Write Code Like You Just Learned How to Program(prog21.dadgum.com)

40 points by raytopia 3 years ago | 39 comments

Do you want to be doing this when you're 50? (2012)(prog21.dadgum.com)

150 points by debesyla 1 year ago | 154 comments

A spellchecker used to be a major feat of software engineering (2008)(prog21.dadgum.com)

167 points by Bogdanp 1 year ago | 176 comments

Puzzle Languages (2009)(prog21.dadgum.com)

79 points by Ivoah 3 years ago | 43 comments

No Comment (2010)(prog21.dadgum.com)

63 points by ColinWright 1 year ago | 50 comments

Computer science courses that don't exist, but should (2015)(prog21.dadgum.com)

279 points by wonger_ 1 year ago | 206 comments

SICP: The only computer science book worth reading twice? (2010)(simondobson.org)

407 points by pieterr 1 year ago | 160 comments

A 2010 blog post by Simon Dobson arguing that Structure and Interpretation of Computer Programs is the most seminal computer science book and worth rereading.

The Web Is Broken – Botnet Part 2(jan.wildeboer.net)

371 points by todsacerdoti 1 year ago | 225 comments

Blog post by Jan Wildeboer, second in a series, arguing the web is broken by botnets, likely covering apps embedding SDKs that turn user devices into scraping proxies.

We Should Be Able to Change Our Languages(jimmyhmiller.com)

48 points by surprisetalk 1 month ago | 24 comments

Jimmy Miller essay arguing programmers should be able to customize and change their programming languages rather than treat them as fixed artifacts.

How do modern compilers choose which variables to put in registers?(langdev.stackexchange.com)

361 points by azeemba 1 year ago | 59 comments

A Stack Exchange question on Programming Language Design and Implementation asking how modern compilers decide which variables to place in registers.

Writing a C compiler in 500 lines of Python(vgel.me)

454 points by vgel 3 years ago | 142 comments

Blog post by vgel describing the design and architecture of a small C compiler written in about 500 lines of Python.

Communication Between the Compiler, the Build System, and Beyond(shrub.industries)

17 points by shrub900 20 days ago | 3 comments

A personal essay arguing that compilers, build systems, and package managers in POSIX-like operating systems fail to share dependency and resource information, missing optimization opportunities.