Patrick on Software https://patrickmn.com/feeds/software.xml Patrick Mylund Nielsen contact@patrickmn.com 2017-04-19T18:00:00Z What Programming Languages are Used Late at Night https://patrickmn.com/software/what-programming-languages-are-used-late-at-night/index.html 2017-04-19T18:00:00Z 2017-04-19T18:00:00Z A Stack Overflow with lots of visuals shows which languages are used most during the day, or during the night. Spoiler: Everyone stays up late with Haskell. On the Turing Completeness of PowerPoint https://patrickmn.com/software/on-the-turing-completeness-of-powerpoint/index.html 2017-04-17T23:59:00Z 2017-04-17T23:59:00Z I just... I don't even. Tom Wildenhain demonstrates how PowerPoint can be used to do general-purpose computation, leaving people with pondering the question, 'Will it be the next cool language after Go and Rust?' Reversing, Hexing, and Typing the Technical Interview https://patrickmn.com/software/reversing-hexing-and-typing-the-technical-interview/index.html 2017-04-15T14:56:00Z 2017-04-15T14:56:00Z Three witty essays on technical job interviews by Kyle Kingsbury. The Haskell Pyramid https://patrickmn.com/software/the-haskell-pyramid/index.html 2017-04-14T17:52:00Z 2017-04-14T17:52:00Z Excellent illustration by Lucas Di Cioccio showing how Haskell is easier to learn that it seems Static Typing Slows Down Development https://patrickmn.com/software/static-typing-slows-down-development/index.html 2017-04-08T01:28:00Z 2017-04-08T01:28:00Z A runthrough of the prices you pay when you use a language with static types, and their consequences. Go Talks From Google I/O 2012 https://patrickmn.com/software/go-talks-from-google-io-2012/index.html 2012-07-03T00:00:00Z 2012-07-03T00:00:00Z Videos of the four Go talks held at the Google I/O conference in June 2012. A Tour of Go https://patrickmn.com/software/a-tour-of-go/index.html 2012-06-22T00:00:00Z 2012-06-22T00:00:00Z An introduction to the Go programming language by Russ Cox. Controlling Connection Bursts in Twisted Applications https://patrickmn.com/software/using-twisteds-deferred-semaphore/index.html 2012-06-22T00:00:00Z 2012-06-22T00:00:00Z A short introduction to using deferred semaphores in Twisted, with an example function that maps a function against a list of things, then adds the resulting Deferreds to the semaphore pool. Apollo Program Source Code https://patrickmn.com/software/apollo-program-source-code/index.html 2012-04-26T11:59:44Z 2012-04-26T11:59:44Z The source code and documentation for the Apollo and Gemini computing systems is now publicly available. It's so fascinating to consider how badly the USSR wanted this back in the day. Go 1 Has Been Released https://patrickmn.com/software/go1-is-out/index.html 2012-03-29T00:00:00Z 2012-03-29T00:00:00Z It's here! The first "real" release of Go is out. Here are some of the changes.