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2026 28

  1. Thinking will become a hobby
  2. Continue reading "Impact Factor of Computer Science Journals 2016"
  3. blog contents
  4. AI
  5. Opinion
  6. 2026
  7. A controversial proposal for hallucinated references
  8. Science
  9. Blockchain technology in 500 simple words
  10. Blockchain
  11. Technology
  12. Barings, Boeing, and Bots
  13. Management
  14. Why agentic AI needs better experts
  15. Documenting AI-generated code commits
  16. Git
  17. Programming
  18. Software engineering
  19. Standards
  20. Why reviewing AI-generated code is devilishly hard
  21. Empirical software research in the age of AI
  22. Research
  23. Why I choose email over messaging
  24. Vibe coding toward the incident horizon
  25. Computers
  26. Funny
  27. Open source
  28. Tips

2025 42

  1. An initial analysis of the discovered Unix V4 tape
  2. '09
  3. '10
  4. '11
  5. '12
  6. '13
  7. '14
  8. Continue reading "Impact Factor of Computer Science Journals 2014"
  9. Continue reading "ABS's 2015 Academic Journal Guide"
  10. '09
  11. '10
  12. '11
  13. '12
  14. '13
  15. '09
  16. '10
  17. '11
  18. '12
  19. Continue reading "Impact Factor of Computer Science Journals 2012"
  20. '09
  21. '10
  22. '11
  23. Continue reading "Impact Factor of Computer Science Journals 2011"
  24. 2009
  25. 2010
  26. Continue reading "Impact Factor of Computer Science Journals 2010"
  27. 2009
  28. Continue reading "Impact Factor of Computer Science Journals 2009"
  29. Continue reading "Tags for Bibliography References"
  30. Continue reading "Impact Factor of Computer Science Journals 2008"
  31. Continue reading "YouTube vs. TOSEM"
  32. Continue reading "Interoperability, at Last"
  33. Continue reading "Decyphering Modern Texts"
  34. Continue reading "Software Development Productivity Award"
  35. Continue reading "Converting RIS to BibTeX"
  36. Continue reading "Web Page Hits, Amazon.com's Sales Rank, and Actual Sales"
  37. Continue reading "Quality, Democracy, and Code"
  38. Continue reading "Code Quality: The Open Source Perspective"
  39. Unix
  40. 2025
  41. Continue reading "Is it legal to use copyrighted works to train LLMs?"
  42. Teaching

2024 5

  1. Databases
  2. 2024
  3. Continue reading "How (and how not) to present related work"
  4. 2013
  5. Python

2023 6

  1. C++
  2. Hardware
  3. Windows
  4. 2023
  5. Risks
  6. Politics

2022 4

  1. Apple
  2. Debugging
  3. 2022
  4. Testing

2021 4

  1. JavaScript
  2. 2021
  3. History
  4. C

2020 9

  1. 2020
  2. Raspberry Pi
  3. Government
  4. Information systems
  5. Hacks
  6. Software
  7. Electronics
  8. FreeBSD
  9. Linux

2019 1

  1. 2019

2018 2

  1. Java
  2. 2018

2017 10

  1. Continue reading "Reviving the 1973 Unix Programmer’s Manual"
  2. 2017
  3. Web
  4. Continue reading "Who are the Publishers of Computer Science Research?"
  5. XML
  6. System administration
  7. similar studies
  8. Continue reading "Unix Architecture Evolution Diagrams"
  9. AWS
  10. Continue reading "Measures of Donald Trump’s Inaugural Address"

2016 5

  1. Sights
  2. 2016
  3. Discussion
  4. Continue reading "How to Embed Citations in Diagrams"
  5. Security

2015 4

  1. 2015
  2. 2007
  3. study
  4. R

2014 3

  1. Tools of the Trade
  2. 2014
  3. 2007

2013 2

  1. 2007
  2. Parenting

2012 9

  1. 2012
  2. Continue reading "Changes in the Way we View Computing"
  3. Perl
  4. Android
  5. Microsoft
  6. 2007
  7. Continue reading "How do Big US Firms Use Open Source Software?"
  8. Smartphones
  9. GSIS

2011 2

  1. 2011
  2. 2007

2010 5

  1. 2010
  2. UML
  3. Vim
  4. 2007
  5. Internet

2009 13

  1. 2009
  2. an extensive collection
  3. Photos
  4. Scala
  5. Google
  6. Travel
  7. 2007
  8. One Laptop Per Child
  9. Continue reading "Best Day to Blog"
  10. Environment
  11. article
  12. Continue reading "Beautiful Architecture"
  13. Sometimes the Old Ways Are Best

2008 7

  1. 2008
  2. Continue reading "Paper-Based Publishing Meets the Web"
  3. a similar study I performed last year
  4. Continue reading "Denise Rousseau on Publishing to Top Tier Journals"
  5. UMLGraph
  6. Continue reading "In Presentations Less is More"
  7. 2007

2007 8

  1. Continue reading "Cover Letters for Publications in LaTeX"
  2. Continue reading "On Paper"
  3. Continue reading "Creative Commons Around the World"
  4. Continue reading "Impact Factor of Computer Science Journals 2006"
  5. decay of URLs
  6. Code Quality: The Open Source Perspective
  7. Continue reading "A Peek at Beautiful Code"
  8. Continue reading "Landscape vs Portrait Monitors"

2006 6

  1. 2006
  2. my bibliographies
  3. Urlcite
  4. Continue reading "A Solution for Web Citations"
  5. Code Reading: The Open Source Perspective
  6. Continue reading "Active Voice v Passive Voice"

2005 12

  1. Continue reading "Who Will Edit the Editors?"
  2. 2005
  3. Continue reading "An Open Letter to a Copy-Editor"
  4. Continue reading "Ordnung muss sein"
  5. '08
  6. '08
  7. '08
  8. '08
  9. 2008
  10. 2008
  11. 2008
  12. Continue reading "Impact Factor of Computer Science Journals 2007"

2004 3

  1. 2004
  2. Continue reading "Poster Presentations"
  3. Continue reading "Accuracy and Precision in Scientific Publications"

2003 2

  1. 2003
  2. Continue reading "Code Reading: The Open Source Perspective"