Hacker News
- And Then Came JavaScript https://www.cs.uni.edu/~wallingf/blog/archives/monthly/2023-11.html#e2023-11-24T12_17_41.htm 34 comments
- The first use of the term “programming language”? http://www.cs.uni.edu/~wallingf/blog/archives/monthly/2019-12.html 15 comments
- Three of the Hundred Falsehoods CS Students Believe http://www.cs.uni.edu/~wallingf/blog/archives/monthly/2019-11.html#e2019-11-10T11_06_39.htm 160 comments
- Introduction to the Mumps Language (2017) [pdf] https://www.cs.uni.edu/~okane/source/MUMPS-MDH/MumpsTutorial.pdf 42 comments
- The Mumps Programming Language http://www.cs.uni.edu/~okane/ 178 comments
- Software has its own Gresham's Law http://www.cs.uni.edu/~wallingf/blog/archives/monthly/2015-06.html#e2015-06-14T09_17_33.htm 36 comments
- What hackers can learn from Djokovic http://www.cs.uni.edu/~wallingf/blog/archives/monthly/2011-07.html#e2011-07-03T13_16_19.htm 10 comments
- From Occasionally Great to Consistently Good http://www.cs.uni.edu/~wallingf/blog/archives/monthly/2010-12.html#e2010-12-20T15_32_50.htm 3 comments
- A Healthy Diet For The Mind http://www.cs.uni.edu/~wallingf/blog/archives/monthly/2011-01.html#e2011-01-08T10_41_10.htm 32 comments
- It's All Just Programming http://www.cs.uni.edu/~wallingf/blog/archives/monthly/2009-11.html#e2009-11-02T18_59_40.htm 2 comments
- Bluesman B.B. King, the would-be CS student http://www.cs.uni.edu/~wallingf/blog/archives/monthly/2008-09.html#e2008-09-01T14_31_45.htm 4 comments
Lobsters
- And Then Came JavaScript https://www.cs.uni.edu/~wallingf/blog/archives/monthly/2023-11.html#e2023-11-24T12_17_41.htm 7 comments education
- Why Patterns Failed and Why You Should Care http://www.cs.uni.edu/~wallingf/blog/archives/monthly/2018-10.html#e2018-10-05T15_39_10.htm 10 comments programming
- How Do We Choose The Programming Languages We Love? http://www.cs.uni.edu/~wallingf/blog/archives/monthly/2018-02.html#e2018-02-12T16_03_30.htm 7 comments programming
- Introduction to the Mumps Language https://www.cs.uni.edu/~okane/source/MUMPS-MDH/MumpsTutorial.pdf 10 comments historical , pdf , programming , slides
- We need a course on "Mundane Data Types" http://www.cs.uni.edu/~wallingf/blog/archives/monthly/2017-06.html#e2017-06-08T12_10_33.htm 6 comments compsci , education
- Comments on comments http://www.cs.uni.edu/~wallingf/blog/archives/monthly/2017-02.html#e2017-02-28T15_47_49.htm 6 comments practices , programming
- Restoring software's good name with a humble script http://www.cs.uni.edu/~wallingf/blog/archives/monthly/2016-06.html#e2016-06-02T15_10_36.htm 4 comments practices
- Your Occasional Reminder to Use Plain Text Whenever Possible http://www.cs.uni.edu/~wallingf/blog/archives/monthly/2016-05.html#e2016-05-23T13_55_02.htm 10 comments practices
- Find the Hard Work You're Willing to Do http://www.cs.uni.edu/%7Ewallingf/blog/archives/monthly/2018-10.html#e2018-10-21t09_53_29.htm 3 comments compsci
- What programmers can learn from Novak Djokovic http://www.cs.uni.edu/~wallingf/blog/archives/monthly/2011-07.html#e2011-07-03t13_16_19.htm 3 comments programming
- Why Patterns Failed and Why You Should Care http://www.cs.uni.edu/~wallingf/blog/archives/monthly/2018-10.html#e2018-10-05t15_39_10.htm 193 comments programming
- Introduction to the Mumps Language (2017) [pdf] https://www.cs.uni.edu/~okane/source/mumps-mdh/mumpstutorial.pdf 10 comments programming
- Comp Sci or Network/Sys Admin Degree https://www.cs.uni.edu/overview_cs.php 12 comments cscareerquestions
- Programming Language As Operating System http://www.cs.uni.edu/~wallingf/blog/archives/monthly/2013-03.html#e2013-03-12T16_30_36.htm 6 comments osdev
- Experienced problem solvers know not to give up too quickly. Many of the great advances in computing came under conditions just like this. http://www.cs.uni.edu/~wallingf/blog/archives/monthly/2014-02.html#e2014-02-21t15_35_29.htm 129 comments programming
- Inverting The Relationship Between Programs And Literals http://www.cs.uni.edu/~wallingf/blog/archives/monthly/2013-12.html#e2013-12-24t11_35_01.htm 5 comments programming
- You cannot trust your creativity yet http://www.cs.uni.edu/~wallingf/blog/archives/monthly/2012-02.html#e2012-02-01t17_00_43.htm 34 comments programming
- Following Through: A Contest Rewarding Epic Failure http://www.cs.uni.edu/~wallingf/blog/archives/monthly/2011-09.html#e2011-09-27t20_08_39.htm 15 comments programming
- Barbarians at the Agile Gate - thoughts on the backlash against agile http://www.cs.uni.edu/~wallingf/blog/archives/monthly/2011-06.html#e2011-06-15t07_53_52.htm 8 comments programming
- Starting in Python postpones the discovery that "CS is not for me". http://www.cs.uni.edu/~wallingf/blog/archives/monthly/2011-02.html#e2011-02-11t16_15_44.htm 182 comments programming
- it's sad that they see software developers as commodities. product = execution != original idea http://www.cs.uni.edu/~wallingf/blog/archives/monthly/2010-12.html#e2010-12-01t15_45_40.htm 313 comments programming
- It's not Labor Day. May Day is Labor Day, The International Celebration of the Working Man. This is 'Capitalist plot to prevent solidarity with other workers' Day. http://www.cs.uni.edu/~campbell/gened/labour.html 3 comments politics
- "This is how he grows: by being defeated, decisively, by constantly greater beings." http://www.cs.uni.edu/~wallingf/blog/archives/monthly/2009-02.html#e2009-02-09t16_31_38.htm 38 comments programming
- Rebooting the Public Image of Computing http://www.cs.uni.edu/~wallingf/blog/archives/monthly/2009-01.html#e2009-01-19t09_53_10.htm 5 comments programming
- Small Surprises While Grading http://www.cs.uni.edu/~wallingf/blog/archives/monthly/2008-12.html#e2008-12-28t21_34_06.htm 75 comments programming
- No One Programs Any More http://www.cs.uni.edu/~wallingf/blog/archives/monthly/2008-10.html?#e2008-10-23t21_58_04.htm 219 comments programming
- Dilbert does XP (Old link) http://www.cs.uni.edu/~wallingf/teaching/agile/resources/dilbert-xp/ 8 comments programming
- "Yes, We Do That" http://www.cs.uni.edu/~wallingf/blog/archives/monthly/2008-09.html#e2008-09-10t14_59_47.htm 23 comments programming
- Scripting Languages, Software Development, and Novice Programmers http://www.cs.uni.edu/~wallingf/blog/archives/monthly/2008-07.html?#e2008-07-29t14_03_19.htm 11 comments programming