Links list - 2022-04-19
Hello, and welcome to a new edition of Links lists! No strict “coding” this week, but a few interesting articles about infrastructure and networking.
Infrastructure
The value of simulating systems
An interesting article about building simulators, for validating your hypothesis and beliefes. Not something that I have seen discussed often, or indeed thought of doing myself. But it seems like a very promising idea, worth exploring!
Simple Simulations for System Builders - Marc’s Blog
Even the most basic numerical methods can lead to surprising insights.
Networking and routers
An interesting article about how routers work. Assumes you know the OSI model layers.
How Do Routers Work, Really?
An accessible overview of how exactly a router works, with code examples.
Design
Design basics for developers
If you do a bit of frontend, sometimes you are lucky and you have a designer who gave you a complete design system and mock-ups for every page. Sometimes, however, you don’t. Knowing at least some of the basics of designing can be very useful! This is a very good introduction on the theme.
Design for Developers: Specific Steps to Improve Your Website Design
I’ve noticed a lot of web developers struggle with design; they think they don’t have a natural talent for design and knowing what looks…
A beautiful website
An explanation of the gorgeous and probably overly complex design of https://www.gwern.net/.
Design of This Website
Meta page describing Gwern.net site implementation and experiments for better ‘structural reading’ of hypertext; technical decisions using Markdown and static hosting.
Non coding
A strange artist
This is the story of a very strange artist, whose life’s work is creating nonsensical art.
The Weirdest Book in the World Just Turned 40. We Talked to Its Creator.
Italian artist Luigi Serafini gives us a look inside the 40th anniversary edition of his beautifully bizarre Codex Seraphinianus.