What every developer should know about memory

Ulrich Drepper - one of the guys responsible for GNU C library (glibc) published a lenghty (over 100 pages) article on LWN about memory.

I know that in times when high level languages are the most popular and you don't have to know what's a pointer, or register in CPU, this knowledge may not get much of attention from you. But just in case you've ever wondered what's inside of your box and how does it do what it does you may want to check this document.

Good progress

Today's Dilbert comics is just great!



(Link above, click it for full version)

Good progress is what only matters ;-)

JavaFX

I've subscribed to JavaFX blog by James Weaver recently and am quite impressed what this technology can do with so few lines of code. JavaFX Script, although not mature enough for production, is very interesting and could take some piece of market's cake in the near future.

I'm going to write some stuff in JavaFX pretty soon - but first I have to learn how to embed it into web browser and my mobile ;) And more so I have to get to know what other subtechnologies JavaFX offers to developers because JavaFX Script is only on of them.

A few great articles about programming and hacking

So, I'm today cleaning my HDD and I found a few documents worth sharing with you.

I grew up on them ;-) I read them years ago when I was learning about computers, Unix and so on. Some of them are funny or inspiring.

Tao of programming
Loginataka
Jargon (the most famous dictionary).
You should definitevily read The story of Mel
A brief history of hackerdom (if you ever wondered what really to be a hacker means). There's also a Polish translation.
Hackers and Painters
Free as in Freedom (Polish translation available)