diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index 35f788e..9f15fd9 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -54,54 +54,53 @@ extensive edge-cases provided by real-world usage. - [Falsehoods Programmers Believe](https://spaceninja.com/2015/12/07/falsehoods-programmers-believe/) - A brief list of common falsehoods. A great overview and quick introduction into the world of falsehoods. -- [Falsehoods About Programming](https://chiselapp.com/user/ttmrichter/repository/gng/doc/trunk/output/falsehoods.html) - -A humbling and fun list on programming and programmers themselves. -- [Falsehoods About Falsehoods Lists](https://kevin.deldycke.com/2016/12/falsehoods-programmers-believe-about-falsehoods-lists/) - -Meta commentary on how these falsehoods shouldn't be handled. +- [Falsehoods About Programming](https://chiselapp.com/user/ttmrichter/repository/gng/doc/trunk/output/falsehoods.html) - A +humbling and fun list on programming and programmers themselves. +- [Falsehoods About Falsehoods Lists](https://kevin.deldycke.com/2016/12/falsehoods-programmers-believe-about-falsehoods-lists/) - Meta +commentary on how these falsehoods shouldn't be handled. ## Arts -- [Falsehoods About -Music](https://literateprogrammer.blogspot.fr/2016/07/falsehoods-programmers-believe-about.html) - -False assumption that might be made in codifying music. -- [Falsehoods About Art](http://artsy.github.io/blog/2018/04/18/programmer-misconceptions-about-art/) – -Common misconceptions about art. +- [Falsehoods About Music](https://literateprogrammer.blogspot.fr/2016/07/falsehoods-programmers-believe-about.html) - False +assumption that might be made in codifying music. +- [Falsehoods About Art](http://artsy.github.io/blog/2018/04/18/programmer-misconceptions-about-art/) – Common +misconceptions about art. ## Business -- [Falsehoods About Online Shopping](http://wiesmann.codiferes.net/wordpress/?p=22201) - Covers prices, -currencies and inventory. -- [Falsehoods About Prices](https://gist.github.com/rgs/6509585) - Covers currencies, amounts and -localization. -- [Falsehoods About IBANs](https://github.com/globalcitizen/php-iban/blob/master/docs/FALSEHOODS.md) - -International Bank Account Numbers are not immune to mistakes. -- [Falsehoods About Economics](http://exple.tive.org/blarg/2016/09/22/falsehoods-programmers-believe-about-economics/) - -Economics are not simple or rational. -- [Falsehoods About Cars](https://github.com/driveto/falsehoods-about-cars) - -Even something as common as defining a car is full of pitfalls. -- [CLDR currency definitions](http://unicode.org/cldr/trac/browser/tags/release-31/common/supplemental/supplementalData.xml#L81) - -Currency validity date ranges overlap due to revolts, invasions, new -constitutions, and slow planned adoption. +- [Falsehoods About Online Shopping](http://wiesmann.codiferes.net/wordpress/?p=22201) - Covers +prices, currencies and inventory. +- [Falsehoods About Prices](https://gist.github.com/rgs/6509585) - Covers +currencies, amounts and localization. +- [Falsehoods About IBANs](https://github.com/globalcitizen/php-iban/blob/master/docs/FALSEHOODS.md) - International +Bank Account Numbers are not immune to mistakes. +- [Falsehoods About Economics](http://exple.tive.org/blarg/2016/09/22/falsehoods-programmers-believe-about-economics/) - Economics +are not simple or rational. +- [Falsehoods About Cars](https://github.com/driveto/falsehoods-about-cars) - Even +something as common as defining a car is full of pitfalls. +- [CLDR currency definitions](http://unicode.org/cldr/trac/browser/tags/release-31/common/supplemental/supplementalData.xml#L81) - Currency +validity date ranges overlap due to revolts, invasions, new constitutions, and +slow planned adoption. - [`tax`](https://github.com/commerceguys/tax) - A PHP 5.4+ tax management library. ## Dates and Time -- [Falsehoods About Time](http://infiniteundo.com/post/25326999628/falsehoods-programmers-believe-about-time) - -Seminal article on dates and time. -- [More Falsehoods About Time](http://infiniteundo.com/post/25509354022/more-falsehoods-programmers-believe-about-time) - -Part. 2 of the article above. -- [Falsehoods About Time and Time Zones](https://www.creativedeletion.com/2015/01/28/falsehoods-programmers-date-time-zones.html) - -Another takes on time-related falsehoods, with an emphasis on time zones. -- [Critique of Falsehoods About Time](https://gist.github.com/thanatos/eee17100476a336a711e) - Takes on the -first article above and provides an explanation of each falsehood, with more -context and external resources. -- [Your Calendrical Fallacy Is Thinking…](http://yourcalendricalfallacyis.com) - -List covering intercalation and cultural influence, made by a community of iOS -and macOS developers. +- [Falsehoods About Time](http://infiniteundo.com/post/25326999628/falsehoods-programmers-believe-about-time) - Seminal +article on dates and time. +- [More Falsehoods About Time](http://infiniteundo.com/post/25509354022/more-falsehoods-programmers-believe-about-time) - Part. +2 of the article above. +- [Falsehoods About Time and Time Zones](https://www.creativedeletion.com/2015/01/28/falsehoods-programmers-date-time-zones.html) - Another +takes on time-related falsehoods, with an emphasis on time zones. +- [Critique of Falsehoods About Time](https://gist.github.com/thanatos/eee17100476a336a711e) - Takes +on the first article above and provides an explanation of each falsehood, with +more context and external resources. +- [Your Calendrical Fallacy Is Thinking…](http://yourcalendricalfallacyis.com) - List +covering intercalation and cultural influence, made by a community of iOS and +macOS developers. - [Time Zone Database](https://www.iana.org/time-zones) - Code and data that represent the history of local time for many representative locations around the globe. @@ -112,114 +111,122 @@ not work. This article tells you why. - [So You Want to Abolish Time Zones](https://qntm.org/abolish) – Abolishing timezones may sound like a good idea, but there are quite a few complications that make it not quite so. -- [The Problem with Time & Timezones](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-5wpm-gesOY) - -A video about why you should never, ever deal with timezones if you can help -it. -- [$26,000 Overcollection by Labor Department](http://digital.vpr.net/post/rounding-error-computer-code-leads-26000-overcollection-labor-department) - -The consequence of wrong calendar accounting. -- [ISO-8601, YYYY, yyyy, and why your year may be wrong](https://ericasadun.com/2018/12/25/iso-8601-yyyy-yyyy-and-why-your-year-may-be-wrong/) - -String formatting of date is hard. -- [UTC is Enough for everyone, right?](https://zachholman.com/talk/utc-is-enough-for-everyone-right) - There are edge cases about dates and time (specifically UTC) that you probably haven't thought of. -- [Storing UTC is not a silver bullet](https://codeblog.jonskeet.uk/2019/03/27/storing-utc-is-not-a-silver-bullet/) - "Just store dates in UTC" is not always the right approach. -- [Falsehoods about Unix Time](https://alexwlchan.net/2019/05/falsehoods-programmers-believe-about-unix-time/) - Mind the leap second! -- [Why is subtracting these two times (in 1927) giving a strange result?](https://stackoverflow.com/a/6841479/57311) - Infamous StackOverflow answer about both complicated historical timezones, and how historical dates can be re-interpreted by newer versions of software. +- [The Problem with Time & Timezones](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-5wpm-gesOY) - A +video about why you should never, ever deal with timezones if you can help it. +- [$26,000 Overcollection by Labor Department](http://digital.vpr.net/post/rounding-error-computer-code-leads-26000-overcollection-labor-department) - The +consequence of wrong calendar accounting. +- [ISO-8601, YYYY, yyyy, and why your year may be wrong](https://ericasadun.com/2018/12/25/iso-8601-yyyy-yyyy-and-why-your-year-may-be-wrong/) - String +formatting of date is hard. +- [UTC is Enough for everyone, right?](https://zachholman.com/talk/utc-is-enough-for-everyone-right) - There +are edge cases about dates and time (specifically UTC) that you probably +haven't thought of. +- [Storing UTC is not a silver bullet](https://codeblog.jonskeet.uk/2019/03/27/storing-utc-is-not-a-silver-bullet/) - "Just +store dates in UTC" is not always the right approach. +- [Falsehoods about Unix Time](https://alexwlchan.net/2019/05/falsehoods-programmers-believe-about-unix-time/) - Mind +the leap second! +- [Why is subtracting these two times (in 1927) giving a strange result?](https://stackoverflow.com/a/6841479/57311) - Infamous +Stack Overflow answer about both complicated historical timezones, and how +historical dates can be re-interpreted by newer versions of software. ## Education -- [Falsehoods CS Students (Still) Believe Upon Graduating](https://www.netmeister.org/blog/cs-falsehoods.html) - A list of things (not only) computer science students tend to erroneously and at times surprisingly believe even though they (probably) should know better. +- [Falsehoods CS Students (Still) Believe Upon Graduating](https://www.netmeister.org/blog/cs-falsehoods.html) - A +list of things (not only) computer science students tend to erroneously and at +times surprisingly believe even though they (probably) should know better. ## Emails -- [I Knew How to Validate an Email Address Until I Read the RFC](https://haacked.com/archive/2007/08/21/i-knew-how-to-validate-an-email-address-until-i.aspx/) - -Provides intricate examples that are unsuspected valid email addresses -according the RFC-822. -- [So you think you can validate email addresses (FOSDEM 2018)](https://fosdem.org/2018/schedule/event/email_address_quiz/) - -Presentation of edge-case email addresses and why you should not use regex to parse them. +- [I Knew How to Validate an Email Address Until I Read the RFC](https://haacked.com/archive/2007/08/21/i-knew-how-to-validate-an-email-address-until-i.aspx/) - Provides +intricate examples that are unsuspected valid email addresses according the +RFC-822. +- [So you think you can validate email addresses (FOSDEM 2018)](https://fosdem.org/2018/schedule/event/email_address_quiz/) - Presentation +of edge-case email addresses and why you should not use regex to parse them. ## Geography -- [Falsehoods About Geography](http://wiesmann.codiferes.net/wordpress/?p=15187) - Takes on places, -their names and locations. -- [Falsehoods About Maps](http://www.atlefren.net/post/2014/09/falsehoods-programmers-believe-about-maps/) - -Covers coordinates, projection and GIS. +- [Falsehoods About Geography](http://wiesmann.codiferes.net/wordpress/?p=15187) - Takes +on places, their names and locations. +- [Falsehoods About Maps](http://www.atlefren.net/post/2014/09/falsehoods-programmers-believe-about-maps/) - Covers +coordinates, projection and GIS. ## Human Identity -- [Falsehoods About Names](https://www.kalzumeus.com/2010/06/17/falsehoods-programmers-believe-about-names/) - -The article that started it all. -- [Falsehoods About Names – With Examples](https://shinesolutions.com/2018/01/08/falsehoods-programmers-believe-about-names-with-examples/) - -A revisited version of the article above, this time with detailed explanations. -- Falsehoods About Gender: [#1](https://gist.github.com/garbados/f82604ea639e0e47bf44) & -[#2](https://medium.com/gender-2-0/falsehoods-programmers-believe-about-gender-f9a3512b4c9c) - -Gender is part of human identity and has its own subtleties. -- [Gay Marriage: The Database Engineering Perspective](https://qntm.org/gay) - -How to store a marriage in a database while addressing most of the falsehoods -about gender, naming and relationships. -- [Falsehoods Programmers Believe About Families](https://shkspr.mobi/blog/2017/03/falsehoods-programmers-believe-about-families/) - -You can't really define a family with strict rules. -- [Personal Names Around the World](https://www.w3.org/International/questions/qa-personal-names) - How do -people's names differ around the world, and what are the implications for the -Web? -- [XKCD #327: Exploits of a Mom](https://xkcd.com/327/) - Funny take on how implementation of a falsehood -might lead to security holes. -- [Hello, I’m Mr. Null. My Name Makes Me Invisible to Computers](https://www.wired.com/2015/11/null/) - Real-life example on how -implemented falsehood has negative impact on someone's life. -- [My name causes an issue with any booking!](https://travel.stackexchange.com/questions/149323/my-name-causes-an-issue-with-any-booking-names-end-with-mr-and-mrs) - -Old airline reservation systems considers the `MR` suffix as `Mister` and drops it. -- [HL7 v3 RIM](https://www.hl7.org/implement/standards/product_brief.cfm?product_id=186) - -A flexible data model for representing human names. -- [Apple iOS `NSPersonNameComponentsFormatter`](https://developer.apple.com/library/ios/documentation/Miscellaneous/Reference/NSPersonNameComponentsFormatter_Class/index.html) - -Localized representations of the components of a person’s name. -- [Falsehoods About Me](https://skylarmacdonald.com/falsehoods/) - Issues at the -intersection of names and gender and internationalisation. +- [Falsehoods About Names](https://www.kalzumeus.com/2010/06/17/falsehoods-programmers-believe-about-names/) - The +article that started it all. +- [Falsehoods About Names – With Examples](https://shinesolutions.com/2018/01/08/falsehoods-programmers-believe-about-names-with-examples/) - A +- revisited version of the article above, this time with detailed explanations. +- Falsehoods About Gender: [#1](https://gist.github.com/garbados/f82604ea639e0e47bf44) & [#2](https://medium.com/gender-2-0/falsehoods-programmers-believe-about-gender-f9a3512b4c9c) - Gender +is part of human identity and has its own subtleties. +- [Gay Marriage: The Database Engineering Perspective](https://qntm.org/gay) - How +to store a marriage in a database while addressing most of the falsehoods about +gender, naming and relationships. +- [Falsehoods Programmers Believe About Families](https://shkspr.mobi/blog/2017/03/falsehoods-programmers-believe-about-families/) - You +can't really define a family with strict rules. +- [Personal Names Around the World](https://www.w3.org/International/questions/qa-personal-names) - How +do people's names differ around the world, and what are the implications for +the Web? +- [XKCD #327: Exploits of a Mom](https://xkcd.com/327/) - Funny take on how +implementation of a falsehood might lead to security holes. +- [Hello, I’m Mr. Null. My Name Makes Me Invisible to Computers](https://www.wired.com/2015/11/null/) - Real-life +example on how implemented falsehood has negative impact on someone’s life. +- [My name causes an issue with any booking!](https://travel.stackexchange.com/questions/149323/my-name-causes-an-issue-with-any-booking-names-end-with-mr-and-mrs) - Old +airline reservation systems considers the `MR` suffix as `Mister` and drops it. +- [HL7 v3 RIM](https://www.hl7.org/implement/standards/product_brief.cfm?product_id=186) - A +flexible data model for representing human names. +- [Apple iOS `NSPersonNameComponentsFormatter`](https://developer.apple.com/library/ios/documentation/Miscellaneous/Reference/NSPersonNameComponentsFormatter_Class/index.html) - Localized +representations of the components of a person’s name. +- [Falsehoods About Me](https://skylarmacdonald.com/falsehoods/) - Issues at +the intersection of names and gender and internationalisation. ## Internationalization -- [Falsehoods About Language](http://garbled.benhamill.com/2017/04/18/falsehoods-programmers-believe-about-language) - -Translating a software from English is not as straightforward as it seems to -be. +- [Falsehoods About Language](http://garbled.benhamill.com/2017/04/18/falsehoods-programmers-believe-about-language) - Translating +a software from English is not as straightforward as it seems to be. - [i18n Testing Data](https://github.com/patch/i18n-testing) - Real-word international and diverse name data for unit testing and QA. -- [Internationalis(z)ing Code](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0j74jcxSunY) - -A video about things you need to keep in mind when internationalizing your -code. -- [Minimum to Know About Unicode and Character Sets](https://www.joelonsoftware.com/2003/10/08/the-absolute-minimum-every-software-developer-absolutely-positively-must-know-about-unicode-and-character-sets-no-excuses/) - Character encoding doesn't have to be baffling, but it helps to have a basic set of knowledge -- [Ode to a shipping label](http://i.imgur.com/4J7Il0m.jpg) - Character encoding is hard. +- [Internationalis(z)ing Code](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0j74jcxSunY) - A +video about things you need to keep in mind when internationalizing your code. +- [Minimum to Know About Unicode and Character Sets](https://www.joelonsoftware.com/2003/10/08/the-absolute-minimum-every-software-developer-absolutely-positively-must-know-about-unicode-and-character-sets-no-excuses/) - Character +encoding doesn't have to be baffling, but it helps to have a basic set of knowledge +- [Ode to a shipping label](http://i.imgur.com/4J7Il0m.jpg) - Character +encoding is hard. ## Management -- [Falsehoods About Job Applicants](https://web.archive.org/web/20170114022820/https://medium.com/@creatrixtiara/falsehoods-programmers-believe-about-job-applicants-99280437c616) - -Assumptions about job applicants and their job histories aren’t necessarily -true. +- [Falsehoods About Job Applicants](https://web.archive.org/web/20170114022820/https://medium.com/@creatrixtiara/falsehoods-programmers-believe-about-job-applicants-99280437c616) - Assumptions +about job applicants and their job histories aren’t necessarily true. ## Multimedia -- [Falsehoods About Video](https://haasn.xyz/posts/2016-12-25-falsehoods-programmers-believe-about-%5Bvideo-stuff%5D.html) - -Cover it all: video decoding and playback, files, image scaling, color spaces -and conversion, displays and subtitles. +- [Falsehoods About Video](https://haasn.xyz/posts/2016-12-25-falsehoods-programmers-believe-about-%5Bvideo-stuff%5D.html) - Cover +it all: video decoding and playback, files, image scaling, color spaces and +conversion, displays and subtitles. ## Networks -- [Falsehoods About Networks](http://blog.erratasec.com/2012/06/falsehoods-programmers-believe-about.html) - -Covers TCP, DHCP, DNS, VLANs and IPv4/v6. -- [Fallacies of Distributed Computing](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fallacies_of_distributed_computing) - -Assumptions that programmers new to distributed applications invariably make. -- [There’s more than one way to write an IP address](https://ma.ttias.be/theres-more-than-one-way-to-write-an-ip-address/) - Some parts of the address are optional, mind the decimal and octal notations, and [don't forget IPv6](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=20390981) either. -- [`hostname-validate`](https://github.com/jakeogh/hostname-validate) - An attempt to validate hostnames in Python. +- [Falsehoods About Networks](http://blog.erratasec.com/2012/06/falsehoods-programmers-believe-about.html) - Covers +TCP, DHCP, DNS, VLANs and IPv4/v6. +- [Fallacies of Distributed Computing](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fallacies_of_distributed_computing) - Assumptions +that programmers new to distributed applications invariably make. +- [There’s more than one way to write an IP address](https://ma.ttias.be/theres-more-than-one-way-to-write-an-ip-address/) - Some +parts of the address are optional, mind the decimal and octal notations, +and [don't forget IPv6](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=20390981) either. +- [`hostname-validate`](https://github.com/jakeogh/hostname-validate) - An +attempt to validate hostnames in Python. ## Phone Numbers -- [Falsehoods About Phone Numbers](https://github.com/googlei18n/libphonenumber/blob/master/FALSEHOODS.md) - -Covers phone numbers, their representation and meaning. +- [Falsehoods About Phone Numbers](https://github.com/googlei18n/libphonenumber/blob/master/FALSEHOODS.md) - Covers +phone numbers, their representation and meaning. - [`libphonenumber`](https://github.com/googlei18n/libphonenumber) - Google's common Java, C++ and JavaScript library for parsing, formatting, and validating international phone numbers. Also available for @@ -232,16 +239,16 @@ international phone numbers. Also available for ## Postal Addresses -- [Falsehoods About Addresses](https://www.mjt.me.uk/posts/falsehoods-programmers-believe-about-addresses/) - -Covers streets, postal codes, buildings, cities and countries. -- [Falsehoods About Residence](https://twitter.com/samphippen/status/813896916534784004) - -It's not only about the address itself, but the relationship between a person and its residence. +- [Falsehoods About Addresses](https://www.mjt.me.uk/posts/falsehoods-programmers-believe-about-addresses/) - Covers +streets, postal codes, buildings, cities and countries. +- [Falsehoods About Residence](https://twitter.com/samphippen/status/813896916534784004) - It's +not only about the address itself, but the relationship between a person and its residence. - [Letter Delivered Despite No Name, No Address](https://twitter.com/loriskumo/status/735851511331356672) - Ultimate falsehood about postal addresses: you do not need one. -- [The Bear with Its Own ZIP Code](https://kottke.org/19/08/the-bear-with-its-own-zip-code) - -Smokey Bear has his own ZIP Code (`20252`) because he gets so much mail. -- [Regex and Postal Addresses](https://smartystreets.com/articles/regular-expressions-for-street-addresses) - -Why regular expressions and street addresses do not mix. +- [The Bear with Its Own ZIP Code](https://kottke.org/19/08/the-bear-with-its-own-zip-code) - Smokey +Bear has his own ZIP Code (`20252`) because he gets so much mail. +- [Regex and Postal Addresses](https://smartystreets.com/articles/regular-expressions-for-street-addresses) - Why +regular expressions and street addresses do not mix. - [`libaddressinput`](https://github.com/googlei18n/libaddressinput) - Google's common C++ and Java library for parsing, formatting, and validating international postal addresses. @@ -255,64 +262,71 @@ and format addresses using Google's dataset. ## Science -- [Falsehoods About Systems of Measurement](https://www.stevemoser.org/posts/dev/falsehoods-programmers-believe-about-systems-of-measurement.html) - -On working with systems of measurement and converting between them. +- [Falsehoods About Systems of Measurement](https://www.stevemoser.org/posts/dev/falsehoods-programmers-believe-about-systems-of-measurement.html) - On +working with systems of measurement and converting between them. ## Society -- [Falsehoods About Political Appointments](https://twitter.com/oliver_dw/status/737930439575404544) - -Designing election systems has its own tricks. -- [Falsehoods About Women In Tech](https://gist.github.com/Su-Shee/5d1a417fa9de19c15477) - Myth about women -in STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Math) industries. +- [Falsehoods About Political Appointments](https://twitter.com/oliver_dw/status/737930439575404544) - Designing +election systems has its own tricks. +- [Falsehoods About Women In Tech](https://gist.github.com/Su-Shee/5d1a417fa9de19c15477) - Myth +about women in STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Math) industries. ## Software Engineering -- [Falsehoods About Versions](https://github.com/xenoterracide/falsehoods/blob/master/versions.md) - -Attributing an identity to a software release might be harder than thought. -- [Falsehoods About Build Systems](https://pozorvlak.livejournal.com/174763.html) - Building software is -hard. Building software that builds software is harder. -- [Myths About File Paths](https://yakking.branchable.com/posts/falsehoods-programmers-believe-about-file-paths/) - -Diversity of file-systems and OSes makes file paths a little harder than we -might think of. -- [Falsehoods About REST APIs](http://slinkp.com/falsehoods-programmers-believe-about-apis.html) - -Pitfalls to be mindful of when creating and documenting APIs. -- [Falsehoods About CSVs](https://donatstudios.com/Falsehoods-Programmers-Believe-About-CSVs) - -While RFC4180 to exists, it is far from definitive and goes largely ignored. -- [Falsehoods About Package Managers](https://meta-package-manager.readthedocs.io/en/develop/falsehoods.html) - -Covers package and their managers. -- [Falsehoods About Testing](https://club.ministryoftesting.com/t/falsehoods-testers-believe/1371) - -An attempt to establish a list of falsehoods about testing. +- [Falsehoods About Versions](https://github.com/xenoterracide/falsehoods/blob/master/versions.md) - Attributing +an identity to a software release might be harder than thought. +- [Falsehoods About Build Systems](https://pozorvlak.livejournal.com/174763.html) - Building +software is hard. Building software that builds software is harder. +- [Myths About File Paths](https://yakking.branchable.com/posts/falsehoods-programmers-believe-about-file-paths/) - Diversity +of file-systems and OSes makes file paths a little harder than we might think +of. +- [Falsehoods About REST APIs](http://slinkp.com/falsehoods-programmers-believe-about-apis.html) - Pitfalls +to be mindful of when creating and documenting APIs. +- [Falsehoods About CSVs](https://donatstudios.com/Falsehoods-Programmers-Believe-About-CSVs) - While +RFC4180 to exists, it is far from definitive and goes largely ignored. +- [Falsehoods About Package Managers](https://meta-package-manager.readthedocs.io/en/develop/falsehoods.html) - Covers +package and their managers. +- [Falsehoods About Testing](https://club.ministryoftesting.com/t/falsehoods-testers-believe/1371) - An +attempt to establish a list of falsehoods about testing. - [Big List of Naughty Strings](https://github.com/minimaxir/big-list-of-naughty-strings) - Challenge your assumptions about strings. - [Popular misconceptions about mtime](https://apenwarr.ca/log/20181113) - Part of a post on why file mtime comparison could be considered harmful. -- [Falsehoods About Pagination](https://www.hezmatt.org/~mpalmer/blog/2018/12/12/falsehoods-programmers-believe-about-pagination.html) - -Why your pagination algorithm is giving someone (possibly you) a headache. -- [Rules for Autocomplete](http://jeremymikkola.com/posts/2019_03_19_rules_for_autocomplete.html) - -Not falsehoods *per-se*, but still a great list of good practices to implement autocompletion. +- [Falsehoods About Pagination](https://www.hezmatt.org/~mpalmer/blog/2018/12/12/falsehoods-programmers-believe-about-pagination.html) - Why +your pagination algorithm is giving someone (possibly you) a headache. +- [Rules for Autocomplete](http://jeremymikkola.com/posts/2019_03_19_rules_for_autocomplete.html) - Not +falsehoods *per-se*, but still a great list of good practices to implement +autocompletion. - [9999999999999999.0 - 9999999999999998.0](http://geocar.sdf1.org/numbers.html) - A kind of falsehood on numbers, and floats vs decimals. -- [Falsehoods About Search](https://opensourceconnections.com/blog/2019/05/29/falsehoods-programmers-believe-about-search/) - -Why search (including analysis, tokenization, highlighting) is deceptively -complex. -- [Hi! My name is…](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NIebelIpdYk) - This talk could have been named falsehoods about in usernames (and other identifiers). -- [Myths about /dev/urandom](https://www.2uo.de/myths-about-urandom) - There are a few things about /dev/urandom and /dev/random that are repeated again and again. Still they are false. -- [Myths about CPU Caches](https://software.rajivprab.com/2018/04/29/myths-programmers-believe-about-cpu-caches/) - Misconceptions about caches often lead to false assertions, especially when it comes to concurrency and race conditions. +- [Falsehoods About Search](https://opensourceconnections.com/blog/2019/05/29/falsehoods-programmers-believe-about-search/) - Why +search (including analysis, tokenization, highlighting) is deceptively complex. +- [Hi! My name is…](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NIebelIpdYk) - This talk +could have been named falsehoods about in usernames (and other identifiers). +- [Myths about /dev/urandom](https://www.2uo.de/myths-about-urandom) - There +are a few things about /dev/urandom and /dev/random that are repeated again and +again. Still they are false. +- [Myths about CPU Caches](https://software.rajivprab.com/2018/04/29/myths-programmers-believe-about-cpu-caches/) - Misconceptions +about caches often lead to false assertions, especially when it comes to +concurrency and race conditions. ## Typography -- [Falsehoods About Fonts](https://github.com/RoelN/Font-Falsehoods) - -Assumptions about typography on the web and in desktop applications. -- [Truths programmers should know about case](https://www.b-list.org/weblog/2018/nov/26/case/) - A complete reverse of -the falshoods format, on the topic of case (as in uppercase and lowercase text). +- [Falsehoods About Fonts](https://github.com/RoelN/Font-Falsehoods) - Assumptions +about typography on the web and in desktop applications. +- [Truths programmers should know about case](https://www.b-list.org/weblog/2018/nov/26/case/) - A +complete reverse of the falshoods format, on the topic of case (as in uppercase +and lowercase text). ## Contributing -Your contributions are always welcome! Please take a look at the [contribution guidelines](CONTRIBUTING.md) first. +Your contributions are always welcome! Please take a look at the +[contribution guidelines](CONTRIBUTING.md) first. ## Good Candidates