🤓 #29: Data Structures & Algorithms I Actually Used

Standards are always out of date. That’s what makes them standards

                July 20, 2020

            🤓 #29: Data Structures & Algorithms I Actually Used

                Self-updating GitHub profile, Hacking env variables, Rust pattern matching, Wordpress static website, JPEG decoder in python

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                  "Standards are always out of date.  That’s what makes them standards"

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                  Alan Bennett,
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Best 7 links of week #29, 2020

Data Structures & Algorithms I Actually Used

Do you actually use algorithms and data structures on your day to day job? I've noticed a growing trend of people assuming algorithms are pointless questions that are asked by tech companies purely as an arbitrary measure.

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Building a self-updating profile README for GitHub

GitHub quietly released a new feature at some point in the past few days: profile READMEs. This article will illustrate a brilliant idea to keep your profile dynamic by using GitHub actions to update your README.

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Hacking with Environment Variables

This article provides an interesting list of environment variables that you can supply to scripting language interpreters to produce "possibly unintended" side effects...

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Rust for JavaScript Developers - Pattern Matching and Enums

If you are a JavaScript developer trying to learn Rust, this tutorial covers pattern matching, destructuring, and enums!

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Lightweight, stylish and ethical share buttons for popular social networks

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WordPress Static Site: Benefits, Limits & Tools

WordPress & Jamstack can be united to surprising results. Read this complete guide to getting started with WordPress static site generators!

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Understanding and Decoding a JPEG Image using Python

A fantastic article that can help you to understand the JPEG compression algorithm. One thing a lot of people don’t know is that JPEG is not a format but rather an algorithm. During the course of this article, you will be implementing a JPEG decoder in python! 🐍

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