honest.knave

Apparently, there’s a company called ITA Software that posts interesting software puzzles and invites job applicants to attempt them. I stumbled across this archive page and found the one called “Sling Blade Runner.” The challenge is to construct the longest chain of movie titles in the before & after style of Wheel of [...]

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One of my favorite books about software development, The Pragmatic Programmer, is full of down-to-earth advice for developing quality software. The authors describe several principles and tools that can improve your productivity by orders of magnitude. You’ll see me frequently refer to a core concept of the book called the DRY principle: don’t [...]

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No, I’m not going to wax existential; not today, at least. (Tempting, though.) I wanted to take a moment and set forth some goals for the site. As with everything here, this is for your benefit and mine alike. You should know what to expect as a reader, and I can [...]

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