What can you build with an integer? by Martin L. Buchanan In praise of the lowly integer, this article shows how to make code faster and smaller by using simple counting numbers instead of floating-point math, strings, or arrays. These techniques should serve as a guide for every programmer.
How to manage software development for startups by Osborne Hardison Even if you're not involved in a startup, these best practices for running a small organization on a tight budget may help you critique your own organization. How to hold meetings, what tools to buy, and what to skip—it's all here straight from one who's learned the hard lessons.
A Feynman approach to debugging by Lisa Simone As a child, Richard Feynman could fix radios by thinking. You can take the same approach to debugging embedded systems.
Murphy's Law The programmer as wordsmith by Niall Murphy The text our applications display to the user has a huge effect on usability and so deserves your close scrutiny during development.
Break Points When disaster strikes by Jack G. Ganssle Failure may not be an option, but when it happens it's important to learn from it.
#include Aim high by Jim Turley The inspiring story of Apollo 13 makes even the most successful of engineers exclaim “we're not worthy.” Jim recently encountered his childhood hero Gene Krantz.
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