That people produce HTML with string templates is telling us something(utcc.utoronto.ca)

200 points by ingve 3 years ago | 316 comments

A peculiarity of the GNU Coreutils version of 'test' and '['(utcc.utoronto.ca)

71 points by ingve 2 years ago | 42 comments

Compare Google, Bing, Marginalia, Kagi, Mwmbl, and ChatGPT(danluu.com)

856 points by 882542F3884314B 2 years ago | 433 comments

Dan Luu blog post comparing search result quality across Google, Bing, Marginalia, Kagi, Mwmbl, and ChatGPT using sample queries.

The seven programming ur-languages (2022)(madhadron.com)

321 points by helloplanets 6 months ago | 123 comments

Essay on the madhadron blog arguing programming languages descend from seven fundamental 'ur-languages' that learners should explore instead of similar mainstream languages.

Statistical Formulas for Programmers (2013)(evanmiller.org)

219 points by Tomte 1 year ago | 37 comments

The worst job interview I ever had(oliverio.dev)

587 points by oliverio 5 months ago | 470 comments

A personal blog post by a startup engineer recounting his worst job interview, a culture-fit interview that felt like an unsolicited psych evaluation.