017/02/03/crepl_collaborative_editor.html Interesting. First time I hear about ClojureScript.
Deep Learning in Clojure With Cortex
Carin Meier has an article about the Cortex library. Deep Learning in Clojure With Cortex http://gigasquidsoftware.com/blog/2016/12/27/deep-learning-in-clojure-with-cortex/ Looks like I need to have a look at Clojure again.
Security issue with Pythons string.format()
Armin Ronacher wrote an interesting article about a security issue with Pythons string.format(). Be Careful with Python’s New-Style String Format http://lucumr.pocoo.org/2016/12/29/careful-with-str-format/ Security issues always scare me.
Developer Burnout
Kenneth Reitz writes about developer burnout. The Reality of Developer Burnout https://www.kennethreitz.org/essays/the-reality-of-developer-burnout I’m too tired to comment on this.
Pixie Lisp
A magic Lisp. Written in RPython. Really. Pixie http://pixielang.org/ I don’t know that to think about this.
Deep Learning in Clojure With Cortex
Nice example for deep learning with Clojure by Carin Meier. Deep Learning in Clojure With Cortex http://gigasquidsoftware.com/blog/2016/12/27/deep-learning-in-clojure-with-cortex/ I need more free time to explore all this good stuff.
Portacle
“Portacle is a complete IDE for Common Lisp that you can take with you on a USB stick.” Portacle https://shinmera.github.io/portacle/ Emacs, SBCL, Quicklisp and Git in one package. Interesting idea. Let’s see how it develops.
The Idea of Lisp
Eric Normand writes about The Idea of Lisp https://dev.to/ericnormand/the-idea-of-lisp Nice idea.