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August 22, 2024

Code review antipatterns

Starts like a satire, but there's a serious conclusion in the end. Indeed, mind the power dynamics in code reviews. Be nice, steer away from those antipatterns, especially since you might be on the receiving end the next time.

What is std::ref?

A little refresher about std::ref and std::cref. They come in handy sometimes, but also if you don't realize you need them you'll generate more copies than necessary.

Being on The Semantic Web is easy, and, frankly, well worth the bother
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With all those bots and scripts crawling the Web, some of the semantic web vision got silently implemented.

Make Firefox Private Again

Since they unfortunately turned on private attribution by default (why? Mozilla, why?). Here is an easy automated way to turn it off.

Bug squash: An underrated interview question

This is indeed a nice way to approach technical interviews. Unfortunately it requires quite some effort to setup and maintain. You also have to find the right bugs to put in the interview and this is a rarity.