Lobster Roll

Stories by hwayne

Tony Hoare (1934-2026) (blog.computationalcomplexity.org)
It's probably time to stop recommending Clean Code (qntm.org)
The Crossover Project
Hello Lobsters! Back in 2019 I started the "Crossover Project", where I researched the differences between software and "real" engineering by talking to people who've professionally done both. 17 interviews and 12 hours of recorded conversation later, I'm sharing what I found in three essays. The...
thought leaders and chicken sexers (ideolalia.com)
Many Hard Leetcode Problems are Easy Constraint Problems (buttondown.com)
Lynn Conway has died (news.engin.umich.edu)
Microfeatures I'd like to see in more languages (buttondown.email)
Planner programming blows my mind (hillelwayne.com)
Request: please don't delete comments that get people banned
This morning, user @antt was banned with reason "No really, you do not 'gotta hand it to the nazis'". It looks like he was banned for comment `mjxerc`, which was deleted with the reason "No really, you do not 'gotta hand it to the nazis'". A couple months back @derek-jones was banned for the same re...
Practical TLA+ Now Available (hillelwayne.com)
10 Most(ly dead) Influential Programming Languages (hillelwayne.com)
Important Women in CS Who Aren't Grace Hopper (hillelwayne.com)
I ****ing hate Science (buttondown.email)
ACM is Now Fully Open Access (acm.org)
Toolbox languages (hillelwayne.com)
CookLang – Recipe Markup Language (cooklang.org)
Crimes with Python's Pattern Matching (hillelwayne.com)
Performance Matters (hillelwayne.com)
The Hunt for the Missing Data Type (hillelwayne.com)
At least one Vim trick you might not know (hillelwayne.com)
The Hard Part of Learning a Language (hillelwayne.com)
Why Does "=" Mean Assignment? (hillelwayne.com)
Write the most clever code you possibly can (buttondown.com)
This is How Science Happens (hillelwayne.com)
Jewmain Driven Design (buttondown.email)
Why do Interviewers Ask Linked List Questions? (hillelwayne.com)
Uncle Bob and Silver Bullets (hillelwayne.com)
Was Javascript really made in 10 days? (buttondown.email)
Why Don't People Use Formal Methods? (hillelwayne.com)
Excel is Pretty Dang Cool (buttondown.email)