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What are Software Developers Doing All Day?
Translate. https://openclipart.org/detail/328692/programming-coding Mathematics? Nope. I use the trigonometric functions like sin(x) to draw nice graphics in my spare time but I never use them at...
View ArticleDark Forest is a Fairy Tale
The Dark Forest, an idea developed by Liu Cixin for his Remembrance of Earth’s Past series (also known for the first book “The Three-Body Problem” is just a fairy tale: Interesting to think about,...
View ArticleAnother Reason to Avoid Comments
There is this old saying that if you feel you have to write a comment to explain what your code does, you should rather improve your code. In the talk above, I heard another one: A common fallacy is...
View ArticleChildren can become anything they want
The difference is that some people think “they” means “the children” while other people think it means themselves.
View ArticleWhen to put generated code under version control
Many people think that when a computer generates code, there is no point to put it under version control. In a nutshell: If you generate the code once with a tool that you’re confident with, there is...
View ArticleHow Quantum Entanglement Works – For Dummies
So you’ve heard about this “quantum entanglement” stuff and how Einstein was apparently worried it might break the speed of light. It doesn’t and he wasn’t. Here is the simple version: Take a piece of...
View ArticleChained Unit Tests – CUT
The CUT approach allows to test logically related parts or to gradually replace integration tests with pure unit tests. Let’s start with the usual app: There is a backend server with data and a...
View ArticleSolar Power from Space is a Scam
There will never be orbital PV plant that beams down any substantial amount of energy from space down to Earth. Let’s assume for a moment that you could collect 1 GW of power with the plant in orbit....
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