LinuxOnly links http://www.linuxonly.nl/ LinuxOnly links vagely related to computer programming en-us Breaking down Amazons mega dropdown http://bjk5.com/post/44698559168/breaking-down-amazons-mega-dropdown The hover effects on Amazon’s big ‘ole “Shop by Department” mega dropdown are super fast. The Exceptional Beauty of Doom 3’s Source Code http://kotaku.com/5975610/the-exceptional-beauty-of-doom-3s-source-code This is a story about Doom 3's source code and how beautiful it is. Yes, beautiful. Allow me to explain. Simple Top-Down Parsing in Python http://effbot.org/zone/simple-top-down-parsing.htm Like most other parsers, a topdown parser operates on a stream of distinct syntax elements, or tokens. Making Code Reviews successful http://philliprosstaylor.wordpress.com/2012/11/06/making-code-reviews-successful/ However, code reviews can be a little problematic at first in some companies and since they involve critical feedback the developers need to have the interpersonal communication skills to pull it off. They need to be diplomatic and tactful. Saltarelle open source C# to JavaScript compiler http://www.erik-kallen.se/blog/saltarelle-open-source-c-to-javascript-compiler About a month ago I released the Saltarelle compiler. It is intended as an almost drop-in replacement for Script#, but with almost full support for C# 4. The Best Programming Advice I Ever Got http://www.informit.com/articles/article.aspx?p=1941206 Ken taught me that thinking before debugging is extremely important. How I stopped writing awesome code http://jhovgaard.net/how-i-stopped-writing-awesome-code If writing awesome code is using all the best practices I can find, writing interfaces, unit tests and using top notch IoC containers to control my repositories and services all over my application's different layers - Then I'm not writing awesome code at all! JSon Bourne http://qaa.ath.cx/TheEmperorsNewClothes.html TickTick enables you to put JSON in bash scripts. Yes, just encapsulate them with two back-ticks. Chosen Javascript plugin http://harvesthq.github.com/chosen/ Chosen is a javsacript plug-in that makes long, unwieldy select boxes much more user-friendly. Why I will never pursue cheating again http://behind-the-enemy-lines.blogspot.com/2011/07/why-i-will-never-pursue-cheating-again.html After spending a tremendous amount of time fighting and pursuing all the cheating cases, I decided that it makes no sense to fight it.