December Picks

Sat, Jan 7, 2017

“Random picks from all over the Internet”.

English

An Introduction to Lock-Free Programming I don’t know much about you, but I always wanted to know what people mean by lock-free programming. Here is the best article I was able to find.
Cap’n Proto, FlatBuffers, and SBE What serialization protocol will you choose for your next project? Be aware of the author’s bias towards his own solution (Cap’n Proto).
How Does One Improve as an Intermediate Programmer? “Maybe the discipline is still too young to have formalized ways of performance improvement like classical music training or sports training.” Do you think it’s true? Personally, I tend to agree with Eric.
In 2017, learn every language Do not have plans for 2017? How about learning every language :)

The Silver Bullet Syndrome by Hadi Hariri This is probably the second funniest dev talk after the famous “Wat” talk by Gary Bernhardt. Must watch!

CppCon 2014: Mike Acton “Data-Oriented Design and C++” Ok, this is something paradigm shifting. Data-oriented versus object-oriented design.

Сделайте себе интересно “Это конспект лекции Людвига Быстроновского об интересе и контринтуитивном решении задач. Людвиг рассказывает, когда возникает интерес, какие приемы помогают не потерять его, чем вреден «поток» и как разрыв шаблона приводит к успеху.”