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.
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.
Five things that are (not) made in JapanJapan is good at inventing things, but in these five cases it was actually just good at adopting things.
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.
A comparison of open tracing toolsI’m in the market for a tool that can help me analyse logs, traces, and metrics, and I was hoping that this paper could help me pick one.
How (not) to use the variance inflation factorThe variance inflation factor (VIF) is often used to find and remove multi-collinearity in a regression model. Does that make sense?
How to use the System Usability Scale (SUS) in 2021An updated guide on how to measure the usability of a product with the System Usability Scale (SUS).
