One time at a boat show I met sailboat designer Tom Wylie, famous for the Wyliecat, an unusual boat design. I asked him what the theory behind the design was. Was it faster? More efficient? He answered: “less bullshit. more sailing”. Which is to say that it may not be the fastest or best (or [...]
Sometimes I think of programming a bit like playing music, where the languages are the instruments. C/C++ is like violin or trumpet. You need a basic level of skill and knowledge in those instruments to make any music at all. If I just picked up a trumpet (even as someone who knows another instrument) I [...]
Douglas Crockford explains some terrifying facts about the javascript Number datatype. At the same time he demonstrates a cool partial reduce function.