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[**go-staticcheck**](https://github.com/dominikh/go-tools/) is a static code analysis tool for Go. It has an interesting ability to detect infinite recursive calls. For example, infinite calls like th...

In a computer system, there are 2 types of clocks: 1. **Wall Clock** (or **Real-Time Clock**): is the clock that is synchronized with NTP (Network Time Protocol), which is subjected to jump (moving f...

OK, this one is embarrassing, I still remember the first time I was taught to dry run the code. It was many years ago when I started learning how to program. But I've never actually tried it properly....

Collector's Fallacy is **the urge to collect something that you never use or need**, but the act of collecting gives you a good feeling (cognitive reward). For example: - Save every article on the int...

As a developer, our main job is contributing to code projects, it can be a work project or an open-source project. With work projects, we might have access to more resources (other developers to learn...

**Article:** https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/07/smarter-living/how-to-edit-your-own-writing.html ## Why editing? Writing is like thinking. You will not know precisely what you are going to say before ...

The [Learning How to Learn](https://www.coursera.org/learn/learning-how-to-learn/home/welcome) course proposed an idea that there are two modes of thinking: **Focused** and **Diffuse**. You are either...

**The curse of knowledge** is a cognitive bias of **assuming that others have the same background knowledge to understand what you are talking**. It is also known as the [False-Consensus Effect](https...

**Painting** and **Compositing** are the last two steps to generate a frame in the [browser's pixel pipeline](/everyday/03-06-2022-reading-notes-browser-s-rendering-process). **Painting** is the proce...

When a DOM node is written (change of style, attribute, or inner content), and the action triggers a layout change, the browser must do a layout recalculation (reflow). The browser usually waits for [...

**Article:** https://fs.blog/feynman-learning-technique/ There are 2 types of knowledge: - Knowing the name of something...

## The big picture Most devices refresh their screen 60 times a second. On each refresh, the graphics driver generates the pixel data from the frame provided by the application and sends it to the mon...

The Zeigarnik Effect means: **If you are working on a task and being interrupted, the task remains longer in your mind, making it easier to remember the task's details**. A more detailed explanation f...

**Article:** https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tetris_effect *Tetris Effect* is an effect that happens **when you devote a large amount of time and mental effort to do something, it will shape the way y...

**Article:** http://nathanmarz.com/blog/suffering-oriented-programming.html OK, so I came across this very interesting article about product building. The author talks about a style of programming tha...

**Article:** https://blogs.scientificamerican.com/symbiartic/rediscovering-the-forgotten-benefits-of-drawing/ In the old times, scientist are required to have drawing skill, because they have to recre...

**Reference Link:** https://eric.ed.gov/?id=EJ718563 **Full text:** https://files.eric.ed.gov/fulltext/EJ718563.pdf In this article, the author make the point about what is the worst way to read (pass...