Links 2020-05-24
More on programming …
- The Lines of Code That Changed Everything, Slate
To shed light on the software that has tilted the world on its axis, the editors polled computer scientists, software developers, historians, policymakers, and journalists. They were asked to pick: Which pieces of code had a huge influence? Which ones warped our lives?
- UTC is Enough for Everyone, Right? – Zach Holman
Programming time is pretty weird. It can sometimes make you feel week in the knees, and very days and confused about how it all fits together. But watch it: this is hour burden to bear, and we can’t just let it past us over.
- So you want to be a wizard – Julia Evans
This zine is about what the skill of “figure it out anyway” looks like.
- In space, no one can hear you kernel panic – Glenn Fleishman, Increment
When you’re millions of miles from home, it’s hard to install an operating system update—but not impossible.
- Programmer’s critique of missing structure of operating systems – Bystroushaak
As I was thinking about it, I’ve realized that architecture of the operating system itself is wrong for this kind of job. The stuff it offers and the stuff it allows us to do, is not what we want and expect. […] How about we take away all the weird string formats, whether it’s passing command line parameters when launching programs or communication in between the programs, and replace them with a concise, easy-to-write language for structure definitions?
- Programming for Everyone, Everyone’s a Programmer? – Observations from Uppsala
It is probably good to be able to do a little bit of it at home for household needs. But don’t equate that to the professional development of industrial-strength software.