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 How many times do you need to call `Math.random()` to get a collision? (Firefox will tell you, Chrome may not!)

https://gist.github.com/Juraj-Masiar/c85f708f187c2e7db911da08e0e8c20a

Discussions: https://discu.eu/q/https://gist.github.com/Juraj-Masiar/c85f708f187c2e7db911da08e0e8c20a

#programming 
 How healthy engineering teams invest their time (i.e. how much time should devs spend on new features vs. keeping the lights on vs. improving developer experience).

https://devinterrupted.substack.com/p/how-healthy-engineering-teams-invest

Discussions: https://discu.eu/q/https://devinterrupted.substack.com/p/how-healthy-engineering-teams-invest

#programming 
 There's a Programmer's Sale Event going on Steam right now, apparently

https://store.steampowered.com/sale/ProgrammersSale2023

Discussions: https://discu.eu/q/https://store.steampowered.com/sale/ProgrammersSale2023

#programming 
 Software Development recap for week 39/2023

https://discu.eu/weekly/programming/2023/39/

#programming

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 The Windows Source Code Revealed: Task Manager

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1YGD94lSor8

Discussions: https://discu.eu/q/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1YGD94lSor8

#programming 
 Prism Library license change - now charging companies.

https://x.com/prismlib/status/1707530743818367100

Discussions: https://discu.eu/q/https://x.com/prismlib/status/1707530743818367100

#dotnet #programming 
 Dev describes the frustration of making a change to the Oracle Database

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=18442941

Discussions: https://discu.eu/q/https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=18442941

#programming 
 How (not) to apply for a software job

https://benhoyt.com/writings/how-to-apply/

Discussions: https://discu.eu/q/https://benhoyt.com/writings/how-to-apply/

#practices #programming 
 I have a ton of free compute... why won't anybody use it?

https://www.burla.dev/

Discussions: https://discu.eu/q/https://www.burla.dev/

#programming 
 CatalaLang/catala: Programming language for law specification

https://github.com/CatalaLang/catala

Discussions: https://discu.eu/q/https://github.com/CatalaLang/catala

#compsci #law #plt #programming 
 Programming Language Inventor or Serial Killer? (2003)

https://vole.wtf/coder-serial-killer-quiz/

Discussions: https://discu.eu/q/https://vole.wtf/coder-serial-killer-quiz/

#programming 
 Leslie Lamport says if you don’t get the design right from the beginning, then every piece of the code you write is a patch. Do you agree or disagree with his approach?

https://changelog.fm/552#transcript-45

Discussions: https://discu.eu/q/https://changelog.fm/552%23transcript-45

#programming