AI: a brief ethical survey
Beyond the magic box. Work, copyright, bias and the environment.
Articles
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The perverse guilt of refactoring
Knowledge work is notoriously hard to quantify but we like to try. Refactoring and editing can elude the attempt.
Testing and fetishism
How silencing a failing test almost set our project on the downward spiral and why we should have known better.
Python for PHP Programmers: project u...
The Python for PHP Programmers book project: where it went, when it’s coming, what it will look like.
Resuming (more) regular posting
Excuses for absence. POPP Vol1 is published. POPP Vol2 is on the way. The Python book is in progress. Plans for the blog’s future content and platform.
Announcing PHP 8: Objects Patterns an...
PHP 8: Objects Patterns and Practice, 7th Edition Volume 1 is out! Volume 2 is complete in draft.
Reading and writing files with Python
How to read and write files in Python from a PHP coder’s perspective
Encoding and Decoding JSON in Python
Like PHP, Python provides built-in support for encoding and decoding JSON data. We cover the fundamentals in this article.