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Programming Languages I Absolutely Hate
Before I begin to spew forth hate on several vile programming languages I just want to make sure that you know that I know that this is MY OPINION. I also want you to know that I am aware that many fine pieces of software have been written using these...
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Insomnia makes my brain hurt
I’ve been working professionally as a computer programmer for almost 24 years, but I’ve been programming much longer than that. In that time I have worked on more software projects than I can remember. I don’t have a good number but it’s a lot, and when you do something over...
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Linux Pains
From June to December 2018 I worked from home every day. The reason I had to do this is a story for another day, but over that time I really grew to enjoy teleworking from home. I’m a software developer, and I spend most of my time programming. My employer...
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Some thoughts about Tetris
Making an AI to play a game of Tetris competitively means having to watch it play many games to find out what is working and what is not working. I’ve watched more games of Tetris in the past week than I can count or remember, and not just my own...
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Go Go GoBots!
Riddles.io is codesports platform where you write bots in a language of your choice to play games in one of their hosted competitions. I’ve written bots that play Texas Hold’em poker, Ultimate Tic Tac Toe, and other games. I was recently on vacation in Arizona where I wrote down some...