skatenerd

"A good way to tackle such problems is to consider a simpler problem first.
There is, of course, no guarantee that solutions obtained for simpler problems 
can be used directly in the problem which inspired them; they may only serve
to familiarise the solver with some of the features and difficulties involved.
Even so, the work is not wasted; familiarity with a problem is one of our most
important tools for solving it.  And often we will be able to use the solution 
directly or by adapting it."

!!!

iangreenleaf

Rails naming conventions

General Ruby conventions

Class names are CamelCase.

Methods and variables are snake_case.

Methods with a ? suffix will return a boolean.

cuth

Debug Horizontal Scroll

(function (d) {
    var w = d.documentElement.offsetWidth,
        t = d.createTreeWalker(d.body, NodeFilter.SHOW_ELEMENT),
        b;
    while (t.nextNode()) {
        b = t.currentNode.getBoundingClientRect();
 if (b.right > w || b.left < 0) {

nickloewen

This is a plain-text version of Bret Victor’s reading list. It was requested by hf on Hacker News.

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Highly recommended things!

This is my five-star list. These are my favorite things in all the world.

A few of these works have had an extraordinary effect on my life or way of thinking. They get a sixth star. ★

tssm

About programms

• Death to the Dialog Box
• Defending Perpetual Intermediacy
• Are your exceptions silent?
• Teaching Users to Read
• You'll Never Have Enough Cheese
• Gold Plating
• Happy Talk Must Die
• The Broken Window Theory