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
Rendering text on a pixel gridFonts in macOS look different from text that’s been rendered in Windows, mostly due to different philosophies about font rendering.
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.
Ghost writing providers for essays and assignments are cheap and plentifulGhost writers aren’t particularly scary, but there are still very good reasons to fear them if you are an educator. Happy Halloween!
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.
Water, toilets and public health in the Roman eraI’ve been feeling like shit for a while now, so this seems like a good moment to feature an article about literal shit.
Loud and interactive paper prototyping in requirements elicitation: What is it good for? Paper prototyping is an effective way to get early feedback on your designs.
How many spaces should you indent your code?None, because tabs are better than spaces! Joking aside, it appears that the exact number doesn’t matter that much.
Recovering software architectures via chain-of-thought promptingLarge language models can be used to deduce to what extent your system’s implementation still adheres to a reference architecture.
