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1. 02.01.2024

   Go Interfaces - By Witcher-Like Metaphors

   If a king's Go programmer had to hire a witcher.

   
   
2. 21.07.2021

   Basis for Base64

   Reductionist SQLite storage.

   
   
3. 10.07.2021

   Plants Are Maths

   Cauliflowers grow mathematically.

   
   
4. 02.07.2021

   The Problem With New Tools

   New (software) tools can be difficult.

   
   
5. 12.02.2021

   46 Simple Python Exercises/#10

   Define a function overlapping() that takes two lists and returns True if they have at least one member in common, False otherwise.

   
   
6. 11.02.2021

   46 Simple Python Exercises/#02

   Define a function max_of_three() that takes 3 numbers as arguments and returns the largest.

   
   
7. 11.02.2021

   46 Simple Python Exercises/#01

   Define a function max() that takes two numbers as arguments and returns the largest of them.

   
   
8. 29.08.2020

   Magnum Norvig

   The opus of clarity.

   
   
9. 25.08.2020

   Hamstrung Limitations

   Abstractions by choice, not by ignorance.

   
   
10. 25.08.2020

    Triple Buffered Painters

    Useful metaphor for buffering/rendering/switching canvases.

    
    
11. 22.08.2020

    Decoding Code Specimens

    Dissect code like 18th century scientists do their biological specimens.

    
    
12. 20.08.2020

    A Case for Legalese (Or Not)

    Singular interpretations and written objectivity.

    
    
13. 13.08.2020

    Consenting Pythonic Adults

    Do it Pythonically, preferably.

    
    
14. 20.05.2020

    A Programmer & His Mechanical Friend

    Harder isn't necessarily better.

    
    
15. 13.02.2020

    The Code Language Lawyers

    Debating code of code.

    
    
16. 29.01.2020

    Code & Shame

    Be critical with your code, and sometimes yourself.

    
    
17. 03.01.2020

    Git for Legal Practice

    Version control for lawyers/advocates and solicitors, and its benefits.

    
    
18. 31.12.2019

    Reflections - 43 Things I Learned or Did In 2019

    Some things I learned or did.

    
    
19. 16.09.2019

    Legal Practice & Taking From Software Best Practices

    My litigation style is gradually taking cues from software engineering best practices.

    
    
20. 11.01.2019

    Clarity of Liskov

    Write clearly, especially with technical answers.

    
    
21. 31.12.2018

    Why Plain Text

    Excellent justifications for use of plain text.

    
    
22. 30.12.2018

    Castles and Air

    A clay of code made of thought-stuff.

    
    
23. 14.12.2018

    Recursion, Succinctly Put

    The rules of recursion.

    
    
24. 04.01.2018

    Java Almost Requires An IDE

    An IDE as an-almost compulsory requirement is not a desirable language trait.

    
    
25. 02.01.2018

    Genuinely Technical Modesty

    Humility in the face of proven expertise.

    
    
26. 17.12.2017

    To Know C

    Those who know C, and those who actually don't.

    
    
27. 16.12.2017

    Sketch, Draft, Craft

    Whatever your art (digital or analogue), we all experiment.

    
    
28. 16.12.2017

    When Defying Simplicity

    Of the obviousness of deficiencies in simple/complicated designs.

    
    
29. 15.12.2017

    The Breakings of Julia

    The low-level diving tinkerability of Julia.

    
    
30. 15.12.2017

    The Python Paradox

    The programmer who gets the better job learn the things they don't need for it.

    
    
31. 08.12.2017

    The Song of Java Braces

    When coders become song lyricists.

    
    
32. 03.12.2017

    Declarative, Imperative, Functional Sandwiches

    Programming paradigms and sandwiches.

    
    
33. 03.01.2017

    Debugging: Twice As Hard As Writing Code

    'Twice' is probably an underestimation.

    
    
34. 11.07.2016

    SublimeREPL's Slow Printing/Freezing - A Solution

    Applies when you're using the interpreter.

    
    
35. 09.07.2016

    The Lawgiving Coder

    Coders as creators of universes and law.

    
    
36. 04.07.2012

    When To Not Use Data Structures/Algorithms

    Just because you can, doesn't mean you have to.