Did you know that this week is EU Code Week 2016?
Europe Code Week 2016 – Europe Code Week
http://codeweek.eu/
#codeEU
A Dramatic Tour through Python’s Data Visualization Landscape (including ggplot and Altair) — Regress to Impress
Why Even Try, Man? I recently came upon Brian Granger and Jake VanderPlas’s Altair, a promising young visualization library. Altair seems well-suited to addressing Python’s ggplot envy, and its tie-in with JavaScript’s Vega-Lite grammar means that as the latter develops new functionality (e.g., tooltips and zooming), Altair benefits — seemingly for free! Indeed, I was so […]
Dennis Ritchie Dies at 70
Oh no!
Dennis Ritchie, Trailblazer in Digital Era, Dies at 70
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/10/14/technology/dennis-ritchie-programming-trailblazer-dies-at-70.html
Static types in Python
Tim Abbott, lead developer of the Zulip open source project, thinks they are good.
Static types in Python, oh my(py)!
http://blog.zulip.org/2016/10/13/static-types-in-python-oh-mypy/
Umm, I’m not sure about this.
Symbolics Lisp Machine Museum
Why not visit the Symbolics Lisp Machine Museum, it’s just a click away.
Embedded Lisp
Dmitry Frank shows how to use embedded Lisp.
Let’s Run Lisp on a Microcontroller
http://dmitryfrank.com/articles/lisp_on_mcu
Unfortunately I have no idea about the hardware stuff shown there. Too bad.
Introduction to Prolog
Bernardo Pires has written a nice intro to Prolog if you do not have much time.
Try logic programming! A gentle introduction to Prolog
https://bernardopires.com/2013/10/try-logic-programming-a-gentle-introduction-to-prolog/
Latency
Latency numbers every programmer should know
https://gist.github.com/hellerbarde/2843375
Nice overview of a table originally by Peter Norvig.
(spacemacs)
Just found “A community-driven Emacs distribution”.
(spacemacs)
http://spacemacs.org/
Emacs and Vim live together in perfect harmony
Side by side on my keyboard, oh Lord, why don’t we?
Greyglers
After reading the following article,
More software engineers over age 40 may join a lawsuit against Google
https://www.yahoo.com/amphtml/finance/news/more-software-engineers-over-age-195308179.html
I still don’t know if Google supports software engineers over age 40, or not.
Old Programmers
If you are an old programmer, meaning over 40, I recommend the following article from Ben Northrop to you.
Reflections of an “Old” Programmer
http://www.bennorthrop.com/Essays/2016/reflections-of-an-old-programmer.php
Make sure you read the comments too. People over 60 and still programming. Whoa.
I just feel old when working at the bleeding edge with all the latest and greatest. Working with Cobol and Fortran makes me feel young again.
Fun or silence?
GeekWire has an interesting article about developer workplaces. Joel Spolsky recommends private offices or home office for developers to concentrate over fun places with ping-pong and lounges.
Just shut up and let your devs concentrate, advises Stack Overflow CEO Joel Spolsky
http://www.geekwire.com/2016/just-shut-let-devs-concentrate-programming-expert-advises/amp/
I prefer silence too.
Quote of the Day
“The best way to satisfy users is sometimes to ignore them.”
-Donald Norman
Music theory for nerds
This is an interesting article about the intersection of computers, mathematics and music.
Music theory for nerds
https://eev.ee/blog/2016/09/15/music-theory-for-nerds/
I wish I could understand all this.