The Elegant Code

Not all coding practices coming from the Industry or Academia end up being good for you, your team and your business. Practical experience on the field goes a long way.

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Nov 20, 2023

AI Rubber Ducking

You got a new partner in coding

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Feb 7

The Shape of the FLUID

Be water, my friend. Water can flow or it can crash. Be water, my friend.

— Bruce Lee.

Giancarlo Niccolai in The Elegant Code

Nov 23, 2023

AI Prompt Optimisation

Crafting effective prompts can be challenging. There are numerous ways to succinctly and clearly explain how to parse…

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Mar 6

FLUID — 2: Lean Implementation

Everything should be made as simple as possible, but not simpler.

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Giancarlo Niccolai in The Elegant Code

Jan 15, 2022

Set Another Place for Plato

The “dining philosophers” is the name commonly given to a theoretical concurrency problem introduced by Edsger Dijkstra, one of the earliest researchers in the field. In this article, I am giving a complete solution (starvation-free and maximally occupied) using the POSIX…

Giancarlo Niccolai in The Elegant Code

Feb 25

FLUID — 1: Flexibility

The green reed that bends in the wind is stronger than the great oak that breaks in a storm.

Giancarlo Niccolai in The Elegant Code

Oct 23, 2023

Cracking Open Coding Interviews

Coding interviews are often meant to test the candidate thinking on-the-spot, rather than their actual…

Giancarlo Niccolai in The Elegant Code

Nov 9, 2023

Advanced AI Prompt Programming

OpenAPI ChatGPT language model can be used break down user input into…

Giancarlo Niccolai in The Elegant Code

Dec 26, 2021

In Defence of Exceptions

C++ exceptions are a powerful and elegant way to handle “things that should not happen” in your code; and yet after…

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Giancarlo Niccolai in The Elegant Code

Dec 11, 2023

You Can’t Collect Stamps Forever (II)

Could a theoretical AGI dominate the industry of paperclip making?

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