Michael Yam - YTechnologyBookshelf: The Deficit MythDr. Stephanie Kelton, known for her work in Modern Monetary Theory, recently came out with the movie Finding The Money. I haven’t watched…·3 min read·4 days ago----
Michael Yam - YTechnologyThe Nuphy Air75 V1 Is Better With Karabiner-ElementsThe Nuphy Air75 V2 is available, and as an owner of the V1, I’m a little jealous. The V2 addresses the weaknesses of the V1 with a larger…·3 min read·Jan 23, 2024----
Michael Yam - YTechnologyBeauty In The Eye of the CoderIn the book Beautiful Code, Jon Bentley describes beautiful code in a Zen-like way, where the most beautiful programs are sometimes, not…3 min read·Jan 14, 2024----
Michael Yam - YTechnologyBookshelf: Software Engineering at GoogleWhen I wrote “Beauty In The Eye Of The Coder,” my idea of beautiful code was how well it stood up to time:·3 min read·Jan 6, 2024----
Michael Yam - YTechnologyProgrammer Humor for the HolidaysMaybe we programmers take ourselves too seriously. How else do you explain the infamous Google Manifesto written by James Damore linking…·3 min read·Dec 18, 2023----
Michael Yam - YTechnologySometimes The Math Doesn’t Add Up. And Sometimes, It DoesCartoon math isn’t meant to add up. Here we see a dog number crunching, trying to determine why a cat is running away from two mice, and…3 min read·Oct 3, 2023----
Michael Yam - YTechnologyBookshelf: UNIX A History and a MemoirA man page will give you, in black and white, specific information about UNIX. Brian Kernighan’s new book adds color and depth about UNIX…3 min read·Sep 16, 2023----
Michael Yam - YTechnologyRust’s Other Super PowerIf you can’t prototype, you can’t release prematurely3 min read·Sep 10, 2023----
Michael Yam - YTechnologyInteger Overflow And UnderflowQ: When is optimization sub-optimal?2 min read·Aug 28, 2023----
Michael Yam - YTechnologyBookshelf: Design PatternsThis is an odd book. It’s a classic, yet among the least useful books in my library. The authors Gamma, Helm, Johnson, and Vlissides…2 min read·Aug 23, 2023----