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Mozilla has announced the release of rr 4.0. The latest release of…

Computer AI Systems and Warp Drives

Computer AI systems can learn to operate a warp drive and…

The Gears Walkaround

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Builders and Programmers

If builders built buildings the way programmers wrote programs, then…

The Need for Reviewing and the Best Programmers

Informal review procedures were passed on from person to person in…

Programs do not Acquire Bugs as People Acquire Germs

Programs do not acquire bugs as people acquire germs, by hanging…

OS not Broken, Database Just Fine

If you see hoof prints, think horses—not zebras. The OS is probably…

Use Available Data to Constrain Reasoning

Programmers do not always use available data to constrain their…
Qt Creator

Qt Creator 3.5.1 Released

Qt Creator 3.5.1 Now Available for Download Qt Creator the open…
Qt 5.5.1 Release

The New Qt 5.5.1 Released

The New Qt 5.5.1 Released and Available for Immediate Download The Qt…

Trial-and-error Hacking

An interactive debugger is an outstanding example of what is not…

I ain’t not no Undummy

I ain’t not no undummy. Homer Simpson Therefore… Make…
BDE Basic Development Environment

BDE 3.0 Open Source Released

Bloomberg has released their C++ libraries for large-scale commercial…

CG Transit Container

CG Transit Container Modeled and Rendered in…

Never Debug Standing Up

Never debug standing up. Gerald Weinberg But just keep in mind……
Sobbayi Walkaround

The Walkaround Animation Show Reel – Episode 1

Get the scoop on the first episode of the new series The Sobbayi…

Software Brain Surgery

Opening up a working system is more like opening up a human brain and…

Big Refactoring and Disaster

A big refactoring is a recipe for disaster. Kent Beck Here’s…
Overload 129 Cover

October 2015 ACCU Overload 129 Journal Available Online

Read on the topics of the latest ACCU journal online The bi-monthly…

More Computing Sins

More computing sins are committed in the name of efficiency (without…

Premature Optimization is the Root of all Evil

We should forget about small efficiencies, say about 97% of the time:…

Jackson’s Rules of Optimization

Jackson’s Rules of Optimization: Rule 1. Don’t do it. Rule 2 (for…
Qt C++ QPointer

Memory Management With QPointer in Qt C++

You have probably heard how it has been said that in some corporate…

Performance Bottlenecks Without Data

No programmer has ever been able to predict or analyze where…

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