Posts filed under “Programming”
Security in UI
One of the most common ways to secure a computer is by using a username/password combination. (In fact, we don’t have to look far to find an example). However, this system is clunky, primarily because it requires you to remember or write down the user name and password for every site (or alternatively use the [...]
~One Paragraph Blog: How scary is the rewrite?
Do you work in software engineering? Have you ever heard a coworker say, “I’d do X, but then I’d have to rewrite everything?” Truth is, it’s easier to rewrite everything than make small changes sometimes. How could I justify something so outlandish? Simple. The difficulty of a change (how many hiccups, how many bugs) depends [...]
Today’s Almost One Paragraph Blog: The Stall Point
How do you decide when to throw out your code/idea and sleep on it/do a rewrite? Most people intuitively know when they’ve gotten stuck. Suddenly, after plowing through mountains of work, returns suddenly diminish dramatically. People who program late at night will recognize this phenomena; coding turns from an art to a masturbatory exercise in [...]
My new RPG
I wrote this a while ago, posted without revision. I think I would change it now, so you’re still a programmer, but you have a sword and stuff. For fun, I’m creating a role playing game. But in this game, you won’t be a sword fighter. You’ll be a programmer. Working for a company making [...]