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2018
July 18	Advanced web spidering with Puppeteer
January 31	Fuzzing Markdown parser written in Go in: go, programming
2017
December 26	Business of Software talks in: business
24	57 MicroConf videos for self-funded software businesses in: business
November 20	How to install latest clang (6.0) on Ubuntu 16.04 (xenial) / WSL in: unix
7	Guide to predefined macros in C++ compilers (gcc, clang, msvc etc.) in: programming, c++
August 4	Tutorial for github.com/kjk/flex Go package (implementation of CSS flexbox algorithm) in: go
2	Experience porting 4.5k loc of C to Go (Facebook's CSS flexbox implementation Yoga) in: go
July 23	Using MySQL in Docker for local testing In Go in: go
20	Rotate log files daily in Go in: go
17	Simple serialization format for logging and analytics in Go in: go
13	Embedding build number in Go executable in: go
9	3 ways to iterate in Go in: go
2	HTTPS for free in Go, with little help of Let's Encrypt in: go
June 23	Solo founders with profitable businesses, collected stories in: business
23	Advanced command execution in Go with os/exec in: go
21	Generating good unique ids in Go in: go
February 11	Blueprint for deploying web apps on CoreOS in: devops, go
January 4	Analyzing browserify bundles to minimize JavaScript bundle size in: programming, javascript
2016
October 23	Optimizing JavaScript by using arrays instead of objects in: programming, javascript
2015
December 17	First release of dbHero - a GUI database client in: dbhero
June 3	Extracting files from .7z archives in Go in: go, programming
February 12	Accessing GitHub API from Go in: go, programming
12	Go package for better guid generation in: go, programming
2014
December 11	Improving speed of SMAZ compressor by 2.6x/1.5x in: go, programming
3	Tip for per-test verbose logging in Go in: programming, go
November 27	Notes on Ansible in: programming
October 29	SumatraPDF 3.0 released in: releasenotes, sumatra
May 14	SumatraPDF 2.5.2 released in: releasenotes, sumatra
2013
October 30	Using Fabric for deploying server software in: programming
29	Pigz windows port 2.3.1 released in: software, releasenotes
27	The Silver Searcher windows port in: software
3	SumatraPDF 2.4 released in: sumatra, releasenotes
September 23	Inspiration for programmers that want a passive business in: business
March 20	How I ported pigz from Unix to Windows in: programming
19	Pigz windows port in: software
2012
December 31	Thoughts on Go after writing 3 websites in: go, programming
25	SumatraPDF 2.2 released in: sumatra, releasenotes
16	Design and implementation of translation system for desktop software in: programming, sumatra
November 26	Speeding up Go with custom allocators in: go, programming
October 22	Hiding duplicate content from your site via robots.txt in: webdev
September 16	How I sped up Go by 20% (or is Go really slower than Java?) in: go, programming
May 4	Websites with free ePub and mobi ebooks in: sumatra
3	SumatraPDF 2.1 released in: sumatra, releasenotes
April 15	Buying a certificate for signing windows applications in: programming
2	SumatraPDF 2.0 released in: sumatra, releasenotes
2011
December 9	A list of chm readers/viewers for Windows in: software, windows
November 30	Showing html from memory in embedded web control on windows in: note, win32, programming
24	SumatraPDF 1.9 released in: sumatra, releasenotes
September 22	Introducing Volante - a database for C# (.NET) in: software, volante, .net, c#
18	SumatraPDF 1.8 released in: sumatra, releasenotes
July 17	SumatraPDF 1.7 released in: sumatra, releasenotes
June 30	How to make software crash less in: programming
1	Experience porting 4k lines of C code to go in: go, programming
May 30	SumatraPDF 1.6 released in: sumatra, releasenotes
14	Easy vs. probable or how to make money with software in: programming, business
7	90% of success is showing up - a proof
April 23	SumatraPDF 1.5 released in: sumatra, releasenotes
March 12	SumatraPDF 1.4 released in: sumatra, releasenotes
10	XML is really, really slow in: programming
February 8	My social marketing failure in: software, business, sumatra
7	SumatraPDF 1.3 released in: sumatra, releasenotes
6	Writing a custom installer for Windows software in: sumatra, programming
2010
December 19	Executable compressors comparisons: upx 3.07w vs. mpress 2.17 in: sumatra, programming
5	Which technology for writing desktop software? in: programming
3	SumatraPDF 1.2 released in: sumatra
November 24	Using averages - a common performance measurement mistake in: programming
5	8 habits for becoming a better programmer in: programming
October 26	Simple duplicate post detection for your blog, forum or commenting software in: programming
24	Value your time in: productivity
3	Startup management lessons from “The Social Network” in: business
2	Marketing lessons from WebP launch in: business
September 26	Find free stock photos with Fotofi in: software, fotofi
August 22	Why you shouldn’t write Mac programs in QT
17	Hipmunk - a new site for finding flights
13	SEO is harder than you think in: marketing, business
July 25	Comparing program versions (in C# and Python) in: programming, c#, python
24	Searching for available DBA name in San Francisco in: business
23	Introduction to PartCover - a short manual in: .net
23	Converting PartCover results to html in: .net
7	Tools that find bugs in c and c++ code via static code analysis in: programming, c, c++
June 13	Go vs. Python for a simple web server in: python, go
9	Software licensing scheme in: business, note
May 20	SumatraPDF 1.1 release in: sumatra
11	Bash programming basics in: reference, unix, note
5	How to accept online payments in: business
4	Idea for code review tool in: idea, note
3	Summary of talk on continuous deployment in: programming
2	uISV stories in: business
April 24	Things I’ve learned this week
20	Productivity ideas in: productivity
19	E-books economics in: business
18	BitTorrent-based, large file distribution for HTTP in: idea
January 21	VisualAck 0.3.3 released in: software, mac, visualack
19	VisualAck 0.3.2 released in: software, mac, visualack
4	You have to implement to understand
2	Best captcha is exotic captcha
2009
November 20	15minutes 1.1 for windows in: software
18	SumatraPDF 1.0 released in: sumatra
1	15minutes for mac updated in: software
September 18	We need Visual Ack in: software
July 20	Sumatra 0.9.4 release in: sumatra
June 22	15minutes for mac now available in: mac, software
4	Network drives, .net, security and virtualbox in: .net, c#
April 22	Automatic Java to C# conversion - experience using Java Language Conversion Assistant in: c#, .net, tenderbase
14	Setting unicode rtf text in rich edit control in: win32, programming
8	15minutes - a simple productivity too in: software
March 14	Forcing basic http authentication for HttpWebRequest (in .NET/C#) in: .net, c#
13	Setting up s3 logging in: aws
11	scdiff update (Windows git/subversion/cvs gui diff previewer) in: software
8	Parsing s3 log files in python in: aws, python
7	Compacting s3 aws logs in: aws, python
5	How content-based addressing can help web performance
February 24	ssh tips in: ssh, unix, svn, reference
24	Where do bugs come from? in: programming
22	Summary of David Ditzel talk on binary translation in: talk, summary
21	Resources related to implementing programming languages in: prog lang, programming
20	Exporting data from EverNote
18	App Engine as generic web host in: appengine
18	Profiling tools for C/C++ on windows, mac and linux in: debugging, profiling, programming
18	Fonts on windows
18	NSCopying, NSMutableCopying or NSCoding in: objective c
2008
December 13	Mac program scheduling (like crontab) in: mac
October 2	SumatraPDF 0.9.3 released in: sumatra
August 24	SumatraPDF 0.9.1 released in: sumatra
11	SumatraPDF 0.9 released in: sumatra
11	Results of tweaking compiler flags before 0.9 release in: sumatra, optimization, programming
July 27	realloc() on Windows vs. Linux in: programming, optimization
14	Habit forming in: psychology
6	Announcing fofou - forum software for Google App Engine in: appengine
May 28	SumatraPDF 0.8.1 release in: sumatra
19	Extreme (size) optimization in C and C++ in: programming, optimization
April 17	_NT_SYMBOL_PATH considered harmful in: windbg, debugging
16	Remapping Page Up and Page Down on Mac to move a cursor in: mac
15	Software worth buying - SftpDrive and ExpanDrive in: software
8	Google App Engine - the first Internet operating system in: appengine
7	gflags - a debugging story in: programming, debugging, win32
4	Variadic Macros (C++) in: visual studio, c++
March 27	making unix user a sudoer in: unix
20	Reverse DNS lookup in: unix, networking
19	backtrace_symbols() and -rdynamic in gcc in: programming, mac, gcc
18	How to think in: productivity, psychology
15	Objective-C patterns in: objective c, cocoa
13	Valgrind basics in: unix, debugging, programming
13	enabling coredumps in: unix, debugging
13	Windbg reference in: debugging, windbg, win32
January 6	Logging in WinDBG in: debugging, windbg
3	Sumatra 0.8 released in: sumatra
2007
July 29	Sumatra PDF 0.7 released in: sumatra
29	Merge tools showdown
June 24	Sane #include hierarchy for C and C++ in: programming, c, c++
April 29	SumatraPDF 0.6 released in: sumatra
29	A debugging story in: debugging, windbg
13	Few things I’ve learned when writing Sumatra PDF in: sumatra
11	2 great books and one not so great
March 4	SumatraPDF 0.5 released in: sumatra
February 19	SumatraPDF 0.4 released in: sumatra
15	memset() considered harmful in: programming
2006
November 26	Sumatra PDF 0.3 released in: sumatra
22	Talk on designing good APIs in: programming
September 21	Navigating source code in large programs
6	Gdb basics in: gdb, unix, programming
2	On how I improved Sumatra performance by ~60% in: sumatra, optimization, programming, profiling
August 22	Deeply nested if statements
20	What I love about Google open-source project hosting
17	A simple captcha scheme
16	Paradox of bad comments
15	Order of #include headers in C/C++ in: programming, c++
14	Performance optimization story in: programming, optimization
7	The missing msvcr80.dll story in: programming, msvc
6	php_mysql.dll not loading in PHP 5.1.4 and Apache 2.2
6	Sumatra PDF 0.2 released in: sumatra
June 6	Short tutorial on svn propset for svn:externals property in: svn
3	Sumatra PDF is born in: sumatra
April 10	Python id3 library in: python
March 17	Designing web forums software
11	Document your software
11	Digg and the craft of catchy headlines
2	What makes a CD bootable
February 11	C portability notes in: c, programming
January 29	Embedding binary resources on Windows in: win32, c, programming
25	Make C code safe for C++ in: c, c++, programming
14	Basics of mysql in: sql, mysql
13	Compile-time asserts in C in: c, programming
13	Basics of writing DOS .bat batch files in: reference
13	Debugging adventure in: programming
6	Get file size under windows in: win32, c, programming
2	Subversion basics
1	Check if file exists on Windows in: win32, c, programming
2005
December 31	Getting user-specific application data directory for .NET WinForms apps in: .net, c#, win32, winforms
31	High-resolution timer for timing code fragments in: win32, c, programming
30	Pickling (serialization) in Python in: python
30	Accurate timers on Windows in: win32, programming
30	Local DNS modifications on Windows (/etc/hosts equivalent) in: windows
27	Another lesson in entrepreneurship in: business
27	Serialization in C# in: c#, .net
October 27	A book to read, talks to listen to
26	Code-name Monad and the value of different perspective
25	Petzold on Visual Studio and mind corruption
24	Unsolved source control problems
24	Rich client is here
16	Interesting Dave Winer interview
12	Open-source and windows
July 29	Longhorn/Vista fonts
25	VirtualEarth vs. Google Maps - not hitting the high note
10	Deep indentation vs. flat
May 9	musikCube - nice mp3 player
5	Backpack observations
4	How to delete a file you get from urllib.urlretrieve() in: python
February 9	Subversion with SSH on Windows tip
January 2	Google saga - episode 205
2	Google - what kind of a giant they are?
2004
December 31	Google - comments on comments
30	Bad Google - the fallout
30	2005 prediction - the rise of anonymous p2p
30	Counterpost to a counterpost
29	Google - we take it all, give nothing back
26	GPL 3 - anti-patent virus?
25	Google - ultimate hypocrite
13	Recovering data from formatted drives
October 22	University of Washington on-line videos
8	Alan Cox on writing better software
2	scdiff 0.3 released
August 31	DocSynch - multi-editor plugin for collaborative text editing
30	A collaborative text editor for Windows
July 22	Don’t use 0 instead of NULL
14	Review of “Hot text - web writing that works” in: book, review
June 30	Microsoft leading the way with open bug database
13	wTail release
12	Productivity tips in: productivity
10	A tip from “Getting things done”
4	.NET Framework bootstrapper in: .net
3	scdiff - show diffs of local changes in CVS or Subversion repository in a GUI
2	Blogs should always provide “previous posts” button
2	Patterns in interaction design (web and gui design pattern) in: ui design
2	Web writing that works in: writing
2003
December 18	Myths Open Source Developers Tell Ourselves
7	Making money with shareware software in: business
5	The story of Photoshop
2	Royalties in game business in: business
November 14	Skype as an example of changing nature of social interactions in: software
12	Watch TV on the internet
11	How to make money developing Mac apps in: business
October 20	Marketing and shareware articles in: business
13	A shameless rip-off, or what did you expect?
September 10	Critical reading skills
7	Not as happy as you thought you will be
August 27	Shirky on Wikis in: quote
20	Popular fallacies
15	Better selling through a web-site in: business
July 24	Lucene for searching source code
16	Usability Heuristics for Rich Internet Applications
15	Memex - “sue me please” device
14	As we may think
9	How much can you make writing computer books
3	O’Reilly on software
June 30	Programmers don’t steal enough
27	Software can always be better
25	Good software, bad buying experience
24	Why consistency is important in software design
23	My future is so bright that I’ll need to wear sunglasses
12	Writing to sell in: business, writing
11	On difference between amateur and professional shareware in: business
4	Given enough eyeballs make all bugs shallow
May 31	Is software industry a place to be - Greenspun perspective
10	Carmack on creativity in: quotes
5	Perl to Python compiler in: python
April 26	Do you read the old papers?
21	Are Microsoft products any good?
2	Abut Face - second edition in: book
1	Disabling WFP (Windows File Protection)
March 31	Asking the right question about language design
23	Don’t change URIs
22	Outsourcing
14	An old ad for a job at Microsoft
2	Remote desktop - from Windows to Mac OS X
February 16	Seth Godin on Purple Cows in: business, marketing
16	Creative commons presentation
9	Python idioms in: python
January 31	SICP lectures available on-line in: programming
31	Old ArsDigita content
19	Source Insight 3.5
17	Successful telecommuting
12	Publicity 101
9	Lying with a straight face
5	Catch me if you can in: book
4	Your life
2002
December 19	The ghost of ArsDigita
18	Selling Microsoft in: book
17	High Tech start up
16	The power of endorsement
14	Blown to bits in: book
November 17	Good programming practices
11	LL1 Videos
9	LL2 webcast
6	How to refuse features
5	How to sell software
October 27	Open-source lesson from a stripper
19	Joel, man of his word
12	Profitable open-source business in: business
9	Slate knows why Amiga failed
6	High-level languages not so great in: programming
5	Platform Leadership
September 27	Show me the code in: quote
17	Those are the good times
17	You’ll have a job
16	Great business without innovation
15	Three-way merge
12	High tech martyr in: quote
11	A lesson in marketing needed in: marketing, business, rant
9	You won’t make money blogging
8	The history of bookfinder
4	The stupidest thing a software company can do
4	Interview with MicroStrategy CEO
2	Blog your resume
2	Quote from “Net Words” in: quote, marketing
2	WinAmp 3 and software business lessons in: business
August 27	The future is here, it’s just not evenly distributed
27	Information business as a relationship
23	Daemon tools for mounting iso images in: software
21	On writing well in: writing
11	The value of programming
11	How to be a leader in your field
4	Stuff costs more than you think
4	Life of Hellen Keller
3	C Interfaces and Implementations in: book, programming
1	Wozniak’s speech
July 26	Principle of good design: discoverability in: ui design
23	Open Source is Philanthropy in: quote, business
19	Bugs and eyeballs in: quote, programming
17	You and your research
17	Laws of marketing #22 (resources)
16	Laws of marketing #21 (acceleration)
16	Laws of marketing #20 (hype)
14	Laws of marketing #19 (failure)
14	Laws of marketing #18 (success)
13	Laws of marketing #17 (unpredictability)
13	Laws of marketing #16 (singularity)
12	Laws of marketing #15 (candor)
12	Fine interview with Marcelo Tosatti
12	Laws of marketing #14 (attributes)
11	Laws of marketing #13 (sacrifice)
11	Laws of marketing #12 (line extension)
11	Laws of marketing #11 (perspective)
10	Laws of marketing #10 (division)
10	Laws of marketing #9 (opposite)
7	Laws of marketing #8 (duality)
7	Laws of marketing #7 (ladder)
7	Laws of marketing #6 (exclusivity)
6	Laws of marketing #5 (focus)
6	Laws of marketing #4 (perception)
5	Laws of marketing #3 (mind)
4	Laws of marketing #2 (category)
2	Laws of marketing #1 (leadership)
1	Redefining Professionalism for Software Engineers
June 21	SMART Goals in: productivity
16	On “The 22 Immutable Laws Of Marketing” in: book