What’s with all these parentheses?
I’m fairly certain that every programmer will, at some point in his career, say something along the lines of: I don’t know, what’s with all these parentheses? And he will be talking about Lisp. I...
View ArticleEclipse Color Theme 0.12
We’ve just released version 0.12 of the Eclipse Color Theme plugin. It’s been a year since the last release, so there are a couple of changes. Most notably, the following new editors are now supported:...
View ArticleNew job
So this is it, my last week at Viaboxx. I’ll really miss them, more than any other company I’ve worked for. I had a great time, a great team and learned a whole lot. If you’re looking for a fine...
View ArticleAnnouncing Flurfunk
Flurfunk, the Twitter-like service for team communication we have been developing and using at Viaboxx for a bit more than a year is now open source. It doesn’t matter if you only want to use it, but...
View ArticleWhy we used Clojure and ClojureScript for Flurfunk
Why have you decided to use Clojure and are you still happy with your choice? This question has been asked more than once now, and although I answered it in a Google+ comment, it seems you can’t link...
View ArticleTimTim 1.3
Remember TimTim? I haven’t worked on it for a while but I noticed some issues on the Galaxy Nexus I got earlier this month. While I was at it, I ended up fixing a couple of other issues, here’s the...
View ArticleUnit tests versus code quality
Do unit tests improve code quality? Some famous consultants might disagree, but I think they don’t. Testable code isn’t automatically better code. Depending on the capabilities of your language, it’s...
View ArticleReimplementing the wheel
Assuming you’re a programmer, I bet that you’ve heard the phrase reinventing the wheel before. I really think we should stop using it. For two reasons: 1. It’s actually reimplementing the wheel The...
View ArticleWorking remotely: the best thing I’ve ever done
It’s been six months since I switched jobs and began to work from home most of the time. It’s downright amazing, the best thing I’ve ever done. Seeing my kids grow up and being able to support my...
View ArticleWhy asm.js is a big deal for game developers
I’ve been following Emscripten for a while now. It was pretty solid months ago, and it keeps getting better. Now that asm.js is beginning to show pretty impressive results and Chrome is apparently...
View Article80 columns
I tend to wrap most code I write at 80 columns. Many programmers I interact with (especially those contributing to my projects) don’t really see the point of that, so I here’s why I do it: 1. It works...
View ArticleEclipse Color Theme 0.13
We’ve just released Eclipse Color Theme 0.13, almost all curtesy of our contributors – thanks a lot! Most notably, a long-standing highlighting issue in the C/C++ editor has been fixed, and support has...
View ArticleNo news is good news
Wow, I just realised that I haven’t written anything here in more than two years. I’m still alive and well, just very short on time with several small kids and my new role as CTO at Eyeo. I’ve learned...
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