Links tagged “article”

python.org

An essay on representing graphs with plain Python dictionaries and lists, with code for finding a path and the shortest path between two nodes.

snarky.ca

A walk through how async/await is built in Python 3.5, from generators and yield from to coroutines, ending with a minimal event loop written from scratch.

ntoll.org

An introduction to asyncio as it landed in Python 3.4 — event loop, coroutines, futures and tasks — with worked non-blocking network examples.

jrsinclair.com

Opening part of a four-part series on functional programming in JavaScript, covering first-class functions, passing functions as parameters, and staying DRY.

medium.com

Backchannel's report on the founding of OpenAI, the non-profit AI research lab backed by Elon Musk and Sam Altman, and the case for publishing its research.

addyosmani.com

A long guide to splitting JavaScript into decoupled modules, comparing the AMD, CommonJS and ES Harmony formats and the tooling around each.

ybrikman.com

An explanation of how Bitcoin works, building up from everyday analogies before going into the technical detail of the protocol.

journaldunet.com

Tribune affirmant que presque personne ne fait vraiment du big data, et qu'à l'ère du SSD et de la RAM abondante une approche « small data » suffit le plus souvent.

bloomberg.com

Paul Ford's book-length 2015 Bloomberg Businessweek essay on what software is, how it gets made, and the culture of the people who write it.

0pointer.de

Explains systemd socket activation and how a daemon accepts listening sockets pre-created by the init system, allowing services to start in parallel.

0pointer.de

Second part of the series, walking through adding socket activation and other on-demand activation modes to the CUPS printing server.

0pointer.de

Third part of the series, covering how programs submit log messages to the systemd journal, from syslog() and stdout to the native structured logging API.

martinfowler.com

Defines the microservices architectural style through nine characteristics, from componentisation by service to decentralised data, and contrasts it with monoliths and SOA.

eli.thegreenplace.net

Python object creation sequence http://t.co/yyKPoy0N

marco.org

“@couac Right vs Pragmatic: http://t.co/fCwpdhhk”

nature.com

«Ça marche ces herbes amaigrissantes ?» «Ouais» «T'as perdu combien?» «Un rein.» http://t.co/1yyj8adg (via @ddupagne)

deconstructingitsm.wordpress.com

Argues that what IT organisations actually need is a configuration management policy and a configuration authority, not a CMDB product.

nfarina.com

Git Is Simpler Than You Think: http://t.co/feKCqi8

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multicians.org

Short essay arguing that each bug found should prompt three questions: is the mistake elsewhere too, what bug hides behind it, and how to prevent bugs of that kind.