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declanhaigh

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Explaining the Unexplainable
Thu, Aug 14, 2025, 3:26 AM UTC
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Knight (Playing Card)
Tue, Oct 22, 2024, 9:50 PM UTC
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Worse is Better is Worse (2000) [pdf]
Thu, Sep 14, 2023, 8:06 AM UTC
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Comment #36953703
Ken Thompson once made a similar point about compilers and trust but in terms of security: https://www.cs.cmu.edu/~rdriley/487/papers/Thompson_1984_Ref...

Tue, Aug 01, 2023, 8:25 AM UTC
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The Myth of Self-Describing XML (2003) [pdf]
Sat, Jul 22, 2023, 11:53 PM UTC
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Nulls Nullified (2005)
Sat, Jul 22, 2023, 12:31 PM UTC
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Atlas Autocode (1963)
Sat, Jul 22, 2023, 12:06 PM UTC
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Why shouldn't we allow nulls? (2011)
Fri, Jul 07, 2023, 5:20 AM UTC
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Dijkstra's Letter to the Council (2001)
Sun, Jun 11, 2023, 9:49 AM UTC
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Edsger Dijkstra's Convocation Speech (1996)
Tue, Jun 06, 2023, 11:51 PM UTC
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Manifesto on the Teaching of Mathematics (2015)
Sat, Jun 03, 2023, 10:01 PM UTC
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Electron is flash for the desktop (2016)
Sat, Jun 03, 2023, 9:51 AM UTC
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Ontological Commitment
Thu, Jun 01, 2023, 10:48 PM UTC
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Beware the Integrated Tests Scam (2023)
Sun, May 28, 2023, 1:31 AM UTC
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German Tank Problem
Sat, May 13, 2023, 4:15 AM UTC
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Is Ramen Unhealthy? An Experts Take (2022)
Tue, May 09, 2023, 9:23 AM UTC
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A Plea for Lean Software (1995) [pdf]
Sun, May 07, 2023, 2:53 AM UTC
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Reflections on Trusting Trust (1984) [pdf]
Sun, May 07, 2023, 2:19 AM UTC
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Don't Write Tests (2017)
Sun, Apr 16, 2023, 12:44 AM UTC
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East Asian character emojis ㊗ 🈶 🈯 🈳 (2016)
Wed, Apr 12, 2023, 11:37 PM UTC
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Real World Haskell (2008)
Thu, Apr 06, 2023, 8:16 AM UTC
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Running a Startup on Haskell (2013)
Thu, Apr 06, 2023, 7:15 AM UTC
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Apple Human Interface Guidelines (1987) [pdf]
Tue, Mar 21, 2023, 3:30 AM UTC
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Web Performance for Product Managers
Sat, Mar 18, 2023, 11:08 AM UTC
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Stop Using Query Builders (2019)
Tue, Mar 14, 2023, 11:13 AM UTC