Late to the party I know, but SoundHound is just magical. Names the song and shows the current lyrics.
miniblog.
It's a shame that app stores don't integrate bug reporting tools. Users end up using the review facilities instead.
Apparently the media centre in Jaguar/Land Rover cars runs on a custom Wayland compositor. Wayland is gaining momentum!
I'm delighted to announce Trifle v0.4 is out! https://github.com/Wilfred/trifle It includes support for killer apps such as fizzbuzz and fibonacci!
Turns out you can even read PDFs from Emacs. You rarely need to leave the comfort of your lisp environment!
Surprised to see that `5.0 // 2.0` in #Python, despite being integer division, returns floats.
UUIDs are acceptable for APIs, but I really like Stripe's 'hungarian notation' approach. It's obvious what 'cus_123abc' is (a customer!).
@Xero You have incorrect indentation on your API docs: http://t.co/tskx8M6Hc2 (<AddressLine1> should not be indented)
How to build a welcoming community: https://mail.mozilla.org/pipermail/rust-dev/2013-July/004838.html
Turns out you can modify the __code__ attribute on functions in #Python. You could make a really elegant patching library I think.
Saw a prominent C developer's site with a 'valid HTML 3.2!' button. Reassuring!
Buffer overflow in #Python's socket library (both 2.x and 3.x): http://t.co/xgEKLorZj4 (looks like it's rarely used, fortunately)
Generalised variables with value types: http://t.co/wgIDdyuT89 (the whole blog is excellent)
There are languages that succeed because of their package manager, and there are languages that succeed in spite of their package manager.
Continuous deployment requires a good set of unit and integration tests that you have faith in, but it's magical once set up.
The most pragmatic way to store dates in JSON is Unix timestamps. It's a band-aid, but the best option I'm aware of.
If an idea is sufficiently thought through, only straightforward coding remains. However coding is how you discover if you've thought enough
Django 1.6 fixes https://code.djangoproject.com/ticket/9589 where the devserver stops on errors. It will save me several alt-tabs per day!
Seven laws of sane personal computing: http://t.co/WnUFl9pkcH
Providing integrations for your service is good, but providing webhooks is better. When in doubt, implement webhooks first.
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