Adventures in Programming Languages and Semantics
september 2009 by al3x
"Why programming language design is hard (and a few ways it can be made easier)"
programming
language
design
tip
list
september 2009 by al3x
Hack Your Kindle:
february 2009 by al3x
"100+ Tips, Resources, and Tutorials to Read Better and Learn Faster"
kindle
tip
reference
february 2009 by al3x
Command-line Fu
february 2009 by al3x
"the place to record those command-line gems that you return to again and again"
unix
shell
tip
reference
february 2009 by al3x
My Git Workflow
january 2009 by al3x
Various development scenarios and how to apply Git to them.
git
workflow
tip
vcs
tutorial
january 2009 by al3x
Scala puzzlers, part 1
august 2008 by al3x
"Never declare a case class without arguments. Instead, use a case object."
scala
tip
august 2008 by al3x
Reading C type declarations
july 2008 by al3x
"type declarations in C are complex, and sometimes aren’t intuitive. There is, however, a relatively simple method of reading them."
c
programming
tip
july 2008 by al3x
10 Tips for Optimizing MySQL Queries (That don’t suck)
march 2008 by al3x
Indeed, these tips do not suck.
mysql
optimization
performance
tip
march 2008 by al3x
An introduction to implicit arguments
march 2008 by al3x
Scala feature: "we can leave out the implicit argument list and the compiler will look for a value in the enclosing scope which has been marked as implicit". Magical - probably too much so - but neat.
scala
programming
implicit
tip
march 2008 by al3x
Sharing a public Git repo over HTTP [flow chart]
march 2008 by al3x
If GitHub went away, I might need this.
git
http
tip
march 2008 by al3x
Git's Killer Feature
march 2008 by al3x
"Make your edits, then run git add -i. You will be prompted interactively to edit and change the index. When you are done, run git commit and be done! You have just prepared, and commited a tree object manually."
git
tip
march 2008 by al3x
9 Essential Rails Tips
march 2008 by al3x
I'm pretty tired of lists of tips, but these are good.
rails
tip
list
optimization
activerecord
march 2008 by al3x
Custom Textile
february 2008 by al3x
"You can subclass RedCloth and add methods that define your own tags."
ruby
textile
tip
february 2008 by al3x
Rails || Merb
february 2008 by al3x
A list of equivalencies between Rails and Merb.
comparison
merb
rails
tip
february 2008 by al3x
PragDave: Pipelines Using Fibers in Ruby 1.9
january 2008 by al3x
"A fiber is somewhat like a thread, except you have control over when it gets scheduled."
ruby
concurrency
tip
january 2008 by al3x
36 Startup Tips
december 2007 by al3x
This is all solid, practical stuff. Agree++.
business
tip
advice
december 2007 by al3x
HotSwap Code using Scala and Actors
december 2007 by al3x
Effectively, "how to change the main loop of an actor" in Scala.
scala
concurrency
functional
tip
december 2007 by al3x
A Use of the Y Combinator in Ruby
december 2007 by al3x
I love shit like this: autovivication of hashes via the Y combinator. Check out zenspider's super clean, Lisp-bullshit-free implementation at the bottom.
ruby
functional
programming
tip
december 2007 by al3x
Back To The Future of Print
december 2007 by al3x
Solid tips on how to style your site nicely when printed.
css
print
tip
december 2007 by al3x
Crappy Crash Logs
december 2007 by al3x
How to extract meaning from OS X crash reports.
cocoa
programming
crash
tip
december 2007 by al3x
The Sprong Home Page
november 2007 by al3x
"a useful trick for Macintosh C programmers"
c
programming
tip
november 2007 by al3x
An Attachment Walked Into A Bar. Was That U, Fu?
august 2007 by al3x
Extending and testing attachment_fu
rails
plugin
tip
august 2007 by al3x
How well do you know Prototype?
august 2007 by al3x
How to take advantage of all the niceties that Prototype has to offer your JS code.
prototype
javascript
tip
august 2007 by al3x
Simple Ruby method injection
may 2007 by al3x
Inject methods before and after other methods programatically.
ruby
tip
may 2007 by al3x
Io: Getting Started
april 2007 by al3x
a collection of links to get going with Io
io
programming
tip
link
april 2007 by al3x
Stikkit: Magic words, functional emails, and a handy cheat sheet
february 2007 by al3x
I really want to like/use Stikkit. Maybe this'll help?
stikkit
lifehacks
webapp
review
tip
february 2007 by al3x
Watching ActiveRecord Do Its Thing
january 2007 by al3x
arbitrary logging in Rails
rails
log
tip
activerecord
january 2007 by al3x
Meta, shmeta: learning Ruby horizontally
january 2007 by al3x
great plain-speakin' advice about Ruby language features that people make out to be all spooky and magic
ruby
tip
january 2007 by al3x
Rails Security Checklist
november 2006 by al3x
nice to see someone else talking about Rails security
rails
security
tip
november 2006 by al3x
Nooks and Crannies of Ruby
november 2006 by al3x
some of this is useful. some of this is abhorrent (though not the author's fault).
ruby
programming
syntax
tip
november 2006 by al3x
gethuman database
september 2006 by al3x
how to talk to a real actual person at many companies' 800 number
business
lifehacks
service
tip
september 2006 by al3x
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