Tag: Programming

Unleashing the Power of Non-Linear Programming: A Real-World Example

Introduction In the realm of optimization, linear programming often takes the spotlight. However, there is a powerful counterpart that tackles more complex problems: non-linear programming. In this article, we’ll dive into the world of non-linear programming and its practical appl...

The 15 Most Popular Programming Languages of 2023

Welcome to our exclusive overview of the most popular programming languages in 2023! In this article, we’ll delve into the top programming languages that developers are favoring this year, based on HackerRank’s extensive analysis of their platform data. The demand for skilled tech talent...

Painless WebGPU Programming With taichi.js

As a computer graphics and programming languages geek, I am delighted to have found myself working on several GPU compilers in the past two years. This began in 2021 when I started to contribute to taichi, a Python library that compiles Python functions into GPU kernels in CUDA, Metal, or Vu...

Master These 3 Must-Know Python Programs

1. Check Armstrong Number in Python Using Recursion The given code checks whether a given number is an Armstrong number in Python using recursion. Armstrong number is a number that is equal to the sum of its digits raised to the power of the number of digits. 2. Fibonacci Series in Pyth...

My Solution To The Dev Skills Crisis: Much Smaller Teams

Putting my Iconoclast hat on temporarily, I just wanted to share a thought that I’ve harbored almost my entire career: why aren’t very small teams (1–2 developers) the default model in our industry? I think back to products I’ve used that were written and maintained by a s...

Swiftable Weekly Bytes #1

his series is a gateway to fostering collaboration, sharing knowledge, and promoting the works of talented iOS developers. Here are the recommended articles: Protocol Oriented Programming in Swift Why you should adopt POP? Protocol-Oriented Programming promotes several benefits, includ...

My First 10 Years of Programming

As a curious boy armed with a new laptop and a passion for being the next Mark Zuckerberg, I started my university life and jumped into the vast realm of programming and technology in 2013. I can’t believe that there have been 10 years passed on already. These 10 years are not measured s...

There’s more to caring than working long hours

I came across a tweet by former Netflix engineer Alex Castillo that reflects on the value of caring at work. Alex recounts how the team he had just joined at the streaming giant discovered a broken legacy app on a Friday and managed to fix everything by the following Monday. The twee...

Programming Concepts That Every JavaScript Developer Should Know

JavaScript is the only native programming language to build web application frontends that work on standard web browsers. Every popular web browser adheres to the well-known ECMAScript standard and lets web developers run portable, compatible JavaScript code. As another popular programming language,...

Debating the Right Programming Language? Focus Here Instead

There’s a debate that never seems to die down in the tech world: “Which programming language should I learn?” It’s a big question, especially for newcomers. However, as technology rapidly evolves and the boundaries of what we can do with software expand, perhaps it’s...

Bye-bye ChatGPT: AI Tools As Good As ChatGPT (But Few People Are Using Them)

Over the past months, ChatGPT has gained a lot of users because it’s so good at writing emails, blogs, code, and more. However, there are other tools that use the model behind ChatGPT to go beyond what ChatGPT can do. In this article, I’ll share a list of tools that I believe are bett...

What’s Wrong With OpenAPI?

Are you happy with API documentation in your company? Almost certainly not. We weren’t by a long shot. We won’t go into the sad consequences of error-filled, outdated or non-existent API documentation, but why is this seemingly easy-to-solve issue such a big problem on so many project...

Neurolinguistic Programming EXPOSED An Investigation into the Mind’s Mystical Cipher

Fam, check this out — I’m about to dive headfirst into the deep end of Neurolinguistic Programming (NLP). It’s like a wild blend of neurology, linguistics, and programming, all rolled up into one dope package. Think of it as the instrumental music of the mind, weaving a hypnotic ch...

Getting started with Node.js: A beginners guide

JavaScript is a programming language used primarily by Web browsers to create a dynamic and interactive experience for the user. Most of the functions and applications that make the Internet indispensable to modern life are coded in some form of JavaScript. Although, JavaScript is interprete...

Mental Models, Programming Fictions, and Wittgenstein

This is a follow-up essay to my previous one about Empathy and Debuggers, where I confessed to my preference for empathically understanding the code rather than for line-oriented debugging. Here, I would like to expand that slightly mystic notion of empathic understanding with a more exact o...

Everything Bad in Java is Good for You

“Everything Bad is Good for You” is a pop culture book that points out that some things we assume are bad (like TV) have tremendous benefits to our well-being. I love the premise of disrupting the conventional narrative and was reminded of that constantly when debating some of ...

Hibernate is not so evil

A few years ago, when I was a Junior Backend Developer, I was really frustrated at Hibernate. Every time I made any change in the persistence layer designed by my older colleagues, I had serious problems with JPA. I thought that maybe Hibernate was some kind of an old crappy tool nobody wants to use...

How to Learn React in 10 Days and Get a Job

Getting into React and securing a job in just 10 days may seem like a steep challenge, but with dedication and focus, it’s absolutely attainable. React, as one of the most popular JavaScript frameworks, is used by tech giants like Facebook(Meta) , Instagram, and Netflix and many more. ...

The Illusion of Easy in programming

Have you ever been programming, listening to songs in background, crushing it when suddenly Test failed: Expected ligma got balls, lol have fun figuring this one out bud The same thing happened to me when I was working on the LeetCode problem Minimum fuel to report to capital. It is a p...

Programming writings

Programming an article is like writing an essay, but it is closer to writing fiction. You need a strong background in the nonfiction you’re using, a-politicized to make sure it doesn’t interfere in your double spacing algorithm or comma algorithm. Programming articles is used for addi...

End-to-End Testing Your Rust Service

If you’re building a web API in Rust, you need a way to test your endpoints end to end. Unit tests ensure your logic is correct, but a proper end-to-end test can verify that your infrastructure, routing, database migrations, and security settings are correct. Since most modern services manage ...

Check AI-Generated Code Perfectly and Automatically

Do you love AI coding tools such as ChatGPT and GitHub Copilot? Do you hate that you can’t trust the code they produce? In some (for now, limited) cases, you can trust their code! Using formal verification tools such as Kani for Rust we can sometimes autom...

The LinQ Bible in C#: From Basics to Best Practices

LinQ C# Foundations: Building Blocks for Success Before we embark on our exciting journey of mastering LinQ in C#, it’s vital to understand where LinQ came from and how it fits into the C# language landscape. By familiarizing ourselves with key LinQ concepts and components, we’re layi...

3 Silent Pandas Mistakes You Should Be Aware Of

Not knowing the mistakes we make in programming does not necessarily make us a fool. However, it may result in undesired consequences. Some mistakes shine like a diamond and can be recognized from miles away. Even if you don’t notice them, compilers (or interpreters) inform us about them by...

Stop using nested ifs. Do this instead

A typical use case for nested ifs: you want to perform all sorts of checks on some data to make sure it’s valid before finally doing something useful with it. Don’t do this! : // JavaScript function sendMoney(account, amount) { if (account.balance > amount) { if (am...

Become a 10x Software Engineer with Bayesian Thinking

Bayesian thinking is extremely powerful when it comes to software engineering. At its core Bayes Theorem is a way of updating our beliefs about the world with new knowledge that we gain. Bayes’ Theorem is extremely powerful because it allows us to use the additional specific information we ...

Let’s Build an Arduino-based Kalman Filter for Attitude Determination

Attitude determination, the process of determining the orientation of an object with respect to a fixed reference frame, is an essential aspect of navigation, control, and guidance systems in various fields, such as aerospace, robotics, and autonomous vehicles. Sensor data from these systems are noi...

Stop Enforcing Date Format! It’s 2023!

Today I’ve stumbled upon a post by Mark Wyner, a very talented user experience expert. As he writes: To support the idea he provides an illustration that looks like this:   As you can see on the left, the required format of date is provided as a placeholder. Once...

15 Levels Of Writing Python Functions

1) Basic functions with 0 arguments def hello(): print('hello') print('world') hello() # hello # world The absolute most basic function you can write — a function that takes in 0 arguments, but does only one uncustomizable thing. 2) Functions that ta...

Next.js — Security headers (Best practices)

Security headers are HTTP response headers that web servers can send to enhance the security of web applications. These headers provide instructions to the web browser on how to handle certain aspects of the page and its interactions. By setting appropriate security headers, web developers can mitig...

You Can Still Use an MS-DOS Laptop in 2023

Let’s take a challenge and imagine that you have this machine from 1988. Which by the way, had a $1,999 price — the value equivalent to $4,989 today. Can we do something useful on this laptop nowadays? Let’s figure it out. Specs At the end of the 80s, the typical personal ...

Calculating the Average of 10 Dice Throws using Python

In the world of programming, tasks often involve dealing with numbers and performing various calculations. One common scenario is when we need to simulate random events and analyze their outcomes. In this article, we will explore a simple yet interesting Python program that calculates the average va...

My Journey to Becoming Knight at LeetCode in 8 Months during my 3rd Semester

Hi, my name is Amit Maity, and I am currently pursuing a degree in Computer Science and Engineering, now in my 4th semester. As a passionate learner, I’ve always been eager to challenge myself and push my limits. During my 3rd semester, I had the opportunity to achieve the coveted “...

10 Exciting Project Ideas Using Large Language Models (LLMs) for Your Portfolio

One common piece of advice I often hear for job applicants is to have a portfolio showcasing your work. This doesn't only apply to artists or models but also to software developers and data scientists. A portfolio of your projects acts as public evidence of your skills. This public evidence c...

Best algo for competitive programming updated list [

Graphs are widely-used mathematical structures visualized by two basic components: nodes and edges. Graph algorithms are used to solve the problems of representing graphs as networks like airline flights, how the Internet is connected, or social network connectivity on Facebook. 2. Dynamic progra...

Programming Principles They Don’t Teach You In School

From my experience as a first year undergraduate student, and listening to seniors’ experiences, Schools and Colleges teach you how to program and also the required Math such as Discrete Mathematics and Calculus. But when you leave university and enter the industry, there are concepts and prin...

Why You Need To Code Every Day When You’re Learning To Program

When I was first teaching myself computer programming, I’d often set aside a big chunk of time on the weekend to work on tutorials. By the end of a couple of hours, I always felt like I’d made real progress. Alas, by the time the next weekend came around, a lot of what I’d learn...

Programming Languages to Learn Today and Others That Are Slowly Dying

One of the most daunting tasks of a software engineer is to stay updated on the latest trends and technologies. There’s a constant barrage of new things to learn, but we can only do so much. As we start working on a new technology, other stones are left unturned, and some are even put back ...

Recursion in Programming: A Comprehensive Guide

In the realm of computer science, recursion stands out as both a conceptually profound and practically applicable idea. Through this article, we shall elucidate the nuances of recursion, its manifestation in JavaScript, and ways to test it efficiently using Jest. For hands-on enthusiasts, accompanyi...

4 React Tips to Instantly Improve Your Code

Solid knowledge of React is one of the most valuable skills for a frontend developer. Many companies are constantly searching for React developers and want to pay them more and more. That’s why it’s important to constantly improve as a developer, as it’s a highly rewarding endeavor...

Exploring Callback Functions: Understanding Asynchronous and Synchronous Programming

In the world of programming, two fundamental paradigms often come into play: asynchronous programming and synchronous programming. These concepts are crucial to understand, as they determine how actions are initiated and executed in your code. Asynchronous Programming: Asynchronous programmi...

The React Pattern You Never Heard of That You Should Be Using

I’m going to show you how to make your React codebase more flexible and less complex by leveraging a little known pattern for React components: The Compound Components pattern. Implementing the Compound Components pattern gives you the ability to create components that can be reused in...

Stunning Dot Spheres with WebGL

Beautiful, interactive WebGL globes have had something of a moment in the spotlight lately with both Stripe and GitHub featuring them prominently on their homepages. Each later went on to write a blog post about how they did so (Stripe’s is here and GitHub’s...

Interviewer: Can “x !== x” Return True in JavaScript？

Recently I was asked a few strange interview questions. They are different from the regular questions: these interview questions seem very easy, but they test your thorough understanding of JavaScript. How many can you answer correctly? 1. Can “x !== x” return true？ What should b...

Turn to Stone — Become a pro by getting jaded by new tech

Harnessing your debate skills makes you change how you experience new products or tools. The “amazing” things they promote, can turn to dust in just a few seconds when you break down their argument. Marketing material is emotional. That’s what makes people consume it. If you wer...

SOLID Principles for Spark Applications

This blog post explores whether PySpark can incorporate SOLID principles for data engineering tasks. Here’s a series on SOLID principles with Python for data engineering tasks I’ve been working on: SOLID principles in data engineering — Part 1 SOLID principles in data en...

Functional programming in data engineering with Python — part 1

This is an introduction to a series on functional programming in data engineering using Python. Here I lay out some of the fundamental concepts and tools found in functional programming using Python code. What is functional programming? Functional programming is a declarative type of programmi...

Why studying algorithms will enhance your programming career

As someone who is interested in becoming a software developer, you have probably heard that it’s important to learn algorithms. Or maybe you have already started your programming career and haven’t yet encountered a situation where knowledge of algorithms would be beneficial to you. Eith...

An Introduction to Asynchronous Programming in Python 3

Python is considered one of the easiest languages to learn. The Python approach to asynchronous code, on the other hand, can be quite confusing. This article will walk through key concepts and examples of async Python code to make it more approachable. In particular, you should take away the foll...

Silo

The science fiction series Silo on Apple TV+ is an adaptation of Hugh Howey’s series of Wool books. While the enemy in the series is a shadowy government that hides secrets, Season 1, Episode 3 of the series featured something frightening to many softwar...

Embedded Software Engineer Roadmap

Programming Languages : Embedded C (Must Have) C++ (Must Have) Python (Nice To Have)  Assembly Language (Nice To Have) Start by mastering Embedded C and C++, as they are essential for developing embedded software. Operating Systems and RTOS : Operating System Fundamentals (Must Have)...

Why use functional programming, lambda, and generics, in Java

The Java programming language is famous for being Object Oriented, and infamous for being verbose and full of checked exceptions. When the Java language designers introduced Functional Programming abilities into the language with version 1.8, it wasn’t immediately understood how that would hel...

10 Coding Secrets from Best-Selling Programming Books

In our fast-paced world, time is the one thing we never seem to have enough of. With a never-ending list of tasks, responsibilities, and hobbies, books can often feel like a luxury few of us can afford. I get it — I’ve been there too. I know that as much as we’d love to absor...

Inside DSPy: The New Language Model Programming Framework You Need to Know About

The universe of language model programming(LMP) frameworks has been expanding rapidly on the last few months. Frameworks such as LangChain or LlamaIndex have certainly achieved relevant levels of adoption within the LLM community and Microsoft’s Semantic Kernel is boosting an impressive set of...

How Mixed-Integer Programming is evolving part4

Abstract : The presented work addresses two-stage stochastic programs (2SPs), a broadly applicable model to capture optimization problems subject to uncertain parameters with adjustable decision variables. In case the adjustable or second-stage variables contain discrete decisions, the corresponding...

How Mixed-Integer Programming is evolving part7

Abstract : We propose an early termination technique for mixed integer conic programming for use within branch-and-bound based solvers. Our approach generalizes previous early termination results for ADMM-based solvers to a broader class of primal-dual algorithms, including both operator splitting m...

Highest Paying Programming Languages for Software Engineers

Which programming language should I learn? That’s the most common question for aspiring software engineers, and the answer is always: It depends on your preferences and what you want to build. But perhaps you want to take another route and learn the language companies pay you the most fo...

Basic Memory-Saving Techniques for Java Programming

Java is a popular programming language that is widely used for developing complex applications. However, one of the common issues with Java programs is high memory usage, which can lead to performance issues and even crashes. Therefore, it is important to use memory-saving techniques to optimiz...

How to generate and fix programming code with WatsonX in Django

Hello everyone, today we are going to create a CodeBot with watsonx.ai. We are going to build a simple Django Application where we can generate programming code from a prompt. We are interested in generating and fixing codes for different prog...

Top 6 Programming Languages for Mathematics

Any one who is interested in mathematics or plans to study it, should have at least some fluency with programming languages. Not only will you be more employable, you will also be able to understand and explore the mathematics in a deeper way. So what languages should you learn? 1. Python Pyth...

My Unconventional Journey into the World of Programming

Life has a funny way of throwing curveballs at you, and mine came when I hit the big 4–0. Instead of the typical midlife crisis involving sports cars and questionable fashion choices, I decided to embark on a journey into the world of programming. I spent the better part of my career in ...

Inside DSPy: The New Language Model Programming Framework You Need to Know About

How Programming Saved My Life Literally- Part One

I think I turned 16 years old when I got my first guitar. I couldn’t play anything at the beginning, but I strummed the strings as hard as I could, until three of the strings eventually broke. “It was the happiest and most frustrating tImes of my life. The cycle never stopped, ...

I am the new editor of Better Programming

Who am I? I have been a software engineer for the past 8–9 years, but I have always had a strong interest in the non-technical aspects of life. I moved from Romania to the United States at 14, with a very strong math background. So it just kind of made sense that I love and study com...

How To Improve Your Programming Skills While Trying Less

I can give you some sure-fire ways to improve yourself as a developer. The goal should be to improve not with extraordinary effort, but with ease. Learning by smartly allocating time is the way to become a skilled developer, without so much trauma. Stay With One Language for the First Year I r...

C# Fundamentals: Variables! — The building blocks of programming

Today we take a look at variables which can be thought of as containers that store data or information. This information can change or ‘vary’ and it’s incredibly useful to avoid using the same hardcoded value over and over again. Let’s say we have a speed value of 10 i...

6 Best Programming Languages for Game Development in 2023

Do you love playing games? If yes, have you ever wondered how these games are created? The masterminds behind game development are developers. They make use of programming languages to write lengthy source code (sets of instructions directing computers to perform as intended) and create intuitive an...

Writing Terraform Plan Polices with KCL Programming Language

Introduction KCL is an open-source, constraint-based record and functional language that enhances the writing of complex configurations, including those for cloud-native scenarios. It is hosted by the Cloud Native Computing Foundation (CNCF) as a Sandbox Project. With its advanced prog...

Flow, SharedFlow, and StateFlow in Android: Unleashing the Power of Reactive Programming

Reactive programming has gained immense popularity in the Android app development world. It offers a more efficient and robust way to handle asynchronous operations and user interface updates. In this blog post, we will explore three fundamental components of reactive programming in Android: Flow, S...

Understanding Unknown vs. Weak References in Object-Oriented Programming

Introduction In the world of object-oriented programming, references play a crucial role in managing the lifetime and accessibility of objects. Two common types of references are “unknown” and “weak” references, each with its own characteristics and use cases. In this arti...

How I Setup Neovim For Competitive Programming In C++

I have been using Neovim for a few years, and the experience is revolutionary. For competitive programming, I have gone through many different text editors and IDEs, but in the end, landed on Neovim. When I use Neovim for competitive programming, I use clangd for LSP and clang-form...

The 10 most energy efficient programming languages

Now as a data scientist or ML engineer, it is difficult to avoid Python, and Python may in some cases be the best choice, for instance when building and training neural networks. However, there is potentially a lot of energy to be saved if you can build some of your surrounding applications or pipel...

Zen and the art of Computer Programming

Avoid Value Traps. This is being stuck in a fixed way of thinking. Your mind is looking at the problem through a narrow lens of assumptions but it is looking in the wrong place. You don’t see the solution because it is outside of your field of view. You get lazy and assume there is a bug ...

Why are most major programming languages only in English?

Programming languages provide people with the tools to address a variety of problems. Python, for example, is great for back end development and artificial intelligence. Javascript enables web developers to create dynamic and responsive web sites. R is used for statistical analysis. In spite of the ...

Solving Transportation Problem using Linear Programming

To understand the transportation problem, it is necessary to understand the meaning of Linear Programming. Because transportation problems will use Linear Programming. Linear Programming in the transportation industry is basically finding how many goods are transported from source to destina...

Wanna learn programming the eco-responsible way?

This is when iTeach was born, a project for an eco-friendly programming learning platform centered around four core values: interactivity, free access, ecology, and privacy. It aims to debunk the misconception that “IT is virtual and has no real environmental impact.”  Indeed, se...

How to start writing high quality code at any point of your programming journey

This attribute measures the degree to which parts of your code can be reused in other (entirely different) projects. The degree to which your code is reusable is largely based on how tightly it’s coupled with the rest of your code base. An example of code reuse would be building a user authen...

Navigating the Code: An Exploration of Programming Realms

Programming, the art and science of instructing computers to perform tasks, is the backbone of our digital age. In this exploration, we delve into the multifaceted world of programming, from its fundamental concepts to its diverse applications, and the ever-evolving landscape that programmers traver...

Why Should You Choose Python Over R for Data Science?

One of the first choices you’ll have to make when starting in data science is which programming language to use. Python and R stand out as the leading competitors among the many options available. Python and R, each of which has advantages and disadvantages. ...