Blog Page #3

Here you'll find everything I've written for this site, all in one place, from newest to oldest. Some posts are deep dives, while others are just quick notes and fixes I wanted to remember. Feel free to dig in, and I hope you find something useful or interesting.

January 15, 2016
- Multiple lines string in C
  
  A quick C tip I learned for cleaner code. Adjacent string literals are automatically joined by the compiler, which is great for multi-line text.
January 14, 2016
- Exit Status In POSIX-compliant Systems
  
  Thinking about how I handle exit statuses in C. On POSIX systems, 0 is success and 1 is failure, so I just use the numbers directly.
December 18, 2015
- Casting Allocation In C
  
  I always used to cast the result of malloc in C. After digging in, I realized it's not just unneeded, but it can hide serious bugs. Now I do it differently.
December 15, 2015
- My indent(1) Profile
  
  To keep my C code style consistent, I rely on indent(1). This post just contains a link to my personal configuration profile for the tool.
December 14, 2015
- The Rules of Buffer In C
  
  C's strcpy and strcat are risky. Here's my cheat sheet for using their 'n' versions safely to prevent buffer overflows and corrupting memory.
April 26, 2015
- A definitions of Machine Learning
  
  I was trying to get a clear definition of Machine Learning. This post covers the two that stuck with me, Arthur Samuel's and Tom Mitchell's model.
April 24, 2015
- An AI-powered curator
  
  My initial notes on an AI-powered curator to automate newsletters. It's a look at the early concept, the planned phases, and the first technical challenge.
August 31, 2014
- Master Procrastination
  
  A post from when my procrastination was at its worst. I was even writing a new Go package just to avoid a more important project. This was my decision to fix it.
February 11, 2014
- Validation Helper
  
  Kept getting a "must be accepted" error in Rails. Here's my quick fix for using the acceptance validator when you have an actual boolean DB column.
February 1, 2014
- Weekend wrap-up
  
  Lesson learned from stuff that i read or watch in this weekend
January 31, 2014
- decoding old software
  
  I'm digging into 'Rametook', an old Ruby project from 2007. My goal is to decode its source to learn how it sends SMS messages over a serial port.
January 26, 2014
- My first angular app
  
  I built an age-in-weeks calculator for my first AngularJS project. This is the story of how shipping a messy version led to community feedback and new features.
January 25, 2014
- Weekend wrap-up
  
  Lesson learned from stuff that i read or watch in this weekend
January 18, 2014
- Weekend wrap-up
  
  Lesson learned from stuff that i read or watch in this weekend
January 15, 2014
- Target on my first long holiday
  
  in this 2 month, free time, what's mission i must accomplish? what's stuff should i create? whats's project should i finish before epic moment gone?
January 13, 2014
- Dream (2014)
  
  if you want people know about who you are, at least you must have a blog and tell the world what you have done, what you have archived and what you have invented. social network is your best engine to share your blog post.