Stealing the torment nexus: science f...
How the right turned science fiction from a genre of ideas into a dystopian blueprint
Articles
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Unit tests are bullshit (except when ...
Unit tests often achieve very little. They still might be worth the effort.
AI: a brief ethical survey
Beyond the magic box. Work, copyright, bias and the environment.
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.