A scorpion wants to sell some software but cannot code, so it asks a frog to write the application. The frog hesitates, afraid that the scorpion might start running Scrum, but the scorpion promises not to, pointing out that they would both be out of work if th…
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TL;DR I purchased individual tickets for EuroRust and added my VAT number, so
it could be a tax-deductible expense for me as an independent worker.
The organizer...
I recently implemented a small program to visualize the inner workings of a scheme that compresses floating point timeseries by XORing subsequent values. The resulting visualizations are quite neat…
Recently, I wanted to find the origin of the idiom “My word is my bond.” Unfortunately, the legendary Quote Investigator® had nothing to say. Some articles also suggested that the saying had its basis in the Hip Hop movement, but I had a feeling it existed ear…
Parametric density estimation, a.k.a fitting probability distribution to observed
data by tweaking the parameters of the distribution’s functional form, is all the
rage now with generative modeling and LLMs. I think nonparametric methods deserve
some love too …
Certainly, no contributors get into projects with the sole purpose to get a financial gain out of them. Open source has never been about money either. But for you as an author, the lack of funds to sustain your ideas and pay for even a small portion of the tim…
Lambda Screen allows you to draw images using terms of pure lambda calculus. By using fixed-point combinators, you can even create infinitely detailed fractals.
I’ve been struggling to get C437 PNG fonts loaded in Raylib due to its default PNG loader using a slightly different format. Here, I’ll detail a simple way of converting C437 PNGs to the format Raylib expects.
Evolving technology is changing the nature of warfare. Software has transformed from a means of operating hardware-based weapons systems to being the es...
In the realm of modern software development, the adoption of Continuous Integration (CI) and Continuous Deployment (CD) practices has become an essential standard. These methodologies, at the heart of DevOps practices, offer a multitude of benefits for develop…
That’s Winterfell from a Game of Thrones if you were curious. I have no earthly idea whether or not this mini-series of posts will be the slightest bit useful for anyone else, but it’s …
Join Chris Simon for a live coding demonstration in C# that will show you how to apply Test-Driven Development (TDD) from the very beginning of a project.
This article shows how to implement a web application using backend for frontend security architecture for authentication and consumes data from a downstream API protected using a JWT access token …