Rust
I must admit, the first few times I saw some Rust code I thought it was too complex, that the learning curve, versus the rewards it claimed, was too high. I thought it would never pick up and become a popular programming language.
Marc-André Cournoyer
Code, lifting & loops
Latest posts
Strength Training
So you’re sitting at a computer all day packing on the pounds? Thinking about signing up to the gym to keep in shape? But hey! Most of us have been there. Sign-up for a few months and give up after a few weeks right? I’ve been there many times. But for the last two years and a half I did manage to keep in good shape by going to the gym. So I would like to share with you what worked for me.
Rebuilding Node’s Event Loop
I am a big believer in mastering your tools to become a better developer. And the best way to master your tools is to understand how they are made.
Good coders copy, great coders steal
Good artists copy, great artists steal. - Pablo Picasso
Two Years Ago and A Quarter Million Dollar Later
Two years ago, I left my job with a very ambitious goal: never work for anyone else but me. This included contract work.
My experience with intermittent fasting
I’m surely not the first programmer to mention the side effects of being in front of a computer all day. Right after getting a job, I started packing on pounds and my health kept degrading.
How Your Code Is Executed
I remember as a kid I was so excited when something broke in the house, a phone, the TV or the Nintendo. That meant I got to open the thing and look at how it worked. Of course I had to nag my parents for it and they sometimes questioned if I was the one who broke it in the first place simply to crack it open. Maybe once… but not more, I swear!
Three ways to stimulate your creativity
Is there something more depression than having zero creativity? You know you want to create something but don’t know what. Or perhaps you have a problem, but can’t find the proper solution. Sometimes your brain is just not in full power. You see all those people on the internets creating amazing things. Why can’t you create stuff like that?
Free Time
One question I get all the time when I release something is: how do you find the time? Although this is false, you don’t find free time, you make it. Because as soon as your time becomes free you fill it with an activity: playing, reading, sleeping, thinking. This is Parkinson’s Law your daily activities expand to fill the time available.
Why Geeks Don’t Believe in Copywriting
Copywriting is the art/science of selling with words. Most geeks do not believe in copywriting. Long copy can’t sell, right? Who reads a single sentence in Apple’s copy? All you need is a fancy product name and an incredible list of features, right?