The Mysteries of Mangifera: — Finding the Mango’s Origin
Cracking an old ZIP file to help open source the ANC's "Operation Vula" secret crypto code
It's not often that you find yourself staring at code that few people have ever seen, code that was an important part in bringing down the apartheid system in South Africa, and code that was used for secure communication using one-time pads smuggled into South Africa by a flight attendant on floppy disks.
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The Tao of Programming an oldie but goldie.
Written in a tongue-in-cheek style spoof of classic Taoist texts such as the Tao Te Ching and Zhuangzi which belies its serious message, it consists of a series of short anecdotes divided into nine chapter
A History of the Amen Break: From The Winstons to Futurama and Om Unit
Flip plugin lets you seamlessly transition between two states even if there are sweeping changes to the structure of the DOM that would normally cause elements to jump.
evidence — Business intelligence as code: build polished data products with SQL and markdown
How a Doctor Killed the Baroque Era — Dr. John Taylor treated Bach and Handel with disastrous results, perhaps causing the death of both composers.