The Toilet PaperCan a good philosophical contribution be made just by asking a question?Published 22 Oct 2023Written by Chun Fei Lung 🤔Back to top
Why “Nigerian” scammers say they are from NigeriaDear Sir/Madam, I am a prince of the Nigerian royal family and I urgently need your help…
Tiny catastrophes with apostrophesThis is a brief public service announcement for anyone who occasionally uses apostrophes or single quotes (or both).
How long does it take for a child to pass a LEGO figurine head?This is a summary of a paper that poses a simple question and uses a simple method to find a simple answer.
Best practices for infrastructure-as-code (IaC) scriptsThis week’s paper presents a catalogue of best practices for infrastructure as code programs.
Bad practices in continuous integration pipelines and processesThis catalogue of 79 bad smells can help you make your continuous integration processes less shitty.
When not to comment: Questions and tradeoffs with API documentation for C++ projects You want comments in your code, but probably not too many.
Beyond the code itself: How programmers really look at pull requestsAn eye tracker shows what developers look at when they see a pull request.
Is beautiful really usable?This week’s lesson: don’t believe everything you read (or at least try to look for multiple credible sources).
Xi Jinping Thought on Software Engineering with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era Best practices for software engineering teams, derived from writings and speeches of Chinese Communist Party general secretary Xi Jinping.
