Hey there, fellow programmer! Picture this: It’s 2025, and you’re knee-deep in code, building the next big AI project. You’re pumped about the potential to revolutionize industries, but then you pause. Is my code fair?… · 2025, world, google, code, building

It's not about technology for its own sake. It's about being able to implement your ideas. I always intended "Programming in the 21st Century" to have a limited run. I knew since the Recovering Programmer entry from… · programming, programmer, topics, there, technology

Writing about OpenBSD, programming and anything else that grinds my gears that day.

What happens when you take an ACM style programming contest, smash it head long into a drinking game, throw in a mix of our most distracting helpers, then shove the resulting chaos incarnate onto a stage? You get the… · teams, contest, code, programming, crash

Developers saying “that’s not feasible”? In-house teams stuck in planning purgatory? Compliance struggles and no-first data strategy? · teams, don, developers, saying, feasible

I’ve been thinking a lot about the state of user autonomy in modern computing lately, and have come to a pretty stark realization about a design pattern present, if not focal, to almost every popular operating system… · don, springboards, user, first, see

"A person that is not willing to sacrifice anything can't change anything." · anything, person, willing, sacrifice, change

Do you find joy in imparting knowledge? Are you bursting at the seams with expertise begging to be shared? Do you envision your ideas inspiring others while also profiting from it? If so, harness the immense power of the… · course, online, creation, path, knowledge

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Tools and strategies which play nice with complex processes, enterprise systems, and established teams. I also ask questions, like “is this something software can fix?” and “do we actually need generative AI for this? A… · tools, complex, strategies, play, nice

… and some answers I have given which may or may not help you. I haven’t been coding much, instead I’ve been enjoying nature photography, and sharing it on twitter. It’s why I haven’t been blogging here as much as I used… · some, may, been, coding, much

I had an interesting conversation with a colleague after my last post, about whether it was possible to get the best of both worlds, or if any new tool would necessarily make you dumber. And I had to stop and think –… · like, had, engineers, interesting, post

How do I learn to code and change my life? What do I need to do to be a successful programmer? Why am I easily giving up along the way? · learn, code, need, way, don

Erratic thoughts from a travelling programmer. Erratic thoughts from a travelling programmer. · erratic, thoughts, travelling, programmer

We are a community of motherfucking programmers who have been humiliated by software development methodologies for years. We are tired of XP, Scrum, Kanban, Waterfall, Software Craftsmanship (aka XP-Lite) and anything… · programming, motherfucker, software, methodologies, tired

Programmers can be a pedantic bunch. We like everything to be consistent. Uniform. Organised. Just so. Everyone seems to be striving for ‘clean’ code at the moment. You can’t read a blog post without the author telling… · type, data, clean, code, there

Have you ever had a "boring" year? Uneventful one? The one to forget? And then, have you had a year so packed (for better or for worse) you start to yearn for that boring time you had. Those moments always feel like a… · had, year, boring, time, like

Somehow you have ended up in a technical leadership role and the first thing you need to do is build a team. Alternatively, you are looking to grow an existing one. But where the heck do you start? This is a challenge I… · like, start, development, there, way

jambuds.club is over! i had fun making it but api restrictions suck too much for me to ever manage to launch it. i kept it up indefinitely but didn't want to keep up with security updates to libraries i was using and… · jambuds, want, club, had, fun

Welcome to dubiousquality.net! NOTE: This site is heavily out of date and needs to be rebuilt. - The random projects I've done - My random ramblings about whatever - How to contact me - Good programming (I'm pretty sure… · random, good, code, yugoslavia, welcome

Seems everybody and their dog are “doing agile” and they all seem to be complaining about how agile isn’t helping them, in fact for a lot of them it seems to be hindering them. I’ve wondered about this for a while and it… · agile, software, years, way, projects

The frustrated musings of an idealist developer in a world of chaos

Helping you become a productive programmer and get work/life balance

Hi, I am the lazy programmer, I write a blog, think about how to live without work and am unemployed, stay lazy!

I see you, visiting my website, dragging your guilt, shame, and sense of inadequacy with you. Your procrastination has brought you to the right place! There’s nothing wrong with you. You are a brilliant, intelligent… · inner, need, don, know, critic

Do you feel like your payday loan debt just seems to increase? You are not alone! Thousands of Americans across the country are inundated

Wait, other people like computers too? Creating society-destabilizing incentives for fun and profit! Wait, other people like computers too? · wait, other, people, like, computers

I am currently developing a new game. It's based on an idea I've had in my head for a while, but since no one else is making it, I figured I should do it. I don't really know what I'm doing, but that's ok. A tech demo is… · game, currently, developing, based, idea

Let's make a rockstar software engineer out of you. · let, make, rockstar, software, engineer

a bit of wonka's willy makes a miricle

Last week I was helping a friend of mine to get one of his new apps off the ground. I can’t speak much about it at the moment, other than like most apps nowadays it has some AI sprinkled over it. Ok, maybe a bit maybe… · apps, last, rag, its, week

プログラミングに興味あるけど、何から始めればいいかわからなかった私が、3ヶ月でアプリ開発もAIも作れるようになったプログラミング自主学習法

Ya know, watching people act like they don't see hit boxes or when they unzoom cause they think you're dead but their firebot keeps doing its job. ** ATTENTION ** Your application for a Non-Profit License has been denied… · website, check, com, must, permitted

Since it is so often used as an excuse to pessimize, here’s the full quote: There is no doubt that the grail of efficiency leads to abuse. Pro­gramm­ers waste en­orm­ous amounts of time think­ing about, or wor­ry­ing… · code, ing, pro, time, crit

Trying to teach myself hardware design was a monumental pain in the ass compared to learning software engineering, but today I want to tell you about 4 projects that are paving the road for anyone to go beyond telling… · fpga, board, still, design, software

Hello there fellow entity. A short presentation is in order. In my professional life I’m a mobile developer. In my private life a professional dreamer. The dream never ends, it’s not coherent and keeps interfering with… · professional, life, something, build, there

I just gave a talk at Web Directions Developer Summit and as part of that needed to find out statistics around open source design systems. As with many things this spiralled a bit and ended up in a new project being… · design, project, gave, talk, web

keep thinking and keep learning --- dev life=] · keep, thinking, learning, dev, life

We’re in a bit of a bind here, so I’m going to interrupt our regular programming, and beg for help. (I figure if Jonah Goldberg can do it, there’s no reason for me to act all proud.) First, a quick bit of background: as… · bit, here, going, month, little

I don't feel like I should have to write this down for the Internet, but here we are. Hopefully the Google machine and the AI bots slurp this up for the next poor sap who finds themselves trying to lock a Venty Clip's… · been, site, machine, space, like

You hold in your hands a compilation of two years of daily blog posts. In retrospect, I look back on that project and see a large number of things I did completely wrong. I’m fine with that. Looking back and not seeing a… · mistake, big, posts, back, things

i’m a software engineer by day but i am doing a lot more – i handmake a number of items for friends and family for as long as i can remember, i’ve been thinking of stories · engineer, day, doing, lot, handmake

How do you know if an AI is really on your side? How can you be sure that it’s not bullshitting you intentionally? Trust AI at your own peril because it may have its own goals. I was listening to a New York Times… · breath, really, own, because, pissed

Inspiring the creators of tomorrow through robotics and coding. Inspiring the creators of tomorrow through robotics and coding. Give your students a foundation for the future with standards-aligned coding courses for… · coding, inspiring, creators, tomorrow, through

“All programmers are playwrights, and all computers are lousy actors.”—Unknown “There are 10 types of people in the world: those who understand binary, and those who don’t.”—Anonymous “Programming today is a race between… · those, anonymous, bigger, better, universe

i like to do a lot of things, but im not very good at most of them. · like, lot, things, very, good

A few weeks ago, I sat in a meeting with colleagues from one of our product teams. We were discussing how to support them with an additional feature team to make faster progress on their backlog, and I could feel the… · team, could, something, code, picture

Do you have a diagnosis? If so, what is it/are they? It’s sad when I let myself think about it. I know it’s my fault. People leave me a lot, some in kinder ways than others. Friends that just started ignoring me, my best… · people, don, something, class, myself

They're not always looking to make a million dollars. They're not always looking to make one dollar. Sometimes they do something just because it's fun. Maybe they're irked by the ergonomics of a particular tool and they… · looking, want, maybe, tool, open