Lobster Roll

Stories by hwayne

Tony Hoare (1934-2026) (blog.computationalcomplexity.org)
L 195 pts 6 comments by hwayne 1d ago person Culture / Philosophy / History / Reading thread
It's probably time to stop recommending Clean Code (qntm.org)
L 140 pts 56 comments by hwayne Jun 28, 2020 bookprogramming Programming (General)Culture / Philosophy / History / Reading thread
The Crossover Project
L 118 pts 19 comments by hwayne Jan 18, 2021 practicesshow Programming (General)Productivity / Career / Business thread
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)
L 113 pts 36 comments by hwayne Dec 7, 2020 person Culture / Philosophy / History / Reading thread
Many Hard Leetcode Problems are Easy Constraint Problems (buttondown.com)
L 109 pts 54 comments by hwayne Sep 10, 2025 programming Programming (General) thread
Lynn Conway has died (news.engin.umich.edu)
L 107 pts 3 comments by hwayne Jun 14, 2024 person Culture / Philosophy / History / Reading thread
Microfeatures I'd like to see in more languages (buttondown.email)
L 105 pts 100 comments by hwayne Jan 5, 2023 plt Programming Languages / CS Theory thread
Planner programming blows my mind (hillelwayne.com)
L 100 pts 22 comments by hwayne Feb 20, 2024 plt Programming (General)Programming Languages / CS Theory thread
Request: please don't delete comments that get people banned
L 100 pts 84 comments by hwayne Jun 2, 2021 meta thread
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)
L 99 pts 31 comments by hwayne Oct 18, 2018 bookformalmethodsreleaseshow Programming (General)Programming Languages / CS TheoryCulture / Philosophy / History / Reading thread
10 Most(ly dead) Influential Programming Languages (hillelwayne.com)
L 98 pts 41 comments by hwayne Mar 26, 2020 historicalplt Programming (General)Programming Languages / CS TheoryCulture / Philosophy / History / Reading thread
Important Women in CS Who Aren't Grace Hopper (hillelwayne.com)
L 98 pts 58 comments by hwayne Jan 27, 2018 historicalperson Culture / Philosophy / History / Reading thread
I ****ing hate Science (buttondown.email)
L 92 pts 40 comments by hwayne Jul 20, 2021 practicesrant Science / Math / PhysicsProductivity / Career / Business thread
ACM is Now Fully Open Access (acm.org)
L 90 pts 21 comments by hwayne Jan 7, 2026 compsci Programming Languages / CS Theory thread
Toolbox languages (hillelwayne.com)
L 84 pts 53 comments by hwayne Jul 15, 2024 programming Programming (General) thread
CookLang – Recipe Markup Language (cooklang.org)
L 83 pts 23 comments by hwayne Oct 26, 2021 programming Programming (General) thread
Crimes with Python's Pattern Matching (hillelwayne.com)
L 82 pts 22 comments by hwayne Aug 1, 2022 python Programming (General)Programming Languages / CS Theory thread
Performance Matters (hillelwayne.com)
L 82 pts 17 comments by hwayne Aug 7, 2019 performancepractices Data / Databases / InfrastructureProductivity / Career / Business thread
The Hunt for the Missing Data Type (hillelwayne.com)
L 81 pts 28 comments by hwayne Mar 4, 2024 programming Programming (General) thread
At least one Vim trick you might not know (hillelwayne.com)
L 81 pts 26 comments by hwayne May 31, 2019 vim Programming (General) thread
The Hard Part of Learning a Language (hillelwayne.com)
L 79 pts 70 comments by hwayne Apr 28, 2020 practicesrant Productivity / Career / Business thread
Why Does "=" Mean Assignment? (hillelwayne.com)
L 79 pts 12 comments by hwayne Apr 10, 2018 historical Culture / Philosophy / History / Reading thread
Write the most clever code you possibly can (buttondown.com)
L 78 pts 29 comments by hwayne May 9, 2025 practicesrant Programming (General)Productivity / Career / Business thread
This is How Science Happens (hillelwayne.com)
L 78 pts 15 comments by hwayne Mar 9, 2020 pltscience Programming Languages / CS TheoryScience / Math / Physics thread
Jewmain Driven Design (buttondown.email)
L 77 pts 60 comments by hwayne Oct 4, 2021 cultureeducation Design / UX / VisualizationCulture / Philosophy / History / Reading thread
Why do Interviewers Ask Linked List Questions? (hillelwayne.com)
L 77 pts 34 comments by hwayne Mar 29, 2021 historicalpractices Productivity / Career / BusinessCulture / Philosophy / History / Reading thread
Uncle Bob and Silver Bullets (hillelwayne.com)
L 77 pts 35 comments by hwayne Oct 5, 2017 formalmethodsranttesting Programming (General)Programming Languages / CS Theory thread
Was Javascript really made in 10 days? (buttondown.email)
L 76 pts 61 comments by hwayne Sep 28, 2023 historicaljavascript Web DevelopmentCulture / Philosophy / History / Reading thread
Why Don't People Use Formal Methods? (hillelwayne.com)
L 76 pts 32 comments by hwayne Jan 22, 2019 formalmethodshistorical Programming Languages / CS TheoryCulture / Philosophy / History / Reading thread
Excel is Pretty Dang Cool (buttondown.email)
L 72 pts 32 comments by hwayne Aug 12, 2022 programming Programming (General) thread