Khun Yee Fung, Ph.D.inProgramming is LifeThere are Innovations in AcademiaI read an article about why innovations in academia is rare. Is it though?1d ago1d ago
Khun Yee Fung, Ph.D.inProgramming is LifeDo What You LikeWhen I was studying computer science in university, in the early 1980’s, the future for a programmer was to do COBOL in a big company, most…2d ago12d ago1
Khun Yee Fung, Ph.D.inProgramming is LifeCan We have Beautiful Code?I don’t know. That is the short answer. I have been thinking about this for a long time. Christopher Alexander got me thinking about this…2d ago2d ago
Khun Yee Fung, Ph.D.inProgramming is LifeWhy I Like Justifiable Verbosity in Programming LanguagesI started using Perl in 1988 or 1989, I think. Yes, right at the time Larry Wall released his Perl. I was doing a lot of scripting at that…4d ago4d ago
Khun Yee Fung, Ph.D.inProgramming is LifeJava 23 Does Not Have String TemplatesSo, they removed the string template preview feature from Java23. What a bummer. I do understand why they did it, but removing it means I…4d ago4d ago
Khun Yee Fung, Ph.D.inProgramming is LifeLife not in AcademiaWhen I got my doctorate, I was thinking about a life in academia. Unfortunately, because I did have to worry about a family, I could not…Sep 27Sep 27
Khun Yee Fung, Ph.D.inProgramming is LifeTo Refactor or not to RefactorA few days ago, I decided to revive a system that I wrote 17 years ago. It is a delivery system meant for last-mile deliveries…Sep 27Sep 27
Khun Yee Fung, Ph.D.inProgramming is LifePlease Do Not Connect Vehicles to the InternetSo, apparently, Kia vehicles are connected to the Internet. And some researchers found some vulnerabilities in a web portal (!) and from…Sep 26Sep 26
Khun Yee Fung, Ph.D.inMoodscapeI Hate Click-Bait HeadlinesSo, if I then say “actually, it is more nuanced than that. Sometimes I hate it, sometimes I don’t”, then I am a bloody liar. And the…Sep 20Sep 20
Khun Yee Fung, Ph.D.inMoodscapeIs it “Internet” or “internet”?This nit is so small, that I am not even sure it is worth being called a nitpick. Years ago, the Economist magazine declared that from then…Sep 8Sep 8