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Nuevo blog
Este es mi nuevo blog. Es el tercero que empiezo. El primero lo empecé en 2004 y lo cerré en 2006 para mudarme al difunto freaks-unidos.net, donde empecé el segundo. Después de siete años, el sitio...
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Libros electrónicos: epub vs kindle.
Hace un tiempo comentaba que tenía ganas de comprar un Kindle. Al final no lo compré porque me regalaron una Galaxy Tab. La tablet me ha gustado mucho. Contrario a lo que pensé inicialmente, me ha...
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Ready Player One
Me divertí mucho leyendo Ready Player One. Llegué al libro por recomendación de Nicholas. Concuerdo con él en que definitivamente el libro no es una obra maestra, no es el Snow Crash de la época, pero...
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Reducing eye strain
I usually program for several hours a day. I often end up with eye strain caused by looking at the screen for hours without a break. I’ve been experimenting with different things to see how I can...
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Beyond Javascript: Coffeescript
During this year I’ve introduced my self into the world of front-end web development. I’ve never been a fan of the web as a development platform, but I have to admit that the web seems to be the...
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CoffeeScript: less typing, bad readability
I’ve used CoffeeScript for a few months now. Coming from Python, I felt that CoffeeScript was more concise than Javascript, so I decided to use it for a few small projects. Initially, it was a nice...
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Beyond Javascript part 2: Dart and Typescript
I was glad to see the release of Microsoft TypeScript last week. After Google with Dart, it’s nice to see one more big player trying to create new languages for client side web development. I’ve been...
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Ludum Dare 25
Last week I participated in Ludum Dare, one of the most popular game making competitions out there. The idea is to write a game in 48 hours. You have to create everything in those 48 hours. That...
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Aaron Swartz
Ha pasado ya más de un mes desde que Aaron Swartz falleció. Aaron fue un activista que dedicó gran parte de su vida a defender nuestros derechos. Su muerte fue verdaderamente lamentable. Quise hacer un...
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A powerful unused feature of Python: function annotations.
Something I’ve always missed when using Python (and dynamically typed languages in general) is nice tooling support. C# and Java have powerful IDEs that can improve your productivity significantly....
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Perl 6: Giving with One Hand and Taking with the Other
I’ve been programming Perl full-time for almost two years now. The reason is my new job, where 99% of back-end our code base is Perl. Before that, I had not written a single line of Perl, so the...
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This is something I’ve been asking myself while learning Rust. Yes, I know that this sounds like a weird question to ask as it’s no secret that Rust has huge influence from the functional programming...
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My experience crafting an interpreter with Rust
Last year I finally decided to learn some Rust. The official book by Steve Klabnik and Carol Nichols is excellent, but even after reading it and working on some small code exercises, I felt that I...
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