Armin Ronacher's Thoughts and Writings
Oct 18, 2012

Such a Little Thing: The Semicolon in Rust

Look at a tiny syntax detail that shows up in current versions of rust that has profound implications on how the language deals with almost everything being an expression.

Sep 24, 2012

Websockets 101

Quick introduction into the final specification of websockets (RFC 6455).

Aug 27, 2012

Open Source Financing

A short writeup about finances for Open Source projects and ideas for how to improve it.

Aug 27, 2012

About the Lack of Updates

A quick update on the lack of updates from my side.

Aug 11, 2012

Codec Confusion in Python

A recap of a sad example of where the wrong conclusion was drawn.

Aug 5, 2012

Stateless and Proud in the Realtime World

Why the real time web does not require changes on your web framework and why those changes are actually not at all what you want.

Jun 26, 2012

ZeroMQ: Disconnects are Good for You

The hidden disconnects of ZeroMQ can be dangerous if you don't write your application to work around them.

Jun 22, 2012

Python Packaging: Hate, hate, hate everywhere

A sad example of how easy it is to dismiss certain design principles because it does not seem relevant at the time.

Feb 11, 2012

Appreciating Design

A few thoughts about how design on different levels and how users respond to it.

Dec 22, 2011

The Problem with Implicit Scoping in CoffeeScript

A longer explanation of why I think that the CoffeeScript scoping is problematic and should be changed.