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  • /tag/shell-scripting
• Many Linux tools are programming-like.
• Development

• Software

  • Software testing

Paired programming is essential.

• Programming reading list

  • /tag/programming+writing
• /tag/programming+comedy

Random links ∞

• https://reproducible-builds.org/

  • Deterministic stuff
• https://codecademy.com/

• Alice

  • An innovative block-based programming environment

• qb.js

  • An implementation of QBASIC in Javascript
• Kano (computer)
• What are algorithms?

• Don't Store That in a Float

  • On the dangerous of floating point precision issues.
• 2016 Best Coding Resources
• Software Developer Meme Dump
• https://gitter.im/ is a community thing.

Advice ∞

• See also Hackers
• Probably /tag/writing+programming
• Working on Free Software

• Programming is terrible—Lessons learned from a life wasted. EMF2012

Tidbits ∞

• Programming today is a race between software engineers striving to build bigger and better idiot-proof programs, and the universe trying to produce bigger and better idoits. So far, the Universe is winning.

Lightbulbs ∞

• How many programmers does it take to change a light bulb?

  • None. That's a hardware problem.

• How many programmers does it take to change a light bulb?

  1. Two. One always quits in the middle of a project.
  2. I think that's a device driver problem.

• How many C++ programmers does it take to change a light bulb?

  • You're still thinking procedurally. A properly designed light bulb object would inherit a change method from a generic light bulb class, so all you'd have to do is send it a bulb change message.

• How many testers does it take to change a light bulb?

  • We just find the problems. We don't fix them.

• How many developers does it take to change a light bulb?

  • The light bulb works fine on the system in my office.

• How many Unix hacks does it take to change a light bulb?

  • As many as you want; they're all virtual anyway.

• How many database people does it take to change a light bulb?

  • Three.

• How many technical writers does it take to change a light bulb?

  • One. Provided there's a programmer around to explain how to do it.

Languages I was interested in ∞

• Rexx

  • NetRexx