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Stories from the playground.

Developers evolve in a complex and changing environment. We can learn a lot by listening to the tales of those that have already paved a path and by meeting people who are willing to share their thoughts and knowledge about programming and technologies.

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Rust: Built to Last

We looked at the history of Rust and talked to Steve Klabnik and Ashley Williams, two current members of the Rust core team.

January 15, 2020

Unraveling the Complexity in Programming

Let’s uncover the reasons behind the complexity of programming, what the impact is on developers and how to manage it.

January 9, 2020

Under Discussion: Web Accessibility

We talked to two accessibility specialists, Aurélien Levy and Hidde de Vries, about web accessibility.

January 7, 2020

9 Tips for Becoming More Efficient When you Use your Computer

In this article we outline the ways you can improve your efficiency and productivity while working on your computer!

December 10, 2019

The One Who Created His Own Path

Currently Program Manager at Microsoft, Chris Heilmann discusses his experience of working for Yahoo and Mozilla and the role of developer evangelist.

November 21, 2019

The Essential Sections for Better Documentation of Your README Project

This article summarizes the appealing and essential things about README files, as well as the common pitfalls.

November 20, 2019

How to Start Using GitHub as a Designer Working with Developers

Through using GitHub, it’s possible for designers and developers to build web design and code side by side, almost at the same time!

November 14, 2019

Why Data Visualization is Essential in Every Step of Machine Learning

Good exploratory data analysis combined with relevant data visualization is essential for pinpointing the right direction to take.

October 31, 2019

The One Who Created Elixir

Creator of Elixir and cofounder of Plataformatec, José Valim discusses the lessons he learned while creating Elixir and his involvement in its future.

October 17, 2019

Coder Stories #1: An Interview With Gaël Duval

In this interview, Gaël Duval tells us more about how he ended up creating Mandrake and why and how he created the /e/ mobile operating system.

October 9, 2019

PDF: From Cold War Weapon to Industry Standard

The story behind how PDFs came to be is actually longer and more interesting than you might think. It starts with the Cold War.

October 8, 2019

Building a Monitoring Stack for High Availability: A Real-Life Story

Sqreen is reviewing deployment and monitoring tools they have in place and run through a real-life example of how these tools helped them.

September 18, 2019

How to Turn Testing Mobile Apps into an (Almost) Effortless Task

In this article you will discover tools and practices that will help you write meaningful tests without things becoming too painful!

September 10, 2019

The Beauty of Functional Languages in Deep Learning — Clojure and Haskell

Functional languages such as Clojure and Haskell can often represent the complexity with cleaner code that’s closer to the mathematics of the model.

September 5, 2019

Fuzzing: How to Automatically Create Complex Test Cases and Uncover Unknown Bugs

Discover fuzzing and how it can help you uncover unknown bugs!

September 4, 2019

EuRuKo 2019: A Recap

On June 21, the European Ruby Conference welcomed several hundred Rubyists aboard a historic ship. Read the recap!

July 18, 2019

3 Reasons Why You Should Work Directly in the Cloud

Developers often use high-end computers to work. But what if we were to tell you that it’s more advantageous to work directly in the cloud?

July 18, 2019

The One Who Coauthors Scikit-learn

Alexandre Gramfort discusses how it all started with scikit-learn and the importance of providing the right tools for avoiding statistical mistakes.

June 20, 2019

How VS Code Took Over the JavaScript Community

Visual Studio Code is a lightweight editor and its usage has experienced a rapid rise. Discover what makes it so popular!

June 10, 2019

The One Who Kept VLC Free

Jean-Baptiste Kempf discusses how he initially got involved in VLC and shares his tips for developers who want to improve and get hired.

May 29, 2019

4 Tips for Mastering Test-Driven Development

Need some guidance for the best way to carry out test-driven development? Read on. Here, we share some useful tips!

May 22, 2019

The Origin Story of Data Science

Let’s meet the four people who pushed the boundaries of statistics: John Tukey, John Chambers, Leo Breiman, and Bill Cleveland.

May 14, 2019

Open Source: The Story of the Great Code Giveaway

Open-source software is now so embedded in daily life, it is difficult to remember a time without it! This article tells you how it all began!

May 7, 2019

Architecturing an App with Functional Reactive Programming

Good architectures result in apps that perform well and are easy to maintain. Here is our feedback on functional reactive architecture!

May 2, 2019

The One Who Chose to Put People First

Mark Dalrymple discusses how it all started with programming and CocoaHeads and how developing relationships helped him to build his career!

April 29, 2019

React Amsterdam 2019: A Recap

Read the recap of the React Amsterdam 2019 conference that was held on April 12 and welcomed 1,300 attendees!

April 25, 2019

dotGo 2019: A Recap

dotGo 2019 is a one-day TED Talk-style event which focuses on the Go language. Here’s our summary of this year’s presenters and their talks!

April 11, 2019

The Philosophies of Software Languages, from Go to Elixir

There are more than 2,500 programming languages in existence today. Where do all these languages come from? Learn more about the fourth generation.

April 9, 2019

A Brief History of the Early Internet

Discover the history of the Internet!

April 2, 2019

The One Who Writes Articles as She Learns

Sara Soueidan talks about how she learnt to code, to freelance effectively, and share some tips on how to become a great developer.

March 7, 2019

Discovering the Truth Behind an invalid_file_path Error

Applying a quick fix without knowing what it does can easily lead to a bigger issue. Here is the story behind one of them!

March 28, 2019

The Philosophies of Software Languages, from Java to JavaScript

There are more than 2,500 programming languages in existence today. Where do all these languages come from? Learn more about the third generation.

March 20, 2019

Powering an iOS App with ML: How to Get Started Using Create ML and Core ML

Being able to run ML models directly on a smartphone has some really interesting potential. Discover how to proceed and what are the challenges!

March 14, 2019

Git Merge 2019: A Recap

This year’s Git Merge conference was held on February 1 in Brussels. Discover the recap!

March 6, 2019

The Philosophies of Software Languages, from Smalltalk to Perl

There are more than 2,500 programming languages in existence today. Where do all these languages come from? Learn more about the second generation.

March 1, 2019

Why Go for Redis when You Can Use Mnesia?

This article covers what happened when WTTJ implemented Mnesia, including the difficulties we encountered and the results we got. Check it out!

February 25, 2019

The One Who Created Languages

Anders Hejlsberg talks about his career, the languages Turbo Pascal, C#, TypeScript and gives advice to developers.

February 11, 2019

Amazon Cloud and Lambda: Use of Lambdas with DynamoDB, RDS, and VPC

In 2017, SQLI started an ambitious project with AWS. Here are 3 important tips that they can offer you as a result of this experience.

February 18, 2019

dotSwift 2019: A Recap

The dotSwift conf focuses on the ways the Swift language can be leveraged to solve challenges and build apps. Read the recap of the 2019 edition!

February 13, 2019

The Philosophies of Software Languages, from Plankalkül to C

There are more than 2,500 programming languages in existence today. Where do all these languages come from? Learn more about the first generation.

February 7, 2019

Exploring Collaborative Filtering on Implicit Data for Job Recommendations

At WTTJ, they recently started to investigate recommender systems to bring a whole new dimension to their users’ experience. Discover their feedback!

February 1, 2019

The Land of Forgotten Software: Always There, but Rarely Noticed

Everyone is focused on the shiny new. Nonetheless, a few bits of software have stood the test of time. Here are the stories behind 4 of these.

January 30, 2019

The One Who Started Dribbble with 50 T-shirts

Dan Cederholm, co-founder of Dribbble, looks back on his career, talking about how he started coding, the challenges he faced at Dribbble.

January 30, 2019

Atomic Design: A Front-end Developer’s View

Atomic Design is a powerful way of saving time. Discover how FABERNOVEL implemented it and the 4 lessons they learnt from using this methodology.

January 30, 2019

A Brief History of Erlang and Elixir

Learn more about the history of the programming languages Erlang and Elixir!

January 30, 2019

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