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Most "Learn to Cook" books are targeted at general audiences, which is good enough most times but they mostly read like a list of rules without explaining why those rules exist. In fact many books I have come across…

I am a fairly experienced Software Engineer with a computer science degree. During the graduation course, I did study Graph theory, but only as a part of Data Structure/Algorithms, and also that was ~10 years ago. I…

Books, especially non-fiction books, are big investments in terms of time and attention. Before I came across a book called "How to Read a Book" [1], my philosophy was to simply to read book that's recommended to me and…

I was planning on reading "Thinking: Fast and Slow" after seeing it recommended here. I soon saw that some of the studies the book relies upon might be flawed. This made me wonder, what are some other popular titles…

How do yo review other people's code? What's the first thing you 'see' when you look at the diff? Does it change depending on the language? How do you manage the human aspect/personal dynamics of code reviews? Is there…

I might be too 'junior' to grok what goes behind the curtains. When I did a quick survey amongst my software friends, all of their workplaces have been pushing for bringing people back in offices. Some are a bit soft…

I spent my Saturday on some intense software firefighting that started at 6AM in the morning, till about 5 in the evening. This obviously left me utterly exhausted at the end of the day. It's next day, I have had sleep,…

This may feel like too basic a question, but it has become not-so-easy to just 'look it up' on the web. There are thousands of search results if you search this question, but most of them are either: A) SEO-optmized…

This style of teamwork has always attracted me. Luckily, I am frequently finding myself in situations where this dynamic applies - at work or otherwise. This has made me flirt with the idea of founding a co-op down the…

My computer science life involves dealing with mostly revisions/updates on protocols designed to address problems that have been there since a few decades ago. Surely, there are new, albeit niche problems that must have…

I would assume the subjects of the survey (you) to be privacy-valuing, security-aware, and overall technology-conscious folks. I am interested in knowing how this compares to general consumer market.

In almost all real-world instances - From individuals making personal decisions, to inter-governmental groups - whenever one is to try inferring meaning from data, Average seems to be the 'natural' metric of choice. To…

I have observed the language they are using to ask for donations has become increasingly pleading, borderline begging. I am a frequent donor, but I haven't logged into Wikipedia account on my mobile. Every time I open…

To my utter shame, I must admit that when I accepted the job offer at my current place of employment, I merely skimmed over the 'Intellectual Property Rights' and 'Copyrights' section of contract. Last year I learned to…