Is the potato the best vegetable?
Waxy or floury. Duck fat or oil. What is the best all round potato and should you keep them in the fridge? ⌘ Read more

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

Gardening Talkback March 11 2023
Gardening Talkback March 11 2023 ⌘ Read more

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
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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

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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”.

https://elixir-lang.org/

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

Christmas 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 "" 
}()

https://developers.redhat.com/articles/2022/11/14/3-ways-embed-commit-hash-go-programs#3__using_runtime_debug_package

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 "" 
}()

https://developers.redhat.com/articles/2022/11/14/3-ways-embed-commit-hash-go-programs#3__using_runtime_debug_package

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

Erlang Solutions: Pair Programming
As a junior software developer, finding the right tools and techniques to help you learn a new language or technology can make a huge difference. While spending the last few months learning Erlang and Elixir, one of the techniques that I have found really helpful is pair programming.

I will be breaking down the concept of pair programming and my experiences with it so far, including the benefits and different ways of utilizing this programming style.

Video: C Programming on System 6 - VCF Midwest, Wikipedia Reader, and Subterm
I attended the Vintage Computer Festival Midwest 17 and wrote two new programs. ⌘ Read more

Funny Programming Pictures Part XVI
It’s Friday! Let’s have some fun and look at some funny pictures about programming and Linux and stuff! The Lunduke Journal Community — About the Lunduke Journal — Subscriber Perks The Lunduke Journal Weekly Schedule: Monday - Computer History Tuesday ⌘ Read more

Tillitis Key 1
The secret project I’ve been mentioning in my gemlog is out!

This week we presented the Tillitis Key 1 at the Open Source Firmware\
Conference (OSFC). What we unveiled is a new kind of USB security
stick and a new company, a sister company to Mullvad VPN: Tillitis.

The stick is a small computer that can load and run small programs
uploded to it from a host computer. It always measures … ⌘ Read more

Concepts: Semiquine (a program that only outputs its code, but never halts); prefixquine (program that outputs its code, but something after that). Trivial other versions are postfixquine, substringquine, prefixsemiquine.

Funny Programming Pictures Part XV
Best viewed on a second monitor. ⌘ Read more

Dino: Stateless File Sharing: Async, Metadata with Thumbnails and some UI

Asynchronous programming is a neat tool, until you work with a foreign project in a foreign language using it.
As a messenger, Dino uses lots of asynchronous code, not always though.
Usually my progress wasn’t interfered by such instances, but sometimes I had to work around it.

Async in Vala

No surprises here.
Functions are annotated with async, and yield expressions that are asyn … ⌘ Read more

The Docker-Sponsored Open Source Program has a new look!
Learn about the latest updates to the Docker-Sponsored Open Source Program. This announcement covers the new benefits being added and what’s staying the same! ⌘ Read more

If I have an image that has clearly been naïvely upscaled, is there a program that can reasonably reliably tell me what the “true” size is?

** Miscellaneous this and that **
Since my brain injury (which I’ve since learned can be called an“ABI” or“acquired brain injury”) I’ve noticed that I have trouble focusing on programming tasks; I’m able to do what I need to do for work and family but, when it comes time for hobby projects I’m just gloop. Totally oozy.

Because of that I’ve been drawn to do more reading and game playing, but also still wanna code…I’ve found that it is easier to use more“batteries included” kinda languages, namely scheme, over what I’d … ⌘ Read more

real world software development is a never-ending series of compromises Thoughts on why sometimes programming/software engineering discussions suck | Hacker News

Funny Programming Pictures Part XIV
The Great Funny Nerdy Picture-inating! ⌘ Read more

Funny Programming Pictures Part XIII
The “Because I’m sick and this is easier than writing an article” edition. ⌘ Read more

Funny Programming Pictures Part XII
Blockbuster Movie Edition ⌘ Read more

Funny Programming Pictures Part XI
Because it helps to laugh. ⌘ Read more

Funny Programming Pictures Part X
The X stands for XTREME! ⌘ Read more

Funny Programming Pictures Part IX
Because it’s Tuesday. And that’s what we do on Tuesday (apparently). ⌘ Read more

A Linux Kernel Module written in Scratch (a visual programming language for kids)
Seriously. Someone did this. Because… why not? ⌘ Read more

Erlang Solutions: Contract Programming an Elixir approach – Part 1
This series explores the concepts found in Contract Programming and adapts them to the Elixir language. Erlang and BEAM languages, in general, are surrounded by philosophies like “fail fast”, “defensive programming”, and “offensive programming”, and contract programming can be a nice addition. The series is also available on Github.

You will find a lot … ⌘ Read more

Funny Programming Pictures Part VIII
They’re not “memes”, they’re “funny pictures”. I will die on this hill. ⌘ Read more

the-spatializer/qr-code-generator

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A program to create your own qr code. You can add a logo in the middle.

Language: Python

Star: 1

Watch: 1 ⌘ Read more

Funny Programming Pictures Part VII
Ok, not all are about programming. Some are just computer-y. Still. Funny. ⌘ Read more

Erlang Solutions: Modern Software Engineering Principles for Fintechs by Daniel Pilon at SumUp
Daniel Pilon is a Software Engineering Manager at SumUp. Since 2007 he has worked across several industries before arriving in the fintech space. He has experience in many programming languages, such as C#, Java and JavaScript but since discovering Elixir and the power of functional programming a few years ago, he hasn’t looked back.

Right now he is building SumUp Bank, a complete digital banking solution … ⌘ Read more

A fun little game: Pocket City
I’m generally not a gamer, playing computer games has never really fascinated me, I find programming more exciting. But sometimes I don’t feel like programming or I don’t have the possibility to do it. Of course it’s important to be bored sometimes, because then you can think about things for a while. But a little entertainment in a free minute is sometimes not bad as well. ⌘ Read more

Funny Programming Pictures Part VI ⌘ Read more

Eight years of the GitHub Security Bug Bounty program
It was another record year for our Security Bug Bounty program. We’re excited to highlight some achievements we’ve made together with the bounty community from 2021! ⌘ Read more

Funny Programming Pictures Part V
“The Quickening” ⌘ Read more

GitHub Achieves ISO/IEC 27001:2013 Certification!
GitHub’s Information Security Management System (ISMS) has been certified against ISO 27001:2013, an internationally recognized standard for security program best practices. ⌘ Read more