Assume Worst Intent - Designing for the Abusive Ex
Explore designing apps with consideration for vulnerable users, focusing on potential misuse by stalkers or abusive individuals. Learn threat models and strategies to enhance user safety.
Audio in Standard C++
Explore digital audio representation in C++, including channels, buffers, and PCM. Learn about soundcard communication and a proposed standard library audio API, with examples and implementation updates.
Delivering Software That Is Secure and Usable - Whose Job Is It?
Explore the intersection of security and usability in software development with insights from a leading expert in human-centered security and privacy solutions.
Windows, Macos & the Web - Lessons From Cross-Platform Development at think-cell
Explore cross-platform development challenges and solutions, focusing on porting Windows applications to Mac and web. Learn about C++ abstractions, platform-independent implementations, and tools for writing web apps in C++.
The Business Value of a Good API
Explore criteria for evaluating APIs, understand technical debt and software capital, and learn a process for building effective APIs. Gain insights to convince management of the value of good API design.
Modern C and What We Can Learn From It
Explore Modern C programming paradigms, their benefits, and applications in new languages. Learn API design, error handling, and resource management techniques to improve code quality and system architecture.
How Code Fails in the Real World
Explore real-world software failures, crash reporting strategies, and lessons learned from a large desktop application. Gain insights on improving code quality and user experience.
Documentation in the Era of Concepts and Ranges
Explore how concepts and ranges revolutionize C++ documentation, balancing code-based and textual descriptions for effective interface specification and user comprehension.
Matrix is a Distributed Real-time Database
Explore Matrix, an open-standard distributed network for real-time messaging and beyond. Learn protocol basics, distributed systems challenges, and innovative use cases leveraging its decentralized nature.
Sandbox Games - Using WebAssembly and C++ to Make a Simple Game
Explore WebAssembly for C++ programmers, learn to create a browser-based game, and overcome unique challenges. Gain insights into this emerging technology for web development.
Managing External APIs in Enterprise Systems
Explore techniques for encapsulating external APIs in enterprise systems, focusing on efficient interfaces, managing changing requirements, and minimizing codebase impact through abstraction.
Spooky Action at a Distance - Revisiting C++ Observers
Explore C++ Observer pattern implementations, trade-offs, and practical applications in various scenarios. Learn from real-world examples to improve code structure and design.
Function Contracts in Practice Using C++
Explore function contracts in C++, covering design principles, implementation strategies, and practical considerations for robust, maintainable, and high-performance software development.
Navigel to Facilitate the Creation of Tabulated-List Based UIs
Navigel: A framework for creating tabulated-list UIs in Emacs. Simplifies development of interfaces for browsing hierarchical data structures with customizable actions and display options.
Emacs - The Editor for the Next Forty Years
Exploring Emacs' future: modernizing with Rust, enhancing HTML rendering, integrating developer tools, and expanding functionality while preserving its essence as a powerful, extensible editor.
Emacs - The Editor for the Next Forty Years - Q&A
Exploring Emacs' future: concurrency, web rendering, LSP support, and modernization. Q&A covers user expansion, JavaScript support, and potential Rust integration for enhanced performance and features.
Beyond Vim and Emacs - A Scalable UI Paradigm
Explore a scalable UI paradigm that goes beyond traditional text editors, offering insights into innovative interface design for enhanced productivity and user experience.
Moving from Jekyll to OrgMode, an Experience Report
Explore the transition from Jekyll to OrgMode for website publishing, highlighting advantages and features of OrgMode in Emacs for content management and site generation.
Using Org-mode to Teach Programming
Discover how to leverage Org-mode for creating interactive, up-to-date programming teaching materials across multiple languages, enhancing both instruction and learning experiences.
Asm-Blox - A Game Based on WebAssembly That No One Asked For
Explore asm-blox, a WebAssembly-based game. Learn stack operations, numeric commands, boolean operations, and control flow while solving puzzles and creating games like Tic-tac-toe in Emacs.
What I'd Like to See in Emacs
Richard Stallman discusses Emacs development, free software philosophy, and various technical topics in a wide-ranging Q&A session, addressing user concerns and sharing insights on the future of GNU and Emacs.