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Author Archives: Jay Jay
ATtiny85
Found myself reading about the ATtiny85 again. I keep coming back to this one. It’s an old favourite.
Raspberry Pi SDK and such
This is the C/C++ SDK documentation. Code for the Pico (RP2040) on https://github.com/raspberrypi/pico-sdk. The RP2040 is supported by the TinyUSB library. There’s a fun script for setting up the SDK: pico_setup.sh.
Is software quality attainable in Agile contexts?
Is software quality attainable in Agile contexts?. Yes. Iterate!
A Different Internet
An interesting article about internet culture and policy: A Different Internet.
The early days of Linux
This was a fun read, about Linus and the early days of Linux: The early days of Linux. I didn’t know he was a gamer! But, I suppose, who isn’t? :)
Web programming round up
Some web programming articles from this week:
- Why I don’t use web components
- The Great Divide
- Ask HN: Getting tired of complexity in web development
- Why We’re Breaking Up with CSS-in-JS
- 16 don’ts: when JavaScript code review feels like watching a thriller movie
- The web didn’t change; you did
- Web Standards: The What, The Why, And The How
- What does “falling into the pit of success” mean?
- Maybe Web Components are not the Future?
- Why JavaScript is Eating HTML
- A Unified Styling Language
- Futuristic Tooling for Today’s Applications!
The Moral Character of Cryptographic Work
Worth a read if you haven’t seen it: The Moral Character of Cryptographic Work.
Enshittification
This is a worthwhile read and an interesting and perhaps important perspective: Tiktok’s enshittification. Don’t let the title fool you, the article is about a more general phenomena than relates to Tiktok. I came across the enshittification article today while reading How To Make the Least-Worst Mastodon Threads and about Jedi Blue.
Cory Doctorow writes some interesting stuff, like this: Como Is Infosec: Content moderation is a security problem.
And I learned about fisking, which sounds more risqué than it is. Sounds like what we’ve been doing since forever on usenet.
JassHelper
Today I learned about JASS, which is the scripting language they use for WarCraft III maps and such, and JassHelper which are some interesting extensions.