Some Important Reading
Several things:
Generating 64 bit hash collisions to DOS Python by Robert Grosse
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more ...An Epic Fail Example
What's the most Epic Fail I've ever seen?
I was a traveling consulting for almost 35 years. I saw a lot. I did learn from epic fail scenarios. But. I haven't really spent a lot of time thinking about the lessons learned there. I never have a glib answer to …
more ...Ancient Software and A Small Value of "Works"
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Blaming people for using ancient software is really weird. There’s no other context where we demand constant replacement of things that work
—Pinboard (@Pinboard) May 12, 2017
I'm not sold about this argument at all.
The "constant replacement" issue has two sides to it. If you follow the …
more ...Python under XCode?!? Cool. Sort of.
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"Running Python in Xcode: Step by Step" ericasadun.com/2016/12/04/run…
Thanks for the link. There's a fair amount of "this doesn't seem to be what Xcode was designed to do." But it does seem to work. I'll …
more ...Needless Complexity -- Creating Havoc Leads to Mistakes
I received the worst code example ever. The. Worst.
Here's the email.
more ...I have hurriedly created a blog post titled [omitted] at the url below [also omitted] ... Unfortunately, I am neither an algorithm expert or a Python expert. However, I am willing to jump in.
Please review the Python code …
Literate Programming Life Cycle
The question is a deep one. What is the Literate Programming Life Cycle? Why is it so difficult? What are the three barriers and how do we cross them?
Here's most of the original question.
more ..."Last week I threw together an F# script to parse markdown-style text into one or …
Fizz Buzz Overthought, Project Euler #1, and Unit Tests
This. http://www.tomdalling.com/blog/software-design/fizzbuzz-in-too-much-detail/
And many other thoughts on overthinking fizz buzz. I'm going to overthink it, also. Why not?
This is a problem where the obvious unit test may not cover the cases properly. See https://projecteuler.net/problem=1 for a unit test case …
more ...Functional Python, Literate Programming & Trello Board Analysis
The general advice to people using Kanban/Agile Project boards of
various kinds is this:
Stop Starting -- Start Finishing
- http://www.agilebuddha.com/agile/agile-thinking-stop-starting-start-finishing/
- http://www.allaboutagile.com/stop-starting-start-finishing-unfinished-work-is-debt/
- http://www.leanagiletraining.com/key-problems/stop-starting-start-finishing/
etc.
There's a lot of this advice. Some of it is helpful.
Many tools …
Modules vs. Monoliths vs. Microservices:
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Worth a read: "Modules vs. Microservices" (and how to find a middle ground)
"don't trick yourself into a microservices-only mindset"
Thanks for sharing.
The referenced post gives you the freedom to have a "big-ish" microservice. My …
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