I like the look of the elixir documentation. I think having the full table of contents on the right hand side is a nice touch. You don’t often see that…
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Rust
This article makes a compelling case for Rust: Why the developers who use Rust love it so much.
Also there’s a good write up about Rust features over here: Understanding Rust futures by going way too deep .
The smallest and worst HDMI display ever
This is great: The smallest and worst HDMI display ever. There’s a write up over here. This guy has plugged an OLED device directly into the HDMI port on his laptop. On a related note, I thought Craig would appreciate this one: Building a tiny steampunk “HDMI” display from the same author (recommend watching at 2x speed).
Home Electronics Lab
I enjoyed watching this guy demo his electronics lab: Home Electronics Lab. But mine is better! :)
Self-hosting email
I empathise with the concerns of this guy: After self-hosting my email for twenty-three years I have thrown in the towel. The oligopoly has won.
Counting
I was pleased to see “the simplest tally starts with judgments about what counts” when reading the blurb for Counting: How We Use Numbers to Decide What Matters. This is an idea I’ve had in mind for quite a while, and I’m happy to see it bubbling out into the mainstream. The final quote in the blurb was good too: “being in thrall to numbers is misguided and dangerous”.
TIS-100
I have just discovered TIS-100. So much fun! It came with my Level Up and Learn: Programming Games Humble Bundle. From Wikipedia:
TIS-100 is a programming/puzzle video game developed by Zachtronics Industries. The game has the player develop mock assembly language code to perform certain tasks on a fictional, virtualized 1970s computer that has been corrupted. The game was released for Microsoft Windows, OS X, and Linux personal computers in July 2015.
phpSysInfo
I stumbled upon phpSysInfo, a PHP library for system information. Haven’t actually used it, yet.
Pedagogy
I’ve been reading through some of the material at Western Sydney University‘s Online Engagement and Teaching Hub. There’s a wealth of info there. Pedagogy is a passing interest of mine (I am not an expert!), that is, how we can most efficiently get ideas and knowledge out of our head and into the heads of others, with fidelity.
“Decisions in 10 minutes or less, or the next one is free.”
My favourite software development anecdote of all time: Brian Valentine, senior vice president of the Windows Division, during the development of Windows 2000 by a 4,200 strong team of developers: “Decisions in 10 minutes or less, or the next one is free.” — The Motivator Behind the Windows 2000 Development Team, February 16, 2000