Every thing is a file - except when it is mapped to memory and when the file in the first place is a memory pseudo file. Confused? It really is simple once you read this extract is from my  book on using C in an IoT context.

How do you best solve a problem is the same question as how do you best write a program. The answer in most cases is top down. This is an extract from my book Trick of the Mind which explores what it is to be a programmer.

Although the rate of decline has decreased, Firefox has continued to experience a fall in its number of users during 2023 and is now in imminent danger of another nail in its coffin.  UPDATE: CEO Mitchell Baker's total compensation package for 2022 was almost $7 million dollars, up by 23% on the previous year.

Google has announced the preview version of KSP2, the next version of the Kotlin Symbol Processing tool which is a good way to meta program.

Cave Engine is a simple 3D desktop Game Engine scriptable in Python, therefore offering the perfect opportunity for getting into game development during the Christmas holiday season!

Today we celebrate the birth of Charles Babbage, the man who invented calculating machines that, although they were never realized in his lifetime, are rightly seen as the forerunners of modern programmable computers.

'Tis that time of year when it is OK to use the word 'tis. Programmers are a funny lot, keen and eager to program, but they too are forced to stand away from the keyboard and stop coding. Why exactly? Well there are festive treats to open and consume and Xmas is a CS problem in its own right.

It's getting to feel a lot like Xmas. Well it;s that time of year again and we have the 2023 Knuth Christmas Lecture. Can you remember when it was the Christmas Tree lecture? Well this year it's dancing cells a close relative of dancing links.

This year the GCHQ Christmas Challenge has been designed for schools and colleges. However, GCHQ is encouraging the wider public to take on the challenge, which it claims is the toughest yet, and both the Challenge and its solution is available.

Forbes Asia has reported that Chinese Telecoms company Huawei has organized an event at which hundreds of technical experts from China's larges companies received training to become developers on Huawei HarmonyOS Next.

Microsoft has released improved extensions for Python and Jupyter for Visual Studio Code. The improvements include configurable debugging options and the ability to show the type hierarchy with Pylance.

Top Book 2023
Author: Charles Petzold
Publisher: Microsoft Press
Date: August 2022
Pages: 480
ISBN: 978-0137909100
Rating: 5
Reviewer: Mike James
Code! We all need to know about it.

In this book, subtitled "A testing guide for the 2020s", Matthew Heusser and Michael Larsen cover a wide range of topics in the field of software testing, providing practical insights and strategies for professionals at every level. With equal emphasis on theoretical knowledge and practical application, this book is a valuable resource for programmers, testers, and anyone involved in software development.

The book is a graphic novella written by two self-realized nobots who aim to help nearly seven billion fellow biological nobots (also known as humans) realize their true nature. The nobots argue that this is the first time two self-realized nobots have written a book together, and that their perspective can help bridge the gap between nobots and humans.