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.
Category: Coding
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.
Clojure Advocacy
Clojure advocacy article by Robert Cecil Martin. Why Clojure is better than C, Python,Ruby and java and why should you care http://telegra.ph/Why-Clojure-is-better-than-C-PythonRuby-and-java-and-why-should-you-care-12-20 Lisp on JVM is better than Lisp on it’s own VM? I don’t get it.
Ethik für Programmierer
Interessanter Artikel über die Verantwortung der Programmierer. Die den Code der Welt von morgen schreiben http://www.sueddeutsche.de/digital/digitalisierung-die-den-code-der-welt-von-morgen-schreiben-1.3318302 Vielleicht sollte nicht alles, was machbar ist, auch gemacht werden.
Go, run(s) Python
Google created a Python runtime in Go. Grumpy: Go running Python! https://opensource.googleblog.com/2017/01/grumpy-go-running-python.html Oh, no Python 3. 🙁 PS: auf Heise.de in Deutsch: https://heise.de/-3588639
Learn Smalltalk?
Do you think one should learn Smalltalk nowadays? The following article has some information. Can Learning Smalltalk Make You A Better Programmer? https://developers.slashdot.org/story/16/12/31/0413250/can-learning-smalltalk-make-you-a-better-programmer I was surprised to read about Amber Smalltalk. A Smalltalk for the web.