I have posted some small projects of mine on GitHub, mainly so that prospective employers can appreciate my skills. I am not quite ready to truly open source them, so I published them under "No License". This means that I remain the exclusive copyright holder of these creative works, and nobody else can use, copy, distribute, or modify them in any way, shape or form. More information here: choosealicense.com - "No License" (https://choosealicense.com/no-permission/).
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What is full-stack development
The predominant web application development model today requires splitting application logic in two parts:
- The front-end, running on the browser.
- The back-end, running on the server.
The front-end is typically written in JavaScript, while the back-end is typically written in Java, Scala, C#, or some other programming language. The two ends invariably communicate with each other via REST. The choice of JavaScript and REST is not due to any technical merit inherent in these technologies, (there is none,) but purely due to historical accident; see The Wild, Wild Web.
Read more »Here is Douglas Crockford,
talking patent nonsense about Java and about exceptions,
neither of which he understands, obviously.
Start playing at 27':42''. The insanity lasts until 32':00''.
Enjoy responsibly.
I will try to make a list of items here, but I could probably write a book on this.
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A high-tech, sci-fi horror short-story written on the evening of January 25, 2018.
There was a guy who got in a quarrel with his girlfriend, and she kicked him out of her apartment without even throwing his clothes out the window for him. So there he was, naked on the street, not knowing what to do. Out of necessity, he grabbed a tablecloth from a restaurant, draped himself with it, and started to go home, trying to look as if everything was normal and under control.
Read more »Simplicity is the art of hiding complexity
Rob Pike, "Simplicity is Complicated", dotGo 2015