Scalable vector triangulations
2013-06-15
Generating Scalable Vector Graphics (SVG) from Python.
Square triangulations
2013-06-14
Computing the number of ways to triangulate an oriented n×n square using only lines joining the 4n integer points around the edge of the square.
User options considered harmful
2013-06-13
The desire to add a user option often indicates that you have skimped on a important piece of usability work and are trying to put off doing it.
Software archaeology and technical debt
2013-06-12
It doesn’t take long to reach a ‘mature programming environment’ in which complexity is overwhelming and change is expensive and error-prone. We’re all programmer–archaeologists now.
The tabular method
2013-06-11
Dynamic programming is an important technique for writing combinatorial algorithms. But the name sucks!
Circular logic
2013-05-15
Truth tables, graph colourings and a surprising sequence in Project Euler problem 209.
Language-oriented programming
2013-05-09
“Languages are not just for describing algorithms to computers: they are for communication with other people.”
Emacs/Perforce integration: back from the dead
2013-05-01
I’ve forked the abandoned Emacs/Perforce integration, and started fixing it. In particular, it no longer hangs Emacs when it can’t connect to the Perforce server.