miniblog.

Why don't more libraries have documentation that links directly to the source? Sometimes it's good to peek behind the curtain.
The first bit of the #eiffel PL Wikipedia page reads like an advert, but then check out the 'implementations' section!
An antidote for bigheadedness: read old code you wrote.
"If you're going to teach people to program, learn J first, so you can remember what it's like as an utterly confused beginner."
“Attempting to prove any nontrivial theorem about your program will expose lots of bugs: The particular choice makes little difference!”
@codebase Do you guys have a security contact?
The secret to doing something well is not to do it for the first time.
"code unto others as you would have them code unto you"
#Python: what I wish I'd known:
Reading an article on quines, and just realised that it's just a Ω from lambda calculus. I should have seen that coming.
#Python thought of the day: avoid concatenating lists, usually itertools.chain(list1, list2, ...) is neater and faster.
"Sniffing user agents is like sniffing glue. It's a temporary fix." (via @jasoncartwright)
Just discovered M-x calc. Another reason never to leave emacs.
Google translate reminds me more of science fiction than any other app I've seen this year:
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