Learn Blogging the Hard Way
Announcements and essays about the Learn Code the Hard Way project.
C++ Is An Absolute Blast
Where I try to explain why I feel like C\+\+ is so much fun, and to correct some misinformation.
Just Use MSYS2 You Say?
Debunking idiots on HackerNews who think a total beginner can just 'Use MSYS2' on Windows.
Solving the Worst Problem in Programming Education: Windows
I've created a set of install scripts for Windows that helps people install many different programming languages using standard tools.
Minimum Educational C++
I go through various style guides and attempt to extract the minimum C++ someone can learn to be functional on many code bases, and in your own code.
How Long Does it Take to Learn to Code?
My standard answer when people ask me how long it will take for them to become competent enough to get a job.
Exploring the Replacement for C as an Educational Language
My thoughts so far on finding a replacement for C in teaching compiled languages and memory safety.
How to Read Programmer Documentation
An excerpt from Learn Python the Hard Way, 5th Edition that explains how I analyze learn from projects with poor or no documentation (which is most of them).
The 5 Simple Rules to the Game of Code
An experimental idea to teach the basics of a Turing machine before teaching loops and branching. Feedback welcome.
Announcing Learn Python the Hard Way's Next Edition
Announcing the new version of Learn Python the Hard Way which will be entirely focused on Pre-Beginner Data Science and not web development.
Ten Reasons Youtube's Streaming is Awful
I did a test of Youtube and its streaming has tons of problems. Here's 10 reasons why Youtube's streaming is mostly pointless when compared to Twitch. I'll use Twitch for streaming, then post to youtube.
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SPA vs. MPA, FIGHT!
Getting realistic about Single-Page vs. Multi-Page applications.
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How to Create Your Own npm init
and Get Off npmjs.com
npm init
and Get Off npmjs.comAfter struggling with npm init I figured out a way to avoid it entirely that ends up being easier.
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Stripe is Paypal circa 2010
After integrating both Stripe and Paypal I've come to the realization that they are nearly the same, including all the evil.
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Equal Height Holy Grail Layout in Modern CSS
Cheap and easy ways to get paths out of your web server logs.
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A Frontend Development Process
An excerpt from Learn JavaScript the Hard Way teaching a starter creative process for using HTML and CSS.
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Process and Web Development
What would a traditional artistic process look like for a web page?
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NaN is Not a Math
A critique of the counter-claim that JavaScript's use of NaN errors is valid because it's 'math.'
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Convoluted Team Code and Software Urban Planning
An idea about the irrational focus of developer technology on teams to the detriment of everyone else.
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No Tracking, Part 3
The result of my work to eliminate my own ability to track other people around the internet, and how that might end up working in practice.
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Your Side Projects are Your Future
How the prevailing view of side projects is a damaging perspective for early programmers.
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No Emails, Update 2
Thoughts on implementing a method for not storing email addresses while still allowing for password reset, Part 2.
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Getting Rid of Emails
Thoughts on implementing a method for not storing email addresses while still allowing for password reset.
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How To Ask for Help
A brief description of how to ask another programmer for help with your code.
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