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A software conference that advocates for quality

Posted by leoncaet on Friday July 11, 2025 @05:50PM
from the bettersoftwareconference.com dept.

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Posted by leoncaet on Saturday January 20, 2024 @02:15PM
from the open-std.org dept.

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Re:ArXiv now offers papers in HTML format on Thursday December 21, 2023 @02:23PM (#38725428)

I just hope they don't stop to offer the papers in PDF. Even when I'm on a computer, I still prefer to read PDFs.

Re:Microsoft to kill off third-party printer drivers in Windows on Monday September 11, 2023 @07:30PM (#37475077)

This would be a move on the right direction, but

>This framework improves reliability and performance by moving customization from the Win32 framework to the UWP software development framework.

I can't trust Microsoft to do anything right anymore.

Posted by leoncaet on Saturday August 26, 2023 @02:31PM
from the youtube.com dept.

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Re:Swig – Connect C/C++ programs with high-level programming languages on Tuesday July 18, 2023 @08:53AM (#36771384)

Having more than one programming language in a single project is already a bad design choice.

Re:Performance Excuses Debunked on Wednesday April 26, 2023 @04:09PM (#35719286)

Casey does it again.

Re:Ask HN: Examples of large acquisitions that did not ruin the acquir... on Tuesday July 12, 2022 @12:17PM (#32072116)

Pixar movies had an artistic downfall after the Disney acquisition. But sure they are doing fine financially-wise and technology-wise.

Posted by leoncaet on Tuesday May 31, 2022 @09:10AM
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Re:The Only Unbreakable Law [video] on Sunday March 20, 2022 @07:36PM (#30747978)

He works on HH for about 2 hours per week.

Posted by leoncaet on Sunday February 13, 2022 @08:38AM
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Re:Lessons learned from 15 years of SumatraPDF, an open source Windows... on Monday July 26, 2021 @10:53PM (#27968117)

Fantastic read. Nice bits of wisdom here and there that every programmer should have in mind.

Re:Did Windows 10 slow down with each feature update? on Monday June 21, 2021 @02:48PM (#27582510)

I can't live without Everything!

Posted by leoncaet on Thursday March 04, 2021 @10:55PM
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Re:Epic acquires RAD Game Tools on Friday January 08, 2021 @05:31AM (#25683328)

The "we can use worse software now that hardware allows us to do it" is why software is sunk so low these days.

We use Bink because it is better then the open-source alternatives, and that's it.