On my blog: Developer Diary, World Environment Day https://john.colagioia.net/blog/2023/06/05/environment.html #programming #project #devjournal
Funny Programming Pictures Part XXXV
I laughed no less than three times while putting this together. THREE TIMES I SAY. ⌘ Read more
On my blog: Developer Diary, Day of UN Peacekeepers https://john.colagioia.net/blog/2023/05/29/peacekeepers.html #programming #project #devjournal
The 2023 Open Source Program Office (OSPO) Survey is live!
Help quantify the state of enterprise open source by taking the 2023 OSPO survey. ⌘ Read more
On my blog: Developer Diary, World Biodiversity Day https://john.colagioia.net/blog/2023/05/22/biodiv.html #programming #project #devjournal
Funny Programming Pictures Part XXXIII
I feel like mocking CSS and Agile today… ⌘ Read more
On my blog: Developer Diary, Nabka Day https://john.colagioia.net/blog/2023/05/15/nabka.html #programming #project #devjournal
How I used GitHub Copilot to build a browser extension
Here’s how, in seven steps, I built my first browser extension with GitHub Copilot—and my three major takeaways about learning and pair programming in the age of AI. ⌘ Read more
On my blog: Graphs with Chart.js https://john.colagioia.net/blog/2023/05/10/chart-js.html #linux #programming #techtips
On my blog: Developer Diary, WWII Remembrance https://john.colagioia.net/blog/2023/05/08/remembrance.html #programming #project #devjournal
Funny Programming Pictures Part XXXI
(That’s 31 in normal numbers.) ⌘ Read more
On my blog: Developer Diary, International Workers’ Day https://john.colagioia.net/blog/2023/05/01/workers.html #programming #project #devjournal
Funny Programming Pictures Part XXX
Yep. XXX. Oooooh, boy! You know what that means! ⌘ Read more
On my blog: Developer Diary, Fashion Revolution Day https://john.colagioia.net/blog/2023/04/24/fashion.html #programming #project #devjournal
** of array programming, lightsabers and some thoughts on permacomputing **
A bit of this and that, some kind of mishmosh.
Over the last few weeks I’ve been reading a lot about array programming systems like J, K, Q, APL, and BQN. I’ve been intending to add a page to the wiki about them, but havent gotten to that yet. Consider this a little promise that I’ll do that sometime soon. I’m interested in array programming less because I think it’s particularl … ⌘ Read more
On my blog: Developer Diary, Lena Massacre https://john.colagioia.net/blog/2023/04/17/lena.html #programming #project #devjournal
Funny Programming Pictures part XXIX
Doofenshmirtz, Excel, & ChatGPT. Oh, my. ⌘ Read more
Programming in the 1980s was the best…
… right? ⌘ Read more
On my blog: Developer Diary, Siblings Day https://john.colagioia.net/blog/2023/04/10/siblings.html #programming #project #devjournal
Erlang Solutions: You’ve been curious about LiveView, but you haven’t gotten into it
As a backend developer, I’ve spent most of my programming career away from frontend development. Whether it’s React/Elm for the web or Swift/Kotlin for mobile, these are fields of knowledge that fall outside of what I usually work with.
Nonetheless, I always wanted to have a tool at my disposal for building rich frontends. While the web seemed like the platform with the lowest bar … ⌘ Read more
On my blog: Normalizing Image Type and Size https://john.colagioia.net/blog/2023/04/05/file-type-size.html #linux #programming #techtips
Funny Programming Pictures Part XXVIII
Because, sometimes, a picture is worth a thousand pull requests. ⌘ Read more
On my blog: Developer Diary, Yuknoom Yich’aak K’ahk’ https://john.colagioia.net/blog/2023/04/03/yuknoom.html #programming #project #devjournal
On my blog: Mastodon’s API (The Pitfalls) https://john.colagioia.net/blog/2023/03/29/mastodon-api.html #mastodon #programming #techtips
Erlang Solutions: Here’s Why You Should Build Scalable and Concurrent Applications with Elixir
In today’s world, when dealing with high levels of system requests, you need applications that can handle them without slowing down. Here’s where Elixir comes in. Elixir is a programming language that is designed to create highly scalable and concurrent applications. Built on Erlang’s virtual machine (BEAM), it has been used for decades to build highly reliable … ⌘ Read more
On my blog: Developer Diary, World Theatre Day https://john.colagioia.net/blog/2023/03/27/theatre.html #programming #project #devjournal
Google Bard is a bit too creative. In another chat, where I asked who “Jan-Lukas Else” is, it also said that I developed the “Quarkus programming language”. But this clearly shows the limitations of language models and the current state of AI. Just because the answers sound clever, they are not always right. ⌘ Read more
Funny Programming Pictures Part XXVII
Lunduke-is-Sick-Edition ⌘ Read more
Google Bard is a bit too creative. In another chat, where I asked who “Jan-Lukas Else” is, it also said that I developed the “Quarkus programming language”. But this clearly shows the limitations of language models and the current state of AI. Just because the answers sound clever, they are not always right. ⌘ Read more
On my blog: Developer Diary, International Day of Happiness https://john.colagioia.net/blog/2023/03/20/happiness.html #programming #project #devjournal
Introducing Activating Developers and the new Digital Public Goods Open Source Community Manager Program
The Social Impact, Tech for Social Good team is launching a new Open Source Community Manager Program to support digital public goods. This is part of their new Activating Developers initiative. ⌘ Read more
On my blog: Developer Diary, Aztec New Year (Belated) https://john.colagioia.net/blog/2023/03/13/aztec.html #programming #project #devjournal
Funny Programming Pictures Part XXVI
Don’t worry. At least one makes fun of Mozilla. ⌘ Read more
On my blog: Developer Diary, European Day of the Righteous https://john.colagioia.net/blog/2023/03/06/righteous.html #programming #project #devjournal
Fanservice
![I was eventually kicked out of my architectural engineering program because I wouldn't stop referring to HVAC as](https://imgs.xkcd.com/comics/fanservice.png "I was eventually kicked out of my architectural engineering program because I wouldn't stop referring to HVAC as \")
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On my blog: Developer Diary, Marathi Language Day https://john.colagioia.net/blog/2023/02/27/marathi.html #programming #project #devjournal
The XMPP Standards Foundation: XMPP at Google Summer of Code 2023
XSF and Google Summer of Code 2023
The XSF has been accepted again as hosting organisation at the Google Summer of Code 2023!
Now both students and open-source newcomers are invited to consider and review a participation and
prepare for the application phase. We would like to invite you to review XMPP … ⌘ Read more
Funny Programming Pictures Part XXV
Who knew there were this many Roman Numerals!? ⌘ Read more
Responsible AI pair programming with GitHub Copilot
GitHub Copilot boosts developer productivity, but using it responsibly still requires good developer and DevSecOps practices. ⌘ Read more
New professional website
I’m always programming on my blogging software, so today I decided to do something different. With the help of ChatGPT, which wrote the basic HTML and CSS template, I created a new resume website, which is basically a copy of everything I put on my LinkedIn profile. ⌘ Read more
On my blog: Developer Diary, World Day of Social Justice https://john.colagioia.net/blog/2023/02/20/social-justice.html #programming #project #devjournal
** Moon maker **
I recently re-read Peter Naur’s“Programming as theory building”. Afterwards I set out to write my own text editor. The paper posits that it’s really hard, if not impossible, to fully communicate about a program and sort of gestures at the futility of documentation…what spun around inside my head as I read was that our primary programming medium — text files — is silly. Like, some folks would totally 100% s … ⌘ Read more
Funny BSD Pictures
AKA Funny Programming Pictures Part XXIV ⌘ Read more
On my blog: Developer Diary, World Radio Day https://john.colagioia.net/blog/2023/02/13/radio.html #programming #project #devjournal
Funny Programming Pictures Part XXIII
Brace yourself. Funny pictures are coming. ⌘ Read more
On the topic of Programming Languages and Telemetry. I’m kind of curious… Do any of these programming language and their toolchains collect telemetry on their usage and effectively “spy” on your development?
- Python
- C
- C++
- Java
- C#
- Visual Basic
- Javascript
- SQL
- Assembly Language
- PHP
Erlang Solutions: Elixir, 7 steps to start your journey
Read this post in Spanish.
Let’s talk about Elixir!
Elixir is a functional programming language created by José Valim to build concurrent and scalable systems. It is defined as:
“a dynamic, functional language for building scalable and maintainable applications”.
Its first version was released in 2012. Since then, n … ⌘ Read more
How did the very first software get programmed?
I mean. Think about it. ⌘ Read more
On my blog: Developer Diary, Day against FGM https://john.colagioia.net/blog/2023/02/06/no-fgm.html #programming #project #devjournal
Funny Programming Pictures Part XXII
Ok. Not ALL of them are about programming… ⌘ Read more
10 comics about Linux and programming and stuff.
I have a disease where I can’t stop telling Linux jokes. Doctor says it’s terminal. ⌘ Read more
**This is how every news program should start, what political interviews first question should be about, the first impact assessment to every decision that is made.
The world knows how disastrous >1.5C is, pretends to be doing what is needed to avoid it, but we’re heading to 2°C.**
This is how every news program should start, what political interviews first question should be about, the first impact assessment to every decision that is made.
The world knows how disastrous >1.5C is, pretends to be doing what i … ⌘ Read more
Skilling for the future: How GitHub is advancing diversity, equity, and inclusion within open source communities
In the coming months, we’re scaling, expanding, and launching new programming to further DEI within open source communities. ⌘ Read more
On my blog: Developer Diary, Fred Korematsu Day https://john.colagioia.net/blog/2023/01/30/korematsu.html #programming #project #devjournal
Funny Programming Pictures Part XXI
Roman Numerals are nifty. ⌘ Read more
My code is still a mess, but I’m learning
I taught myself Go (and programming in general) by learning by doing. I learned by making a lot of mistakes and after noticing them, doing the necessary research. My Go code is probably a big mess, but it’s so satisfying, after not touching some code for a while, to do a major rewrite and improve the code with everything I’ve learned since the last time. ⌘ Read more
My motivation to work on GoBlog isn’t always the same. Sometimes I don’t feel like programming in my free time, so the most I do is some bug fixing when I find broken things. Sometimes I just have no time to work on new features or improvements. But since yesterday evening I feel a new push and have completely rewritten the plugin system to make it much more flexible (and I like flexibility). I had to break compatibility with existing plugins, but given the small user base and the limited scope of what plugins could … ⌘ Read more
Introducing the GitHub Bug Bounty swag store
We’re excited to share the newest addition to our GitHub Bug Bounty Program! ⌘ Read more
On my blog: Developer Diary, World Freedom Day https://john.colagioia.net/blog/2023/01/23/freedom.html #programming #project #devjournal
Funny Programming Pictures Part XX
More Roman Numerals than you can shake a stick at. ⌘ Read more
On my blog: Developer Diary, Martin Luther King Jr. Day https://john.colagioia.net/blog/2023/01/16/mlk.html #programming #project #devjournal
Funny Programming Pictures Part XIX
It’s Friday! So let’s look at some funny, nerdy pictures! ⌘ Read more
On my blog: Developer Diary, Hōonkō https://john.colagioia.net/blog/2023/01/09/hoonko.html #programming #project #devjournal
On my blog: Developer Diary, National Science Fiction Day https://john.colagioia.net/blog/2023/01/02/scifi.html #programming #project #devjournal
Funny Programming Pictures Part XVIII
Because it’s the end of 2022, and we deserve a good laugh. ⌘ Read more
On my blog: Developer Journal, Boxing Day https://john.colagioia.net/blog/2022/12/26/boxing.html #programming #project #devjournal
What’s with all the ducks?
What in the world do rubber ducks have to do with programming? And why were they everywhere at GitHub Universe? A lot of you asked, so I’m here to help explain. ⌘ Read more
it’s really funny when people tag jimmy wales on twitter when they don’t like some of the content on wikipedia. it’s like someone would tag Nat Friedman when they find a bug in a program hosted there
GitHub Gives 2022: Creating positive, lasting contributions in our communities
This year, we took GitHub Gives, our company-wide giving campaign, to new heights and wanted to share our learnings to provide best practices in programming a successful hybrid giving campaign for employees. ⌘ Read more
On my blog: Developer Journal, International Human Solidarity Eve https://john.colagioia.net/blog/2022/12/19/solidarity.html #programming #project #devjournal
Tutorial: Getting started with generics - The Go Programming Language – Okay @xuu@txt.sour.is I quite like Go’s generics now 🤣 After going through this myself I like the semantics and the syntax. I’m glad they did a lot of work on this to keep it simple to both understand and use (just like the rest of Go) 👌 
#GoLang #Generics
ChatGPT is good, but it’s not that good 🤣 I asked it to write a program in Go that performs double ratcheting and well the code is total garbage 😅 – Its only as good as the inputs it was trained on 🤣 #OpenAI #GPT3
On my blog: Developer Journal, Kanji Day https://john.colagioia.net/blog/2022/12/12/kanji.html #programming #project #devjournal
I started reading the proposal to introduce operator overloading in Go version 2 that I like to see: https://github.com/golang/go/issues/27605 Now a few hours later I ended up at this gem. Write a program that makes 2+2=5: https://codegolf.stackexchange.com/questions/28786/write-a-program-that-makes-2-2-5 There are some awesone solutions. :-)
On my blog: Developer Journal, Repeal Day https://john.colagioia.net/blog/2022/12/05/repeal.html #programming #project #devjournal
GPT-3 is crazy 🤯
Do you want to read why Go is a great programming language? ⌘ Read more
GPT-3 is crazy 🤯
Do you want to read why Go is a great programming language? ⌘ Read more
GitHub, accessibility, and the disability divide
We just published our vision for GitHub accessibility at accessibility.github.com. Here’s the TL;DR: the prime directive of the GitHub accessibility program is to empower people with disabilities to build cool technology. ⌘ Read more
It helps with recruiting and sustaining a program. It takes time. Ohio State wasn’t built in a season.
I’m just glad their in a bowl game. Gophers sucked for many years, its great to see the program get back on track.
Erlang Solutions: Advent of Code 2022 – Every Puzzle Solved in Erlang
Day 1Christmas is getting closer and with that, the annual Advent of Code begins. For those who do not know, Advent of Code is a fun and inclusive event which provides a new programming puzzle every day. The fun is that these puzzles can be solved in any programming language and are accessible for varying levels of coding experience and skills. The real test is in your problem-solving. This year, we’ll be solving each of the problems in … ⌘ Read more
The SCREAM Test
One of Lunduke’s Super-Amazing™ Programming Tips ⌘ Read more
On my blog: Developer Journal, Lā Kūʻokoʻa https://john.colagioia.net/blog/2022/11/28/kalahui.html #programming #project #devjournal
BREAKING: Ubuntu expands in-Terminal advertising program
Users can now enjoy advertisements right from their Command Line. ⌘ Read more
In reply to: chreke’s blog - Little Languages Are The Future Of Programming
The idea is that as you start to find patterns in your application, you can encode them in a little language—this language would then allow you to express these patterns in a more compact manner than would be possible by other means of abstraction. Not only could this buck the trend of ever-growing applications, it would … ⌘ Read more
On my blog: Developer Journal, Mayflower Compact https://john.colagioia.net/blog/2022/11/21/mayflower.html #programming #project #devjournal
Tell me you write go like javascript without telling me you write go like javascript:
import "runtime/debug"
var Commit = func() string {
if info, ok := debug.ReadBuildInfo(); ok {
for _, setting := range info.Settings {
if setting.Key == "vcs.revision" {
return setting.Value
}
}
}
return ""
}()
Tell me you write go like javascript without telling me you write go like javascript:
import "runtime/debug"
var Commit = func() string {
if info, ok := debug.ReadBuildInfo(); ok {
for _, setting := range info.Settings {
if setting.Key == "vcs.revision" {
return setting.Value
}
}
}
return ""
}()
In reply to: Oatmeal - My programming language odyssey
A while ago someone asked what I liked about the programming languages I like — forth and lisp specifically.
I’ve noodled on it for a bit now, and I think the reason I like forth and scheme and other languages with something like a repl is because when I start a new project I’m dropped right into the entire language and t … ⌘ Read more
new version (1.0.4) of introduction to uxn programming e-book: launcher and raw runes | https://compudanzas.net/introduction_to_uxn_programming_book.html
Why more companies are investing in open source program offices
By our estimation at GitHub, over 30% of Fortune 100 companies have now implemented OSPOs. Here’s what that means for open source. ⌘ Read more
Funny Programming Pictures Part XVII
Because larger roman numerals are more betterer. ⌘ Read more
Cybersecurity spotlight on bug bounty researcher @ahacker1
As we wrap up Cybersecurity Awareness Month, the GitHub bug bounty team is excited to spotlight one of the security researchers who participates in the GitHub Security Bug Bounty Program. ⌘ Read more
How to Use the Node Docker Official Image
Topping Stack Overflow’s 2022 list of most popular web frameworks and technologies, Node.js continues to grow as a critical MERN stack component. And since Node applications are written in JavaScript — the world’s leading programming language — many developers will feel right at home using it. We introduced the Node Docker Official Image (DOI) due […] ⌘ Read more
The Million Monkeys Theorem of Programming
It’s science. ⌘ Read more
Erlang Solutions: Learning functional and concurrent programming concepts with Elixir
If you are early in the process of learning Elixir or considering learning it in the future, you may have wondered a few things. What is the experience like? How easy is it to pick up functional and concurrent programming concepts when coming from a background in languages which lack those features? Which aspects of the … ⌘ Read more
** uxn exit **
This evening I sat down on the couch sleepy. We’d just gotten the kids into bed. I hadn’t planned on writing any code but figured I’d round the evening out with some reading.
First I read through the docs and glossary of uf, a forth system for uxn. Then I read through an example program provided by uf.
…with my palette whetted I [re-visited some other forth documentation](https://eli.li/_assets/bin/P … ⌘ Read more
Some IndieWeb protocols are complicated and there are sometimes no programming libraries to simplify the use of them, but ActivityPub is another beast. Although the standard is documented, the way the specific implementations (Mastodon etc.) work often isn’t and it’s hard to debug. So huge respect for the big rework. 👍 ⌘ Read more
Gajim: Gajim 1.5.2
Gajim 1.5.2 brings another performance boost, better emojis, improvements for group chat moderators, and many bug fixes. Thank you for all your contributions!
Generating performance profiles for Gajim revealed some bottlenecks in Gajim’s code. After fixing these, switching chats should now feel snappier than before.
Did you know that you can use shortcodes for typing emojis? Typing :+1 for example will ope … ⌘ Read more
“WebVM: Linux Virtualization in WebAssembly with Full Networking via Tailscale”
When I tell people about programming or my work, they often say software development is too abstract for them. But there are moments when I think that about some software as well. ⌘ Read more