Communications of the ACM
Innovation Is Overrated: A Provocation
Digital innovation is not working in the interest of the whole of society. It is time to radically rethink its purpose without…
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The Parchment Path?
Is there ever a time when learning is not of value—for its own sake?
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The Elephant in the Room
It is time to get the POSIX elephant off our necks.
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When Should a Black Box Be Transparent?
When is a replacement not a replacement?
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In Praise of the Disassembler
There is much to be learned from the lower-level details of hardware.
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Aversion to Versions
Code needs to run anywhere as long as the necessary dependencies can be resolved.
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The Non-Psychopath's Guide to Managing an Open Source Project
Respect your staff, learn from others, and know when to let go.
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Kode Vicious Plays in Traffic
With increasing complexity comes increasing risk.
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Numbers Are for Computers, Strings Are for Humans
How and where software should translate data into a human-readable form.
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