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Play the Busy Beaver Game through a simulator

A simulator written in C helps solve one of the most complex games in mathematics.

Use this Python script to encode binary in Base94

A reversible encoding of binary data to text with an alphabet between 2 and 94 symbols.

Compute like it's 1989

For many of us, when we look around at the state of computing in 2016, we nod and think, "Yes, today is what I expected when I thought about what The Future would be like."…

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Why everyone is talking about WebAssembly

Learn more about the newest way to run any code in a web browser.

Which programming languages should you learn?

Learning a new programming language is a great way to get ahead in your career. But which one?

How to port an awk script to Python

Porting an awk script to Python is more about code style than transliteration.

Introduction to Homebrew: the painless way to install anything on a Mac

The Homebrew package manager makes it easy to install and update applications and utilities on a Mac.

Should a programming course be mandatory for high school students?

Is programming key to digital literacy, or are there more important skills we need to instilling in tomorrow's leaders?

Level up command-line playgrounds with WebAssembly

WebAssembly is a powerful tool for bringing command line utilities to the web and giving people the chance to tinker with tools.

A beginners guide to Docker

It doesn't matter whether it is pianos or teddy bears, containers provide consistency that manufacturers and transporters can rely on. Just as shipping containers have…

Bash guide, Linux terminal tricks, DevOps mistakes, Python, awk, NASA, and more

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You don't need a computer science degree to work with open source software

Open source makes software knowledge accessible to anyone, so formal training isn't the only path to a technology career.