Platforms & Languages • Jul 01, 2013 A Field Guide to Lua Coroutines Lua coroutines make concurrent programming simple. Here's why they are important, and how to to get started.
Web Apps • Jun 30, 2013 A CSS Naming Convention for JavaScript We’ve found CSS classes used to connect JS to the DOM are best kept separate from css classes intended for visual style and layout.
Embedded Systems • Jun 29, 2013 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.
Ruby • Jun 28, 2013 YAML Configuration in Ruby with Settingslogic Settingslogic is an awesome RubyGem for straightforward access to Ruby application configuration.
Business Practices • Jun 27, 2013 Of Software Designers & Broken Combs The "T-shaped person" has long been a holy grail in the software industry. I disagree. The ideal candidate should look more like a broken comb.
UX/Design Tools • Jun 26, 2013 3 Mobile First Frameworks to Watch Plenty of frameworks support responsive design, but I've been looking for one with a distinctively mobile first point of view.
Embedded Systems • Jun 25, 2013 Rust Gets a Lot of Things Right Rust is a systems language, but it has a lot of awesome features you don't normally see, and it's potentially useable in embedded systems.
Project & Team Management • Jun 24, 2013 Shared Understanding: Building Languages and Communities Around Software A look at how language and community can promote better understanding and shared vision between makers and their clients.
Embedded Systems • Jun 23, 2013 Aliasing Serial Baud Rates in FTDI Drivers for Mac OS X I needed to interface my computer to an embedded device, and I found a way to configure a relatively cheap USB UART bridge to support it.
Project & Team Management • Jun 22, 2013 Kanban for a 4th Grader: Task Cards of Happiness This story of a 4th-grader tackling his homework with task cards reminds us that the 3x5 gems are more than an old Agile tool. They're about happiness.
Android Development • Jun 20, 2013 Getting Scala with Akka Actors Working on Android Akka can be tricky to get working on Android. I found a ProGuard configuration that made it work for me using Scala.
Platforms & Languages • Jun 19, 2013 Behind the Scenes with CHICKEN Scheme and SPOCK (Part 2) An interview with Felix Winkelmann about CHICKEN Scheme and SPOCK, a Scheme-to-JavaScript compiler.
