A 26-hour live coding marathon featuring multiple Java developers streaming technical deep dives, interviews, and interactive coding sessions.
A signal-boosted article explaining the philosophy and commitment behind Lichess, a free and open-source online chess platform.
An interview with iOS developer Oleg Dreyman discussing his journey into programming, learning Swift, and insights from his WWDC-winning project Paperville.
An iOS developer shares his journey from childhood gaming to Java programming and finally to iOS development with Objective-C.
A guide on starting a developer book club to learn new technologies, share insights, and improve skills with colleagues.
A self-taught developer in Germany shares his journey and lessons learned while transitioning to a programming career while working full-time.
A deep dive into Swift's string interpolation mechanism, exploring the ExpressibleByStringInterpolation protocol and its underlying syntactic transformations.
An interview with iOS developer Nicolas Spinner about his journey into programming, learning Swift, favorite Apple products, and his #100DaysOfSwiftBlogs challenge.
A programmer's reflection on the distinction between 'logic' (algorithms, business rules) and 'context' (the surrounding systems and infrastructure needed to make logic work).
A developer reverse-engineers an AKAI MIDI controller to repurpose its knobs and pads for custom PC automation tasks like volume control and workspace switching.
An in-depth look at the new Enums feature in PHP 8.1, covering syntax, methods, interfaces, and backed enums.
Argues that taking more MOOCs has diminishing returns for tech professionals and advocates for hands-on, project-based learning instead.
A developer's second attempt at a Bitcoin Cash hackathon, teaming up with a friend to build a project.
A guide exploring career paths, learning methods, and key considerations for starting a career as a software developer in 2021.
A mathematical analysis of why a garden sprinkler waters unevenly, deriving equations for water distribution and proposing a technical fix.
Explains PHP 8's null safe operator (?->), its syntax, differences from the null coalescing operator, and practical use cases.
A programmer writes an interpreter for a subset of BASIC to run the original 1978 Oregon Trail game within R, discussing code translation challenges.
Discusses the balance between too little and too much specification in software development, advocating for concise, intent-focused specs.
The author announces their new book 'TypeScript in 50 Lessons', a 450-page guide focused on the TypeScript type system.
The author announces 'Front Line PHP', a new book teaching modern PHP, best practices, and the professional web developer mindset, launching alongside PHP 8.
