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Has the much touted “Boy Scout Rule” ever actually improved quality?

Has the much touted “Boy Scout Rule” ever actually improved quality?

I’m reading the Lord of the Rings to my 10 year old daughter. She is (quite rightly) annoyed that Goldberry is the first female character...

I’m reading the Lord of the Rings to my 10 year old daughter. She is (quite rightly) annoyed that Goldberry is the first female character we’ve encountered.

To correct Tolkien’s mistake, in my telling Merry and Sam are now using she/her pronouns and Pippin is using they/them.

I do not expect this to change the impact or meaning of the story at all.

Gee, if only someone had had a chance to reform elections to avoid this sort of vote splitting.More seriously, why aren’t journalists...

Gee, if only someone had had a chance to reform elections to avoid this sort of vote splitting.

More seriously, why aren’t journalists making this point about the worst prime minister of the modern era? Personally, I’m loving it.

“Nigel Farage trying to destroy Tory party” says David Cameron https://www.theguardian.com/politics/live/2024/jun/15/uk-general-election-rishi-sunak-conservatives-keir-starmer-labour?CMP=share_btn_url&page=with%3Ablock-666d502f8f08b0b758d2c340#block-666d502f8f08b0b758d2c340

That deck did not look like a good place for ferns

That deck did not look like a good place for ferns

The Guardian news page is manifesting a change of government

The Guardian news page is manifesting a change of government

The Vision Pro is a lab leak from the Apple Car.https://mastodon.social/@asymco/112089095369408030

The Vision Pro is a lab leak from the Apple Car.

https://mastodon.social/@asymco/112089095369408030

HTML5 really is the Ren Faire of web technologies.

HTML5 really is the Ren Faire of web technologies.

I’m a big fan of HyperCard. Enough of a fan to try to re-create. But if it was so good, what was so good about it and why isn’t it still...

I’m a big fan of HyperCard. Enough of a fan to try to re-create. But if it was so good, what was so good about it and why isn’t it still around?

https://pandita.io/blog/2023/11/07/hypercard/

tl;dr: I built a programming language! It’s called Indu and you can try it out in your browser right now: https://pandita.io/induIt’s in...

tl;dr: I built a programming language! It’s called Indu and you can try it out in your browser right now: https://pandita.io/indu

It’s in alpha, and I want your feedback. Tell me what’s wrong with it and how it could be better.

Indu is here to make it easy to create simple web apps. There’s a longer announcement here: https://pandita.io/blog/2023/10/23/announcing-an-alpha/

My wife just texted to ask if everything is ok and I think non-programmers don’t realise just how much programmers swear at their...

My wife just texted to ask if everything is ok and I think non-programmers don’t realise just how much programmers swear at their computers.

The Looming Demise of the 10x Developer from @searls is really great! It got me thinking about that generation...

The Looming Demise of the 10x Developer from @searls is really great! It got me thinking about that generation gap.

http://pandita.io/blog/2023/07/24/demise-of-the-10x-developer/

When was the last time you sat through a safety briefing that you really listened to? How much of your training is just a safety briefing in...

When was the last time you sat through a safety briefing that you really listened to? How much of your training is just a safety briefing in disguise?

https://pandita.io/blog/2023/04/05/safety-briefings/

What can the New Coke fiasco of the 80s tell us about personality tests?http://pandita.io/blog/2023/04/03/personality-tests-are-surveys/

What can the New Coke fiasco of the 80s tell us about personality tests?

http://pandita.io/blog/2023/04/03/personality-tests-are-surveys/

Any sort of reasonable language requires a module system: a way to use other people's code, including your...

Any sort of reasonable language requires a module system: a way to use other people's code, including your own.

http://pandita.io/blog/2023/03/31/vms-modules/

Great thoughtleadership is education. Are you thinking about your writing as marketing and...

Great thoughtleadership is education. Are you thinking about your writing as marketing and teaching?

https://pandita.io/blog/2023/03/29/thoughtleadership-is-teaching/

Technology can offer us more. But that’s not a technology problem: it’s a motivation problem. This is at the heart of Pandita’s...

Technology can offer us more. But that’s not a technology problem: it’s a motivation problem. This is at the heart of Pandita’s mission.

http://pandita.io/blog/2023/03/27/the-failure-of-modern-tech/

More on implementing a VM. Assignment is an interesting special case. How do you handle an expression that doesn’t entirely evaluate like...

More on implementing a VM. Assignment is an interesting special case. How do you handle an expression that doesn’t entirely evaluate like an expression?

http://pandita.io/blog/2023/03/24/vms-assignment/

I’ve been blogging again. I’m learning about teaching, learning about learning and trying to write a programming...

I’ve been blogging again. I’m learning about teaching, learning about learning and trying to write a programming language.

http://pandita.io/blog/2023/03/22/blogging-again/

Lay-offs suck. But what can you do after the axe has swung? Learn.https://pandita.io/blog/2023/03/20/learning-during-layoffs/

Lay-offs suck. But what can you do after the axe has swung? Learn.

https://pandita.io/blog/2023/03/20/learning-during-layoffs/

The next post in the story of implementing a virtual machine for a custom language.Today: quick thoughts on parsing and representing syntax...

The next post in the story of implementing a virtual machine for a custom language.

Today: quick thoughts on parsing and representing syntax trees.

http://pandita.io/blog/2023/03/17/vms-parsing-syntax/