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I didn't know you could mix and match (comic)
Posted 14 years ago
Finding the top K items in a list efficiently
Do you use sort() to find the top results? Here's a simple trick that will make your software run much faster.
Succinct Data Structures: Cramming 80,000 words into a Javascript file.
jQuery creator John Resig needs a little help storing lists of words in his side project. Let's go overkill and explore a little known branch of computer science called Succinct Data Structures.
Optimizing Ubuntu to run from a USB key or SD card
Fortunately, by following the tips below, you can make your USB or SD card based linux system fly!
Why don't web browsers do this?
Why don't web pages start as fast as this computer from 1984?
Why Perforce is more scalable than Git
Branching on Perforce is kind of like performing open heart surgery. But here's why git can't hope to compete with it.
Email Etiquette
If you begin your emails with "Hi, <name>!" then they will seem less rude.
Drawing Graphs with Physics
To my surprise, I found that there is a very simple way to arrange graphs that can be expressed in only a few lines of code, using force-directed placement...