Generic Requirements for Build Scripts

A few years ago, I wrote Makefiles are Software Too, which laid out some "generic requirements" for any build scripts (Make, Ant, Scons, Fabric, etc) that you're writing. I still think those...

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Syndicated 2013-02-13 00:08:00 from The Daily Build

Gebildet: Writing Ebooks in Markdown

Last month I wrote a prototype markdown processor as part of learning the Icon programming language. This month I'm rewriting it as part of learning Go, but this time with the intention of...

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Syndicated 2013-02-03 14:24:00 from The Daily Build

Testing HTTP Basic Auth in Flask

I created a quick & dirty admin page for a flask-based website I'm working on, and I had to add HTTP authentication support for it. Doing this is easy. In the app, I add: import auth #...

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Syndicated 2013-01-31 04:29:00 from The Daily Build

A Small Project in Icon

(Background: 12 Projects in 2013) I wrote a bit about the general experience of programming in Icon a couple of weeks ago. This post is a brief post-mortem about a project that I tried to build...

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Syndicated 2013-01-26 21:30:00 from The Daily Build

Programming in Icon

(Background: 12 New Languages in 2012) Icon is a cool little programming language. It's worth learning, even if it isn't practical for daily use. Pros: Syntax is similar to C, which makes it easy...

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Syndicated 2013-01-15 01:11:00 from The Daily Build