John Van Enk on Atomic Spin

0x20 Lessons Learned as a Professional Developer

"Boring software is the best software," "what I know is way less interesting than what I don't," and a few other things development has taught me.

Embedded Systems

2 Ways to Use Single-Member structs in C

Use C structs to preserve array size information and make built-in types stronger.

Personal Optimization

What Exactly Is “Experience”?

Experience mostly affects us in ways that we aren’t conscious of. The more we have, the easier it is to intuit the relationship between patterns and outcomes — to make a correct sn

.NET / WPF

Discovering the Globally Active Mouse Cursor Icon in Windows

This post describes a method by which a user can poll a Windows system for the currently active mouse cursor and its position.

Embedded Systems

4 Reasons Clang Is Becoming My Go-To Compiler

Over the last year, I've begun to use Clang for more of my day-to-day work, using it to compile my tests instead of GCC.

Development Practices

7 Ways to Reduce Developer Friction on Embedded Projects

If you want something to get done, make it easy. Reducing friction at the start of a project saves time in the long run and makes it easier to do the right thing.

Embedded Systems

An Alternative to the Layer Model in C Project Design

As a C project grows, layer models become counter-productive. I've started using a different pattern modeled on Dependency Injection.

Functional Programming

How I Got Started with Haskell

The community was a huge motivating force behind helping me actually learn Haskell. I am very thankthful to the people who taugh me, even more than for the things they wrote.

Embedded Systems

Using UDP Broadcast Messages to Discover Local Clients

Software Science

The First Time Programming Scared Me

Back in March of 2012, I wrote some code that disturbed me immensely. The experience was profound and a bit frightening.

Functional Programming

Using Haskell’s CmdArgs Package

The CmdArgs package takes the pain out of creating command line interfaces around Haskell applications.

Developer Tools

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