Java file I/O in 2014

NIO vs legacy I/O.

2014-03-11 · 4 min

Thoughts on unit testing

Sometimes it’s great, but it’s not a panacea.

2014-03-07 · 2 min

Sometimes old technology is the best option

UUCP!

2013-09-23 · 4 min

The x86

The design Intel keeps trying to get rid of.

2013-04-03 · 17 min

Sinatra, web apps, and a Ruby flock

Building web applications without Rails.

2013-01-29 · 3 min

Sometimes ORM is not the answer

Maybe it’s better to write SQL.

2012-05-18 · 3 min

Random cool hack: Make your Ruby scripts work as man pages

It’s a script and a man page and a floor wax and a dessert topping.

2011-10-27 · 1 min

It's possible to be too helpful

object Object.

2011-07-01 · 1 min

JavaScript modulus weirdness

A useful but probably inadvisable trick.

2011-04-27 · 1 min

Why TeX?

Or LaTeX, or ConTeXt.

2011-04-05 · 7 min