26 December 2022

18 links · Monday

Airbus vs Boeing: An experiment in charting

The results of my first attempts at creating data visualisations using just HTML & CSS. These charts depict the share of Boeing versus Airbus passenger aircraft for the world's 10 largest airlines.

Introduction to Code Golf and Golflangs

Code golf is the recreational activity1 of trying to write programs that are as short as possible.2 Golfed programs still have to be correct, but brevity is prioritized above every other concern — e.g., robustness, performance, or legibility — which usually le…

Deploy != Release

Recently we were having a debate about release processes, and I wrote that deployments are not always equal to releases. also deploy != release —Andy, baiting discussion in Slack This turned out to be somewhat controversial until we discussed what I specifical…

Thoughts on Hanukkah of Data 2022

This blog post contains spoilers for Hanukkah of Data 2022. This holiday season I’ve been doing the Hanukkah of Data, which is a puzzle suite by a group of hackers called the Devottys. It’s a sequence of programming puzzles, with one puzzle dropping for every …

Australian Taxation Office

Australian Taxation Office has calculated your tax return, you are entitled to a tax refund of 4299,12 AUD. ATO has attempted to transfer the amount to your account. Unfortunately we were unable to confirm your current account number.

ToString Method in C# - Code Maze

Learn about the ToString method in C#, dive deeper into its advanced features including overloading and overriding.

338: Android Publishing Complexities

Frank drives into all of the complexities with android publishing including API targeting, AndroidX, and so much more.