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"2014-08-01T04:57:38+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bbe7-b212-71eb-8d65-024a78b8181b", "title": "Counterargument: Don’t put logic in tests", "url": "https://mortoray.com/counterargument-dont-put-logic-in-tests/", "published_at": "2014-08-01T03:25:45+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bbe7-b212-71eb-8d65-024a7977dcda", "title": "Why more eyes are helpful: time wasted on a simple bug", "url": "https://mortoray.com/why-more-eyes-are-helpful-time-wasted-on-a-simple-bug/", "published_at": "2014-07-28T05:02:02+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bbe7-b212-71eb-8d65-024a7a617271", "title": "Why social media needs to manipulate you", "url": "https://mortoray.com/why-social-media-needs-to-manipulate-you/", "published_at": "2014-07-17T05:30:37+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bbe7-b212-71eb-8d65-024a7a75e9fe", "title": "A curious non-OOP virtual inheritance for a GPU", "url": "https://mortoray.com/a-curious-non-oop-virtual-inheritance-for-a-gpu/", "published_at": "2014-07-14T04:41:13+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bbe7-b212-71eb-8d65-024a7af4ebf5", "title": "Removing code by adding features", "url": "https://mortoray.com/removing-code-by-adding-features/", "published_at": "2014-07-08T04:14:46+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bbe7-b212-71eb-8d65-024a7b40a9c3", "title": "Another Spam Loser: WordPress and Akismet", "url": "https://mortoray.com/another-spam-loser-wordpress-and-akismet/", "published_at": "2014-07-04T04:01:32+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bbe7-b212-71eb-8d65-024a7c027932", "title": "Wait-free queueing and ultra-low latency logging", "url": "https://mortoray.com/wait-free-queueing-and-ultra-low-latency-logging/", "published_at": "2014-05-29T03:42:51+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bbe7-b212-71eb-8d65-024a7c178a41", "title": "The uninitialized variable anathema: non-deterministic C++", "url": "https://mortoray.com/the-uninitialized-variable-anathema-non-deterministic-c/", "published_at": "2014-04-16T07:39:45+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bbe7-b212-71eb-8d65-024a7ca6bb32", "title": "Allowing unlimited access with CORS", "url": "https://mortoray.com/allowing-unlimited-access-with-cors/", "published_at": "2014-04-09T06:51:47+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bbe7-b212-71eb-8d65-024a7ce98780", "title": "Stop signing crappy contracts", "url": "https://mortoray.com/stop-signing-crappy-contracts/", "published_at": "2014-03-31T12:18:43+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bbeb-ea2b-7212-b908-6f796865ce71", "title": "The Infernal Loop Iterator", "url": "https://mortoray.com/the-infernal-loop-iterator/", "published_at": "2014-03-25T04:42:09+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bbeb-ea2b-7212-b908-6f7968ddefb0", "title": "Strings and Text are not the same", "url": "https://mortoray.com/strings-and-text-are-not-the-same/", "published_at": "2014-03-17T04:54:36+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bbeb-ea2b-7212-b908-6f7968e91ee2", "title": "Too big too care: How Twitter inadvertently revoked my developer access", "url": "https://mortoray.com/too-big-too-care-how-twitter-inadvertently-revoked-my-developer-access/", "published_at": "2014-03-07T04:29:28+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bbeb-ea2b-7212-b908-6f7968f6d0a7", "title": "HTTP streaming of command output in Python Flask", "url": "https://mortoray.com/http-streaming-of-command-output-in-python-flask/", "published_at": "2014-03-04T16:36:09+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bbeb-ea2b-7212-b908-6f79695a3985", "title": "The dangers of OAuth/Social Login", "url": "https://mortoray.com/the-dangers-of-oauthsocial-login/", "published_at": "2014-02-21T05:26:32+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bbeb-ea2b-7212-b908-6f79698ff64c", "title": "Simulating the way to victory: Bloons TD Battles", "url": "https://mortoray.com/simulating-the-way-to-victory-bloons-td-battles/", "published_at": "2014-02-10T04:49:07+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bbeb-ea2b-7212-b908-6f796a8d7247", "title": "Improving CSS Positioning with position-anchor", "url": "https://mortoray.com/improving-css-positioning-with-position-anchor/", "published_at": "2014-01-31T04:53:25+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bbeb-ea2b-7212-b908-6f796b14a846", "title": "Painlessly add a virtual to a large class structure", "url": "https://mortoray.com/painlessly-add-a-virtual-to-a-large-class-structure/", "published_at": "2014-01-21T04:50:31+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bbeb-ea2b-7212-b908-6f796b842f17", "title": "JavaScript and 3d graphics don’t mix", "url": "https://mortoray.com/javascript-and-3d-graphics-dont-mix/", "published_at": "2014-01-06T06:26:31+00:00" } ] posts Claim your blog

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2017

The agonizing necessity of cached calculations original ↗

3 Apr 2017

Why can’t I get organic salt and vinegar chips?original ↗

31 Mar 2017

What is orthogonality?original ↗

27 Mar 2017

Programming won’t be automated, or it already has been original ↗

22 Mar 2017

The meta-field dilemma: `a.size` or `size(a)`original ↗

14 Mar 2017

Importing Blender object normal maps with permutations original ↗

10 Mar 2017

A game of what’d they press? Hit testing in a 2d/3d layout original ↗

8 Mar 2017

The bitwise complement, or not operator, is unsafe original ↗

2 Mar 2017

Stuffing curves into boxes: calculating the bounds original ↗

22 Feb 2017

Rendering an SVG elliptical arc as bezier curves original ↗

16 Feb 2017

Porting Leaf from Linux to OSX original ↗

8 Feb 2017

The smooth sexy curves of a bezier spline original ↗

2 Feb 2017

Ride the carousel of folly with a Python migration original ↗

23 Jan 2017

Optional Types and Leaf: Removing automatic dereference original ↗

12 Jan 2017

2016

Smoothing 3d geometry, like a tunnel, with Catmull-Rom splines original ↗

15 Nov 2016

What is a normal map? An object normal map?original ↗

10 Nov 2016

Glowing graphics for that futuristic sci-fi feeling original ↗

28 Oct 2016

Radial Blitz – A rough journey from new technology to app store release original ↗

25 Oct 2016

Are we forever cursed with buggy software?original ↗

23 Sept 2016

The unfortunate world of boilerplate code original ↗

13 Sept 2016

A pattern bandage for messy virtual functions original ↗

29 Aug 2016

The very real mess of virtual functions original ↗

10 Aug 2016

The simple things I want in a text editor original ↗

14 Jun 2016

Is reference counting slower than GC?original ↗

24 May 2016

What is the cost of reference counting?original ↗

18 May 2016

What is the length of a string? A tricky question original ↗

28 Apr 2016

A pan, zoom, and rotate gesture model for touch devices original ↗

16 Mar 2016

Efficient open ended queues with deferred deletion original ↗

7 Mar 2016

The simple things matter – examples of UX failure from Amazon Video original ↗

26 Feb 2016

How blaming the user leads to tragedy original ↗

19 Feb 2016

API forensics for iOS system time: missing documentation original ↗

5 Feb 2016

The trouble with `floor` and `ceil`original ↗

5 Jan 2016

2015

Implementing a Swipe gesture original ↗

15 Dec 2015

The hard part of error handling is not the error itself original ↗

3 Dec 2015

Why don’t we have runtime virtual dispatching?original ↗

23 Nov 2015

Everything can and will go wrong: all functions fail original ↗

6 Nov 2015

The exceptional myth of non-local flow original ↗

28 Oct 2015

Messy error handling in Rust with `try!`original ↗

21 Oct 2015

Adding the first type expression to Leaf: type_infer original ↗

17 Oct 2015

Defects allowed by imprecise access modifiers original ↗

14 Oct 2015

Robot journalist predicts programmers will be obsoleted original ↗

24 Sept 2015

The curse of varargs original ↗

7 Sept 2015

Reusing existing test suites for new features original ↗

10 Aug 2015

Calculating square root using Newton’s iterative method original ↗

29 Jul 2015

A real cost of low performing applications original ↗

27 Jul 2015

You can’t trade privacy for security original ↗

15 Jul 2015

Essential facts about floating point calculations original ↗

6 Jul 2015

Be a good mentor, not a dickhead original ↗

24 Jun 2015

Antialiasing with a signed distance field original ↗

19 Jun 2015

Get rid of those boolean function parameters original ↗

15 Jun 2015

Combining several GL draw calls into one: a rounded rectangle original ↗

12 Jun 2015

Quickly drawing a rounded rectangle with a GL shader original ↗

5 Jun 2015

Where the wild code grows original ↗

26 May 2015

Blocking and asynchronous operations without timeout are broken original ↗

25 May 2015

Debugging by binary searching through code revisions original ↗

21 May 2015

A bug, an error, or fault, and the irrelevance of classification original ↗

18 May 2015

A swipingly good time with edge gestures original ↗

13 May 2015

How HTTP cache headers betray your privacy original ↗

11 May 2015

Fast build turnaround time is essential original ↗

6 May 2015

Cohesion and coupling: good measures of quality original ↗

29 Apr 2015

Nobody cares about your code original ↗

20 Apr 2015

Using a hack, stifling the perfectionist, and moving on original ↗

15 Apr 2015

Measuring finger / mouse velocity at release time original ↗

8 Apr 2015

Complexity theory isn’t required to be a programmer original ↗

24 Mar 2015

Visions of generics and templates: How parametrics are compiled original ↗

6 Mar 2015

What a compiler does: Parsing original ↗

17 Feb 2015

Bringing blurry device independent pixels into focus original ↗

28 Jan 2015

Quelling the floating point demon in my line rendering code original ↗

7 Jan 2015

2014

Adding proxies to C#: A simple proposition original ↗

22 Dec 2014

What a compiler does: internal types original ↗

11 Nov 2014

What a compiler does: type conversion basics original ↗

30 Oct 2014

Cubist artwork with the help of a GPU original ↗

23 Oct 2014

An unpleasant visit from the refactoring demon original ↗

14 Oct 2014

What a compiler does: symbol resolution original ↗

9 Oct 2014

A secure and private browser sandbox original ↗

30 Sept 2014

Blocking JavaScript seems like a good idea original ↗

15 Sept 2014

Using macros to simplify type visitors and enums original ↗

10 Sept 2014

What is an idempotent function?original ↗

5 Sept 2014

What is amortized time?original ↗

11 Aug 2014

Visiting nodes in a recursive data type with traversal contexts original ↗

5 Aug 2014

The false abstraction antipattern original ↗

1 Aug 2014

Counterargument: Don’t put logic in tests original ↗

1 Aug 2014

Why more eyes are helpful: time wasted on a simple bug original ↗

28 Jul 2014

Why social media needs to manipulate you original ↗

17 Jul 2014

A curious non-OOP virtual inheritance for a GPU original ↗

14 Jul 2014

Removing code by adding features original ↗

8 Jul 2014

Another Spam Loser: WordPress and Akismet original ↗

4 Jul 2014

Wait-free queueing and ultra-low latency logging original ↗

29 May 2014

The uninitialized variable anathema: non-deterministic C++original ↗

16 Apr 2014

Allowing unlimited access with CORS original ↗

9 Apr 2014

Stop signing crappy contracts original ↗

31 Mar 2014

The Infernal Loop Iterator original ↗

25 Mar 2014

Strings and Text are not the same original ↗

17 Mar 2014

Too big too care: How Twitter inadvertently revoked my developer access original ↗

7 Mar 2014

HTTP streaming of command output in Python Flask original ↗

4 Mar 2014

The dangers of OAuth/Social Login original ↗

21 Feb 2014

Simulating the way to victory: Bloons TD Battles original ↗

10 Feb 2014

Improving CSS Positioning with position-anchor original ↗

31 Jan 2014

Painlessly add a virtual to a large class structure original ↗

21 Jan 2014

JavaScript and 3d graphics don’t mix original ↗

6 Jan 2014