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
Naming things is hard: Hong Kong street names editionHong Kong’s official languages are Chinese and English. But its street names are a sign that not everyone is proficient in both languages.
Israel’s attempts at songwashing in the 2024 Eurovision Song ContestThe 2024 edition of the Eurovision Song Contest was an absolute shitshow, and Israel was a major part of that.
“That’s beyond the scope of this paper”A quaint little study on the phrase “that’s beyond the scope…” in academic literature.
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.
A large-scale empirical study on linguistic antipatterns affecting APIsDoes it matter if your method names contain tiny linguistic mistakes? Possibly.
Characteristics of useful code reviews: An empirical study at MicrosoftSome tips that can help you streamline your code review pipeline.
When not to comment: Questions and tradeoffs with API documentation for C++ projects You want comments in your code, but probably not too many.
