Just some intermediate level reading on the venerable topic of floating-point:
If you’re a beginner check out What Every Computer Scientist Should Know About Floating-Point Arithmetic.
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Category Archives: Programming
The Technical Interview
There’s really no way to explain how wonderful this is.
Apollo Guidance Computer
From time to time I find myself back reading about the Apollo Guidance Computer.
Basic PHP Structures
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!
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.
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.