I’ve decided recently to give it a shot and try to do some programming in Rust. I remember those days when I used to code in C/C++ (and even on devices with 48Kb RAM), so it was a bit indeed nostalgic for me as well. …

Catamorphism (e.g. ‘fold’) is a great concept in purely functional programming. It is a common case when you want to “fold” the whole structure into another with the initial value. However, sometimes it might be confusing even in simple cases. Let’s say you want to sum your list of int…

Let me be clear from the beginning: Concurrent locks generally are naughty and bad, and you should avoid them at all costs. However, sometimes you just can’t. …

I have the simplest tastes. I am always satisfied with the best. — Oscar Wilde API design is a vital topic for software developers and architects. Creating software as a software engineer, even to use it internally and personally, you are also creating an API as well, at least implicitly. …

It should be a piece of cake for many software developers, but it always surprises me how often date/time issues and misunderstandings how to handle them in computer software occur. So, what are the common issues? Forgetting about the Physics of Time It’s kind of obvious, but still, you have to keep in your mind that: …