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
Five things that are (not) made in ChinaMost of your stuff probably comes from China. Confusingly there also some “Chinese” things that come from somewhere else.
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.
Tiny catastrophes with apostrophesThis is a brief public service announcement for anyone who occasionally uses apostrophes or single quotes (or both).
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.
Do Java developers write better Python? Studying off-language code quality on GitHubWhat happens when you let Java and C++ developers write Python code?
What happened to the Semantic Web?2021 is not the year of the Linux desktop, nor is it the year of the Semantic Web. But as a field of research it is still alive and kicking.
What it would take to use mutation testing in industry – A study at FacebookMutation testing is useful, but not many developers use it. What steps can we take to increase adoption?
A case analysis of enabling continuous software deployment through knowledge managementA paper with a vague title, but also clear lessons about adoption of DevOps practices in a medium-sized software company.