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Stories by zverok

Seven things I know after 25 years of development (zverok.space)
L 109 pts 24 comments by zverok Jan 28, 2025 practicesruby Programming (General)Productivity / Career / Business thread
Participating in programming language's evolution during interesting times (zverok.space)
L 75 pts 10 comments by zverok Feb 8, 2023 philosophypltruby Programming (General)Programming Languages / CS TheoryScience / Math / PhysicsCulture / Philosophy / History / Reading thread
17 (ever so slightly) weird facts about the most popular dictionary format (zverok.github.io)
L 54 pts 12 comments by zverok Mar 17, 2021 pythonreversing Systems / Low-Level / OSProgramming (General) thread
Language, perception, and empathy: Ukrainian's gaze (Notes to the talk rejected by RubyConf) (zverok.space)
L 40 pts 8 comments by zverok Nov 17, 2023 cultureruby Programming (General)Culture / Philosophy / History / Reading thread
A few words on Ruby's type annotations state (zverok.space)
L 36 pts 6 comments by zverok May 5, 2023 pltruby Programming (General)Programming Languages / CS Theory thread
I forgot how to spellcheck (zverok.github.io)
L 35 pts 10 comments by zverok May 6, 2021 pythonreversing Systems / Low-Level / OSProgramming (General) thread
Some thoughts on APLs (real or imagined) beauty, and the value of very concise languages (twitter.com)
L 32 pts 11 comments by zverok May 20, 2021 apl Programming Languages / CS Theory thread
“Useless Ruby sugar”: Pattern matching (zverok.space)
L 27 pts 7 comments by zverok Nov 3, 2023 pltruby Programming (General)Programming Languages / CS Theory thread
Ruby Evolution: a brief list of new significant features 2.0-3.1 (rubyreferences.github.io)
L 27 pts 4 comments by zverok Jul 9, 2022 historicalruby Programming (General)Programming Languages / CS TheoryScience / Math / PhysicsCulture / Philosophy / History / Reading thread
Using Wikipedia as an Impromptu RottenTomatoes API (zverok.github.io)
L 27 pts 6 comments by zverok May 31, 2021 programmingshow Programming (General) thread
“Useless Ruby sugar”: Argument forwarding (zverok.space)
L 26 pts 3 comments by zverok Nov 24, 2023 pltruby Programming (General)Programming Languages / CS Theory thread
What you can learn by merely writing a programming language changelog (zverok.substack.com)
L 25 pts 0 comments by zverok Jan 6, 2022 philosophypltruby Programming (General)Programming Languages / CS TheoryCulture / Philosophy / History / Reading thread
WikipediaQL: Query language for efficient data extraction from Wikipedia (early prototype) (github.com)
L 25 pts 5 comments by zverok Jul 5, 2021 pythonshow Programming (General) thread
There is no such thing as a global method (in Ruby) (zverok.space)
L 24 pts 2 comments by zverok Oct 21, 2024 pltruby Programming (General)Programming Languages / CS Theory thread
Comprehensive Ruby 3.2 changelog (rubyreferences.github.io)
L 23 pts 0 comments by zverok Feb 4, 2023 pltruby Programming (General)Programming Languages / CS Theory thread
Grok {Shan, Shui}*: Advent of understanding the generative art (zverok.github.io)
L 21 pts 2 comments by zverok Dec 28, 2021 artdebuggingjavascript AI / Machine LearningWeb DevelopmentProgramming (General)Culture / Philosophy / History / Reading thread
Rebuilding the most popular spellchecker. Part 1 (Groking Hunspell) (zverok.github.io)
L 21 pts 0 comments by zverok Jan 7, 2021 pythonreversing Systems / Low-Level / OSProgramming (General) thread
“Gilded Rose” refactoring kata in Ruby — as if it is 2024 (zverok.space)
L 19 pts 7 comments by zverok Sep 19, 2024 practicesruby Programming (General)Programming Languages / CS TheoryProductivity / Career / Business thread
ChatGPT have killed my passion project and I am fine (zverok.space)
L 18 pts 7 comments by zverok Feb 9, 2024 apivibecoding AI / Machine LearningProgramming (General) thread
“Useless Ruby sugar”: Keyword argument and hash values omission (zverok.space)
L 18 pts 0 comments by zverok Nov 10, 2023 pltruby Programming (General)Programming Languages / CS Theory thread
What not to forget when implementing a pattern-matching in Ruby for custom objects (zverok.space)
L 16 pts 0 comments by zverok Dec 20, 2022 ruby Programming (General)Programming Languages / CS Theory thread
The Curious Case of String.slice/3 (adworse.codes)
L 16 pts 1 comments by zverok Aug 3, 2022 elixir Programming Languages / CS Theory thread
Django vs. FastAPI, An Honest Comparison (david-dahan.com)
L 14 pts 23 comments by zverok Jan 15, 2025 python Programming (General) thread
Thoughts on Django’s Core (buttondown.com)
L 14 pts 2 comments by zverok Nov 15, 2024 python Programming (General) thread
On GitHub Copilot and (Ruby's) Rubocop, Or, How AI Could Help Coding (zverok.github.io)
L 14 pts 1 comments by zverok Dec 7, 2021 programmingruby AI / Machine LearningProgramming (General)Programming Languages / CS Theory thread
Vignettes on language evolution: discovering an old syntax feature history (zverok.space)
L 13 pts 0 comments by zverok Jul 1, 2024 pltruby Programming (General)Programming Languages / CS TheoryScience / Math / PhysicsCulture / Philosophy / History / Reading thread
The design decisions and evolution of a method definition - Ruby case study (zverok.space)
L 13 pts 4 comments by zverok Jun 14, 2024 pltruby Programming (General)Programming Languages / CS TheoryDesign / UX / VisualizationScience / Math / Physics thread
“Useless Ruby sugar”: Endless (one-line) methods (zverok.space)
L 13 pts 2 comments by zverok Dec 1, 2023 pltruby Programming (General)Programming Languages / CS Theory thread
Why Wikipedia matters, and how to make sense of it (programmatically) (zverok.github.io)
L 13 pts 12 comments by zverok Oct 19, 2021 programmingpythonruby Programming (General) thread
The short outburst of activity during Ruby Changelog preparation—2025 edition (zverok.space)
L 12 pts 0 comments by zverok Jan 7, 2025 rubyshow Programming (General)Programming Languages / CS Theory thread