davep (Dave Pearson) - GitHub Analytics | GitRanks
It's a bit silly, but it's also kinda fun.
Evaluating AGENTS.md: Are Repository-Level Context Files Helpful...
A paper that asks the question: does AGENTS.md make any difference?
The Final Bottleneck
Having really dived into my first "agent-based" project, just to see how the process really feels, I can vibe with this article.
AI Makes the Easy Part Easier and the Hard Part Harder for Developers
A pretty reasonable view of what AI in software development could be, should be, but at the moment isn't being.
naver/lispe: An implementation of a full fledged Lisp interpreter with Data Structure, Pattern Programming and High level Functions with Lazy Evaluation à la Haskell.
Yet another Lisp. I'm all up for yet another Lisp.
C++ in Coders at Work
Excerpts from /Coders at Work/ and what they to say about C++.
Functional Programming Bits in Python
Surprisingly good read about functional programming in Python.
How AI Impacts Skill Formation
Paper looking at how the use of "AI" in software engineering impacts the build up of and retention of skills, at different skill levels.
Jade (@[email protected])
Cloudflare caught doing... not great things, and it seems that (surprise face!) AI was at the heart of it.
Vibe coder's gonna vibe code.
The end of the curl bug-bounty
AI has caused curl to end its bug bounty programme.
JVic - The web-based VIC 20 emulator built with libGDX
The second computer I owned, on the web, in your browser.
Lorem RSS
Very handy if you're testing RSS-based things.
ANSI cl like python-slicing lisp read macro
Comparing slicing a list/array in Python vs Common Lisp, and showing how you might do Python-like slicing in Common Lisp.
Gleam programming language
Another programming language that I'd like to play with but probably won't ever play with.
Jules - Google's Coding Agent
Google's got in on the coding agent lark.
A modern guide to SQL JOINs
A useful-looking guide to SQL joins.
Emacs Lisp Elements
Book about Emacs Lisp programming.
Charm Ruby - Glamorous Terminal Libraries for Ruby
Charm gives Ruby its own Textual. Nice!
How to Make an Emacs Minor Mode
A good looking tutorial on how to make a minor mode in and for Emacs.
Composing Text in Emacs: Unicode, Emojis, and the Power of C-x 8 | Rahul's Blog
Good overview of how to compose various characters in Emacs.
web2py/pydal: A pure Python Database Abstraction Layer
A fairly neat-looking DAL/ORM for Python.
Please Just Fucking Try HTMX
I really should try HTMX one day...
QQQLANG
This... is awesome. Sit someone in front of this, let them mash the keyboard, fun happens.
Pony Tutorial
I doubt I'll ever have a need for it, but there's something about Pony that looks interesting. I think I might have to dabble at some point...
Critical Security Vulnerability in React Server Components – React
React doing React things...
.Net devs argue with Copilot in a PR...
Folk on the .Net team having an argument with Copilot is the most funny thing to me at the moment.
Paged Out!
I miss good geeky programming magazines. This looks like just the thing. Also it's free online, has RSS, has PDFs, etc; and you can buy a printed copy if you wish. Nice!
AI will write your next compiler!
The blog post that explains the background of the horrific Ocaml AI-written PR. Honestly... this feels like some post hoc rationalisation cope rather than a coming clean of an honest attempt to test something out.
I'm not convinced at all.
AI World Clocks
Pretty funny site that gives an indication at how good various LLMs are at understanding a request to write some code.
A Commentary on the Sixth Edition Unix Operating System
I've owned a copy of Lions' for a long time; perhaps 25 years at the time of writing. I'm pretty sure it was one of the firts books I ordered from this wee book-selling website called Amazon, back in 1999.
Here's an online version.