Solving a triangle the size of Argentina
The numbers in today’s date—11, 28, and 23—make up the sides of a triangle. This doesn’t always happen; the two smaller numbers have to add up to more than the larger number. We’ll look at triangles with sides 11, 23, and 28 in the plane, on a sphere, and on
Read moreCan GenAI 10X developer productivity?
Anand Das, cofounder and CTO of Bito AI, joins Ben and Ryan for a conversation about the intersection of developer productivity and GenAI.
Read moreChris’ Corner: Good & Useful Ideas
I was ogling the idea of Exit Animations recently, that is, a recent proposal for (something like) @exit-style which could allow us to animate elements as we remove them from the DOM. That is largely just a proposal at the moment, with many challenges ahead. But there is new tech
Read moreAre remote workers more productive? That’s the wrong question.
Plenty of workers prefer flexibility, regardless of what the research says.
Read moreUnix linguistics
If you knew that you wanted to learn 10 spoken languages, it would probably be helpful to take a course in linguistics first. Or maybe to have a linguistics course after learning your first or second language. And if the languages are related, it would help to know something about
Read moreHow to use the File System in Node.js
Learn the basics of the Node.js file system module, which provides an API for writing files to the macOS, Windows and Linux file systems. Continue reading How to use the File System in Node.js on SitePoint.
Read moreNumerical integral with a singularity
Richard Hamming [1] gives this nice example of an integral with a mild singularity: The integrand approaches −∞ as x approaches 0 and yet the integral is finite. If we try into numerically evaluate this integral, we will either get inaccurate results or we will have to go to a
Read moreRadius of a stretched spring
When you stretch a coiled spring, the radius decreases slightly, so slightly that you can’t see the difference unless you stretch the spring so much that you damage it. The math is essentially the same as in the previous post about wrapping Christmas lights around a tree trunk. If you
Read moreWrapping Christmas lights around a tree trunk
Suppose you want to wrap Christmas lights around a tree trunk that we can approximate by a cylinder of radius r. You want to wrap lights around the tree in a helix, going up a distance h every time you go around the tree once. What length of lights do
Read moreLaravel vs CodeIgniter: A Comprehensive Comparison
In this comprehensive comparison, explore the key differences and similarities between Laravel and CodeIgniter, two popular PHP frameworks. Continue reading Laravel vs CodeIgniter: A Comprehensive Comparison on SitePoint.
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