Nerd Ducks

The Rant

The Rant

Technology development, Agile adoption, organizational change, and why our system of education and inustrialization of programming is rigged against true problem-solving

Daniel B. Markham

31 Jul 2022 · 1 min read

2022-07-08 Nerd Roundup

2022-07-08 Nerd Roundup

The windows malloc trash fire, nerd fight over kubernetes being a red flag, AI writing academic papers about itself, Google's Colossus, and more

Daniel B. Markham

8 Jul 2022 · 2 min read

2022-07-01 Nerd Roundup

2022-07-01 Nerd Roundup

Free CRDT desktop tool, using math to spot liars, blood pressure tattoos, Mr. Fusion garage-sized reactors, and more.

Daniel B. Markham

1 Jul 2022 · 2 min read

Novum Novum Organum Organum++

Novum Novum Organum Organum++

Ok kids, we're going to refactor all of the modern education system. Who wants to go first?

Daniel B. Markham

28 Jun 2022 · 4 min read

Starting New Book: Functional Programming Smells

Starting New Book: Functional Programming Smells

Starting on a new book project in July: Functional Programming Smells. Join along for the ride!

Daniel B. Markham

26 Jun 2022 · 1 min read

2022-06-24 Nerd Roundup

2022-06-24 Nerd Roundup

Bananas and random numbers, Help Desk to anti-tank missiles, Web5, Silicon Photonics and more!

Daniel B. Markham

26 Jun 2022 · 2 min read

2022-06-17 Nerd Roundup

2022-06-17 Nerd Roundup

It's Nerd Roundup!

Daniel B. Markham

18 Jun 2022 · 2 min read

2022-06-10 Nerd Roundup

2022-06-10 Nerd Roundup

Darklang backend rewrite complete, trilobite cameras, code bloat, and more.

Daniel B. Markham

11 Jun 2022 · 2 min read

2022-06-03 Nerd Roundup

2022-06-03 Nerd Roundup

Wordle, brains, wifi running on your fat, AI, Settlers of Catan, and quality time versus quantity time. All that plus Terraform and hidden gold this week.

Daniel B. Markham

4 Jun 2022 · 2 min read

2022-05-27 Nerd Roundup

2022-05-27 Nerd Roundup

Constructors, Initializers, Compilers, oh my! Big bag of coding fun this week on Nerd Roundup!

Daniel B. Markham

26 May 2022 · 2 min read

2022-05-20 Nerd Roundup

2022-05-20 Nerd Roundup

It was a hunka hunka burnin nerds this week as we cover the new science of AI diagnostics, lock-free queues, and team topologies

Daniel B. Markham

21 May 2022 · 3 min read

2022-05-13 Nerd Roundup

2022-05-13 Nerd Roundup

No podcast this week, but we've got a bunch of cool articles with descriptions and links. Some cool coding stuff!

Daniel B. Markham

12 May 2022 · 2 min read

2022-05-06 Nerd Roundup

2022-05-06 Nerd Roundup

Daniel B. Markham

7 May 2022 · 2 min read

2022-04-29 Nerd Roundup

2022-04-29 Nerd Roundup

Daniel B. Markham

29 Apr 2022 · 2 min read

Learning To Stop

Learning To Stop

Daniel B. Markham

26 Apr 2022 · 5 min read

Idea Assembly Part #473

Idea Assembly Part #473

Daniel B. Markham

22 Apr 2022 · 15 min read

2022-04-22 Nerd Roundup

2022-04-22 Nerd Roundup

This week we've got pointer provenance in language design, leasing your dog like you do cellphones, learning message queueing from scratch, DIY Oreo research, abandoning serverless compute, and more!

Daniel B. Markham

21 Apr 2022 · 2 min read

2022-04-15 Nerd Roundup

2022-04-15 Nerd Roundup

The Rock Band of Theseus, solar's on-demand problem solved, multicomputation: the fourth paradigm, AI Transformers, color night vision, and more this week on Nerd Roundup!

Daniel B. Markham

15 Apr 2022 · 2 min read