Bemused ramblings some dude says on the internet
Ghostwriting is one of my favorite ways to write. While I may not own the final article, I own the process. My clients keep coming back for one simple reason, because I am efficient and can channel them and their essence in a way that fits their message using (what sounds like) their voice.
I might struggle to write my own articles, but I never struggle with a client’s article.… Read the rest
The K&R C Book is touted as the book to get if you want to learn C. It is the work of Brian Kernighan and Dennis Ritchie (who created the C language). The first edition was the de facto standard for C, and the second edition is still widely read today. The K&R C book isn’t just a language book, it’s a model for good standards.… Read the rest
While most modern OSes share many ideas and concepts, the underlying philosophy behind the kernels tends to vary. Linux uses a more monolithic kernel with some user space additions, MacOS uses the Mach kernel which is a microkernel, while Windows strikes a balance with a hybrid kernel.
The difference between these types of kernels affects the gradient between reliability and latency among other things.… Read the rest
The Swiss Army Chainsaw that is Perl may not be a hot, new language, but it is a powerhouse still for text processing. I learned Perl to work with text in the form of log processing originally. When I started learning Chinese seriously, I used it to digest massive stores of text to see what I should focus on. CGI and Dancer enabled me to create web applications which really kick-started my current programming career.… Read the rest
As a perfectionist, I used to fail miserably at delegating tasks. From group projects in school to work earlier in my career. I tried to take on everything and manage every task I felt I could handle.
While this made lazier teammates happy, it took its toll. Capable people were left without enough work to do, and I became the bottleneck for many tasks.… Read the rest
Some words are more common than others. This very basic linguistic principle has been researched (warning: PDF) a lot. This research shows a correlation between frequency and vocabulary acquisition, but that was already something taken for granted as common knowledge.
If you ask most people who have successfully learned a language how they did it, they’ll tell you they hit a certain level, then began breaking the language down and targeting each part separately.… Read the rest