Tag Archives: Humor

The Joys of Java

Jean-Philippe Paradis retweeted this pithy observation from Branimir Karadžić about a developer’s life in the Java world. Evil of me, I know, but sometimes the truth is too screamingly funny to ignore.

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Prism: All Your Data In One Place

After the heavy breathing from yesterday’s post, here’s a lighter touch on Prism.

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So True

Don Taylor has it just right in this tweet. Well, maybe more than just a useful editor.

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The Greatest Car Commercial Ever

As a young nerd I wanted to be Spock. Every nerd wanted to be Spock. So of course this commercial really resonates with me. It’s hilarious and I’m sure all Irreal readers will love it even if your boyhood heroes … Continue reading

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Elisp

No wonder it’s so hard to learn.

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It Seems I’ve Been Wasting My Time…

…not to mention lots of tin foil.

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The Vim Horror

Via Xah Lee: The horror! The horror!

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The Master Speaks

The road to wisdom begins with a single step, grasshopper.

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Programming Metric: -2000 LOC

Over at Folklore, Andy Hertzfeld has a wonderful story about management’s obsession with non-sensible programming metrics. Who among us has not, at one time or another in our career, been subjected to a manager who thought that lines of code … Continue reading

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How To Design a Successful Programming Language

Sooner or later, every programmer gets bitten by the “I want to design a programming language” bug. Sadly, most of these efforts, Larry Wall, Guido van Rossum, and Yukihiro Matsumoto notwithstanding, will come to naught. Now Caleb Garling reveals the … Continue reading

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