- The law of leaky abstractions. Modern software and computers in general are an amazing tower of abstractions, one built upon another. In this article Joel Spolsky explains both the power of abstractions, and some of the problems that arise when they 'leak'.
- The Infinite Space Between Words. Puts the speed of a modern CPU in perspective by scaling a single clock cycle up to 1 second, and looking at how long other common operations take.
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metafunctions
metafunctions Publicmetafunctions is a function composition library for python.
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InvestmentSystems/class-only-design
InvestmentSystems/class-only-design PublicTools for using classes without instances
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fork_map
fork_map PublicA simple forking `map` function. Forking means only results must be picklable, not inputs.
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the_courtyard
the_courtyard PublicThe Courtyard is a simple simulation of cellular automata, written in C++
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