YAML is (not) my preferred configuration format
An article about…configuration formats. More interesting than it sounds! …to some people.
Happy Lunar New Year
新年快樂, chúc mừng năm mới, 새해 복 많이 받으세요! It’s the Year of the Horse, and per tradition I’m posting the nengajō (new year’s card) I made for Japanese New Year, which also follows the twelve-animal cycle but on the schedule of the Gregorian calendar.
What's in a Button?
…A lot more than its pixels and a mouse event. An article against the hubris of making your own GUI elements from scratch.
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