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Jetbrains backs off on Kotlin/Native memory model, Android devs too stupid to learn new tricks	30/05/2021 19:28
Machine learning is killing Dropbox search	04/05/2019 19:50
From Python windows console to Nim Karax webapp	26/03/2019 20:58
Package managers, the lazy alternative to git submodules	19/11/2018 00:30
Prototyping a dumb server for location sharing apps	01/04/2018 01:27
Chromecast without internet is the Shitcast	20/07/2017 19:12
Apple's Core Data greatest feature: brainwashing	28/05/2017 09:45
Static vs dynamic linking is the wrong discussion	26/12/2016 09:41
Patterns as solution anti-patterns	23/06/2016 22:51
Kerf timestamps done almost right: conclusions	06/03/2016 22:54
Kerf timestamps done almost right: WTF… Java?	06/03/2016 22:53
Kerf timestamps done almost right: Swift	06/03/2016 22:52
Kerf timestamps done almost right: C++	06/03/2016 22:51
Kerf timestamps done almost right: Nim	06/03/2016 22:50
Kerf timestamps done almost right: a new type?	06/03/2016 22:49
Sad ways documentation generation tools suck	11/08/2015 21:45
Hard memory problems	14/06/2015 20:05
Whitespace goto fail	17/04/2015 23:37
Goodbye Nim, and good luck	04/02/2015 22:23
Writing C libraries with Nim	14/01/2015 22:59
The day Go reinvented macros	07/01/2015 22:59
The problem with Linux packages	14/12/2014 17:15
Using Vagrant for Nimrod builds	08/12/2014 17:10
Swift string interpolation with Nimrod macros	11/11/2014 23:40
Adding Objective-C properties to Nimrod objects with macros	12/10/2014 21:46
Will iCloud deliver this time?	29/07/2014 00:19
Why I will never use an iWatch	09/07/2014 19:05
Dirrty objects, in dirrty Nimrod	07/06/2014 19:23
Songs for the NSA	15/05/2014 21:45
Testing installation instructions	01/05/2014 17:00
Could Dropbox switch to Nimrod?	04/04/2014 19:12
The sweet trap of dynamic languages and development time	24/03/2014 21:57
Nimrod for cross platform software	10/03/2014 21:17
Invoking Dash from the command line Vim	15/02/2014 09:06
Master can't die	06/02/2014 09:34
The tyranny of git-flow defaults	17/01/2014 23:39
Small big mistakes	14/01/2014 08:02
Worse than global variables	09/12/2013 10:54
40 years later we still can't be friends	07/10/2013 23:29
You have to realise that someday you will die…	01/10/2013 14:45
Users prefer static linking	03/08/2013 12:31
First post!	19/06/2013 12:31

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