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Things end users care about but programmers don’t | Instadeq Blog

https://instadeq.com/blog/posts/things-end-users-care-about-but-programmers-dont/
(And we agree with them, but our tools make it really hard to provide)

Colors

Themes

Integrations

UX

Compatibility

Operations

Challenging projects every programmer should try

http://web.eecs.utk.edu/~azh/blog/challengingprojects.html

Whenever you want to learn a new programming language or framework, you could start with one of these:

  • Text editor
  • 2D game – Space Invaders
  • Compiler – Tiny BASIC
  • Mini operating system
  • Spreadsheet (hard!)
  • Video game console emulator (hard!)

Some more project ideas:

  • Database from scratch
  • Ray tracer
  • MS Paint clone
  • Vector graphics editor
  • Image decoder
  • Chatroom web app
  • Digits of pi calculator
  • Common terminal utilities (e.g., grep)
  • FTP client and server

10 Comments

  1. Tomi Engdahl says:

    The joy of building a ray tracer, for fun, in Rust.
    https://blog.singleton.io/posts/2022-01-02-raytracing-with-rust/

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  2. Tomi Engdahl says:

    https://tdd.mooc.fi/?fbclid=IwAR21jc8wuQDsxYhOnLdKMJuXb1z9p7Kf4bEOsVNRr3EdiFh_5cktoza-_3Y

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  3. Tomi Engdahl says:

    Falsehoods programmers believe about time
    https://infiniteundo.com/post/25326999628/falsehoods-programmers-believe-about-time

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  4. Tomi Engdahl says:

    Making big data work for commodities
    From automation to AI, and coding with Python to democratised datasets, commodity trading is undergoing a digital transformation.
    https://www.wired.co.uk/bc/article/refinitiv-data-future-of-commodities

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  5. Tomi Engdahl says:

    Relational VS. Non-Relational Databases. When Should You Use Them?
    https://snapstack.cz/relational-vs-non-relational-databases-when-should-you-use-them/

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  6. Tomi Engdahl says:

    https://hackaday.com/2022/01/12/arduino-ide-creates-bootable-x86-floppy-disks/

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  7. Tomi Engdahl says:

    https://www.jotform.com/blog/the-no-code-movement-helps-you-seize-valuable-learning-opportunities/

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  8. Tomi Engdahl says:

    https://www.taiste.fi/post/2021-in-retrospect-towards-a-more-serious-digital-age?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=promotedpost&utm_campaign=website&utm_content=2021recap&fbclid=IwAR3dpQxBhcJGgKJpN5wN-wxXfRZo3ipCF1iUw-DtRlqdeH-B6rQUNa5cyxI

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  9. Tomi Engdahl says:

    https://www.theonion.com/things-you-should-never-do-on-your-work-computer-1847783732

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  10. Tomi Engdahl says:

    https://www.zdnet.com/article/open-invention-network-expands-linux-patent-protection/

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