Taipei's new mayor writes a GitBook
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2 December 2014
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by Aldo ArmientoImperative vs. Declarative (2013)
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2 December 2014Eric Schmidt's book is wrong about how Google works
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Google is a great company — from its record $23 billion IPO in 2004 (at a time when Nasdaq was below 2000!) to its dominant mobile OS. My associates and I have such an admiration for Google that we built our latest web conferencing platform with Google’s…
1 December 2014How Microsoft Uses C++ to Deliver Office Applications Across Multiple Platforms
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1 December 2014Printing the contents of a C macro
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1 December 2014“Invalid username or password” is a useless security measure
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Login attempts fail because computer users can't remember their email or didn't input the right password. Most websites on the Internet won't tell you which one is actually incorrect. If you tell an attacker the email address is wrong, they'll try a…
1 December 2014Why DNSimple Has a Dedicated Status Page Domain
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With Cyber Monday top of mind, we decided to ask some of our customers to share their tips, tricks, and rituals for preparing for planned high-traffic days.
1 December 2014Monolithic Nodejs (2013)
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Are large-scale Node.js systems possible? Empirically, the answer is yes. Walmart and Paypal have both shown that it can be done. The quick criticism is that you need 10X engineers. This a classic, and well-founded criticism. New ways of doing things are…
29 November 2014Why I vertically align my code (and you should too)
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There was an interesting discussion on HackerNews last week about the Linux Kernel coding style. During the discussion, I kicked off a minor holy war about whether one should vertically align code. I'm all for it! Let me explain why. Take this trivial…
29 November 2014Python idioms I wish I'd learned earlier
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