Stories by benhoyt

For Python packages, file structure != API

Designing Pythonic Library APIs

Re-engineering a qsort function (part 1)

The small web is beautiful

Program design in the Unix environment, by Pike and Kernighan (1984) [pdf]

Periodically probe the network to detect when security assumptions are violated

Fascination with AWK

The Unreasonable Effectiveness of AWK

Advice for Less Experienced Software Engineers in the Current Tech Market

Code coverage for your AWK programs

I/O is no longer the bottleneck

Our microPledge crowdfunding startup: why it failed and what we learned

microPledge: Our startup that (we wish) competed with Kickstarter

Go discussion: standard iterator interface

The tools I use to build my website

Before Fortnite, There Was ZZT: Meet Epic’s First Game

How efficient can cat(1) be?

Duck typing is safe (2020)

The Tools I Use to Write Books (2018)

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