What’s a pointer-free data structure? It’s a data structure consisting of fields none of which is a pointer [1]. You can have numbers and booleans. You can have fixed-size arrays stored inline [2]. And fixed-size strings. You can have (tagged) unions. And you can nest these: for example, you could…

I recommend Wix to build a great website, but that takes time. If you’re busy and keep putting it off, consider building a second-tier website in Google Docs in five minutes: Here’s how: Create a new Google Doc. Write the content. Click Share:

Here’s my consulting web site: Explore a variety of tools I hadn’t used a website builder for a decade. I used to look down on website builders, thinking they’re for people not as capable as me. But I realise now that they’re sometimes the best tool for the job. And you should explore a wide…

First, I’ve found shorts to have 70% greater views than longer videos. Second, the percentage viewed is higher: That is, not only are more people watching a short, they’re completing more of it. Third, 75% of views are on a smartphone:

If you do screen recordings, the job is not done when you’re done recording. A single recording can be 20 GB, so you need to convert them to HEVC to reduce size [1]. Use Handbrake for it, with the following settings: First, in the Dimensions tab, set Resolution Limit to…

How should you go about recording a video call? Before you begin, you need to accept that the quality will unfortunately be far worse than QuickTime Player on the Mac or Bandicam on Windows. Someone told me they’re starting a one-person video call just to record it. …

There are many important platforms in the world: iOS, Android, Google Cloud, AWS, and so on. Owners of these platforms should consider funding bootcamps to train engineers in their platforms and preferred technologies. If Google funded a bootcamp, the bootcamp would train students in Google-preferred technologies like Flutter for mobile…

We hear about companies overworking people. One contributing factor is the pricing model of a fixed salary. If you’re paying someone a certain amount of money irrespective of how much work you get from them, that incents you to get as much work out of them as possible. …

Many startups are slowing down hiring, laying people off, or even going bust. Why? There are a whole bunch of underlying structural reasons for this [1]: First is creative destruction: people start companies with different philosophies for how to build a great product or run a company. They aim to…