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Paul Ford: What is Code? | Bloomberg

Paul Ford lays out a thoughtful article/interactive experience trying to explain to the layperson, “what is code?”. It also delves a little into management of software development via a fictional (I hope) project. It’s long, but I encourage folks to set aside some time and go through it, whether or not you know anything about computer programming. It’s fun!

Paul Ford: What is Code? | Bloomberg

Writing a Non-blocking JavaScript Quicksort - Jimmy Breck-McKye

Implementing a non-blocking quicksort in JavaScript to avoid sorts that run too long, freezing the browser (particularly in IE8). Also: browser timer resolution is only 4ms (or more)? That’s *forever* in CPU time!

Writing a Non-blocking JavaScript Quicksort – Jimmy Breck-McKye

Bourbon Neat

“Neat is a semantic grid framework built on top of Sass and Bourbon. It is simple enough to get you up and running in minutes, and powerful enough to handle any responsive layout you can dream of.”

Bourbon Neat

Bourbon - A Lightweight Sass Tool Set

A library of sass mixins to simplify CSS.

Bourbon – A Lightweight Sass Tool Set

Developers are familiar with the project triangle adage, “Fast, Cheap, Good: Pick any two.”

Of course, the converse from the client side often seems to be, “Budget, Time, Sanity: Pick one. Maybe.”

We have a problem with promises

I have a loose grasp on Promises in JavaScript — I can use them for many simple use-cases. I need to spend some time reading this article over and over, and using them more in real-world code until I grok them.

We have a problem with promises