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The best things and stuff of 2023

Dec 18, 2023

Great things and people that I discovered, learned, read, met, etc. in 2023. No particular ordering is implied. Not everything is new. also: see the lists from 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011 and 2010 I’m releasing this year’s post early due to upcoming travel, so please hold off […]

Inspirational technical books that are not technical

Jul 7, 2015 some comments

There’s a whole class of books on technology that are histories of some system or software or some-such that are not at all technical. However, in every case below I found myself highly motivated to write code and/or create a software system after (often during) reading these books. I hereby present my favorite inspirational technical […]

Six works of Computer Science-Fiction

Apr 27, 2015 some comments

Computer Science-Fiction1 is not actually fiction. Instead, these are books of computer science and/or programming that when you read them you can’t quite believe that what they claim is reality. Indeed, very often works of Computer Science-Fiction push the limits of your understanding of just what constitutes the art of programming.2 Smalltalk-80: The language and […]

C.S. on the cheap

Jul 23, 2013 some comments

The famous book publisher Hayward Cirker, the founder of Dover Publications built a fortune on finding obscure books that had either gone out of print or escaped publication altogether, and printing them himself. Among his many successes you’ll find amazing books on mathematics and physics including The Theory of Relativity, The Thirteen Books of the […]

Functional JavaScript: Closure

Jun 18, 2013 some comments

It’s done! After a seemingly endless journey, the publication of Functional JavaScript is complete and books have found their way into peoples’ homes. Below is a list of useful links related to the book: The official Functional JavaScript site My Twitter feed, where I will post coupons and inanities The Functional JavaScript paperback edition The […]

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