Programming

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A Gym Gridworld Environment for the Treacherous Turn

Michaël TrazziJul 28, 2018, 9:27 PM

74 points

9 comments3 min readLW link

(github.com)

Becoming a Staff Engineer

Gordon Seidoh WorleyApr 3, 2022, 2:30 AM

64 points

33 comments6 min readLW link

An Apprentice Experiment in Python Programming, Part 2

konstell and gilch

Jul 29, 2021, 7:39 AM

30 points

18 comments10 min readLW link

Software Engineering: Getting Hired and Promoted

Gordon Seidoh WorleyApr 4, 2022, 10:31 PM

38 points

0 comments6 min readLW link

Additional space complexity isn’t always a useful metric

Brendan LongJan 4, 2023, 9:53 PM

4 points

3 comments3 min readLW link

(www.brendanlong.com)

Bad names make you open the box

Adam ZernerJun 9, 2021, 3:19 AM

91 points

52 comments10 min readLW link 1 review

Colonization models: a programming tutorial (Part 1/2)

snarlesMay 16, 2011, 11:33 PM

42 points

6 comments15 min readLW link

An Apprentice Experiment in Python Programming, Part 3

gilch and konstell

Aug 16, 2021, 4:42 AM

14 points

10 comments22 min readLW link

PSA: Learn to code

John_MaxwellMay 25, 2012, 6:50 PM

48 points

77 comments3 min readLW link

When Programmers Don’t Understand Code, Don’t Blame The User

Adam ZernerAug 18, 2021, 7:59 PM

61 points

13 comments3 min readLW link

Toy model of the AI control problem: animated version

Stuart_ArmstrongOct 10, 2017, 11:06 AM

23 points

8 comments1 min readLW link

Don’t feel bad about not knowing basic things

Adam ZernerMay 24, 2021, 1:49 AM

90 points

33 comments4 min readLW link

Philosophy in the Darkest Timeline: Basics of the Evolution of Meaning

Zack_M_DavisJun 7, 2020, 7:52 AM

132 points

16 comments14 min readLW link

[Question] How will OpenAI + GitHub’s Copilot affect programming?

smountjoyJun 29, 2021, 4:42 PM

55 points

24 comments1 min readLW link

You Don’t Always Need Indexes

jefftkMay 25, 2023, 2:20 PM

22 points

6 comments1 min readLW link

(www.jefftk.com)

“Throwing Exceptions” Is A Strange Programming Pattern

Thoth HermesAug 21, 2023, 6:50 PM

−2 points

13 comments6 min readLW link

(thothhermes.substack.com)

In my culture: the responsibilities of open source maintainers

philhApr 13, 2020, 1:40 PM

43 points

3 comments8 min readLW link

(reasonableapproximation.net)

The Darwin Game

lsusrOct 9, 2020, 10:19 AM

91 points

131 comments3 min readLW link

Simple Terminal Colors

jefftkOct 10, 2023, 12:40 AM

11 points

1 comment1 min readLW link

(www.jefftk.com)

Bucket Brigade Updates

jefftkFeb 14, 2021, 3:30 AM

10 points

0 comments3 min readLW link

(www.jefftk.com)

Losing Metaphors: Zip and Paste

jefftkNov 29, 2023, 8:31 PM

26 points

6 comments1 min readLW link

(www.jefftk.com)

Moving Data Around is Slow

SatvikBeriMar 22, 2021, 2:36 AM

35 points

10 comments2 min readLW link

References & Resources for LessWrong

XiXiDuOct 10, 2010, 2:54 PM

168 points

104 comments20 min readLW link

Place-Based Programming—Part 1 - Places

lsusrApr 14, 2021, 10:18 PM

29 points

18 comments2 min readLW link

Place-Based Programming—Part 2 - Functions

lsusrApr 16, 2021, 12:25 AM

14 points

0 comments3 min readLW link

Two Designs

SatvikBeriApr 22, 2021, 4:32 PM

31 points

8 comments3 min readLW link

Naming and pointer thickness

Adam ZernerApr 28, 2021, 6:35 AM

22 points

5 comments2 min readLW link

Taking the outside view on code quality

Adam ZernerMay 7, 2021, 4:16 AM

11 points

17 comments2 min readLW link

An Apprentice Experiment in Python Programming

konstell and gilch

Jul 4, 2021, 3:29 AM

67 points

4 comments9 min readLW link

I Want XMP But I Know Why I Can’t Have It

jefftkJan 19, 2024, 3:30 PM

23 points

0 comments3 min readLW link

(www.jefftk.com)

Mosh

jefftkApr 7, 2020, 5:40 PM

17 points

10 comments2 min readLW link

(www.jefftk.com)

Lots of brief thoughts on Software Engineering

Yair HalberstadtMar 6, 2025, 7:50 PM

38 points

17 comments10 min readLW link

An Apprentice Experiment in Python Programming, Part 4

gilch and konstell

Aug 31, 2021, 7:56 AM

14 points

2 comments7 min readLW link

[Question] When is pair-programming superior to regular programming?

ChristianKlOct 8, 2019, 11:48 AM

31 points

11 comments1 min readLW link

Computer Science and Programming: Links and Resources

XiXiDuMay 29, 2012, 1:17 PM

42 points

43 comments14 min readLW link

Watching Myself Program

mattoNov 29, 2021, 1:44 PM

56 points

12 comments2 min readLW link

Browser Engines

jefftkDec 3, 2021, 7:30 PM

24 points

0 comments2 min readLW link

(www.jefftk.com)

Competitive programming with AlphaCode

AlgonFeb 2, 2022, 4:49 PM

58 points

36 comments15 min readLW link

(deepmind.com)

[Question] What are good resources for learning functional programming?

Matt GoldenbergJul 4, 2019, 1:22 AM

22 points

10 comments1 min readLW link

Non-programmers intro to AI for programmers

DustinApr 5, 2022, 6:12 PM

6 points

0 comments2 min readLW link

Review: Structure and Interpretation of Computer Programs

L Rudolf LApr 11, 2022, 8:27 PM

17 points

9 comments10 min readLW link

(www.strataoftheworld.com)

Emacs Recentering With Context

jefftkApr 14, 2022, 1:20 AM

17 points

1 comment1 min readLW link

(www.jefftk.com)

A reason behind bad systems, and moral implications of seeing this reason

Edward PascalMay 9, 2022, 3:16 AM

4 points

12 comments2 min readLW link

Framing Practicum: Dynamic Programming

aysajanMay 18, 2022, 6:16 PM

10 points

5 comments5 min readLW link

Code Quality and Rule Consequentialism

Adam ZernerJun 13, 2022, 3:12 AM

17 points

13 comments6 min readLW link

Assorted thoughts about abstraction

Adam ZernerJul 5, 2022, 6:40 AM

16 points

9 comments7 min readLW link

User research as a barometer of software design

Adam ZernerJul 8, 2022, 6:02 AM

31 points

13 comments3 min readLW link

Announcing Squiggle: Early Access

ozziegooenAug 3, 2022, 7:48 PM

51 points

7 comments7 min readLW link

(forum.effectivealtruism.org)

What is estimational programming? Squiggle in context

QuinnAug 12, 2022, 6:39 PM

14 points

7 comments7 min readLW link

Built-In Bundling For Faster Loading

jefftkAug 30, 2022, 7:20 PM

15 points

0 comments2 min readLW link

(www.jefftk.com)

Exporting Hangouts History

jefftkSep 2, 2022, 3:00 PM

20 points

0 comments2 min readLW link

(www.jefftk.com)

Prototyping in C

jefftkSep 4, 2022, 5:50 PM

19 points

11 comments2 min readLW link

(www.jefftk.com)

Most sensible abstraction & feature set for a systems language?

Jasen QinSep 17, 2022, 7:49 PM

0 points

5 comments10 min readLW link

Alan Kay—Programming and Scaling

namespaceOct 12, 2017, 2:46 PM

6 points

2 comments1 min readLW link

(www.youtube.com)

Multiple Deploy-Key Repos

jefftkNov 3, 2022, 3:10 PM

15 points

0 comments1 min readLW link

(www.jefftk.com)

Developer experience for the motivation

Adam ZernerNov 16, 2022, 7:12 AM

49 points

7 comments4 min readLW link

How do I start a programming career in the West?

Lao MeinNov 25, 2022, 6:37 AM

38 points

7 comments2 min readLW link

On the Nature of Programming Languages

Martin SustrikApr 22, 2019, 10:50 AM

20 points

13 comments4 min readLW link

(250bpm.com)

The need for speed in web frameworks?

Adam ZernerJan 3, 2023, 12:06 AM

19 points

2 comments8 min readLW link

WebBundles and URL Randomization

jefftkAug 26, 2020, 5:50 PM

10 points

1 comment3 min readLW link

(www.jefftk.com)

Moving Away From The GPL

jefftkAug 6, 2021, 11:50 AM

22 points

2 comments1 min readLW link

(www.jefftk.com)

Why learning programming is a great idea even if you’d never want to code for a living

MorendilSep 28, 2010, 4:51 PM

16 points

29 comments2 min readLW link

Pong from pixels without reading “Pong from Pixels”

Ian McKenzieAug 29, 2020, 5:26 PM

17 points

1 comment7 min readLW link

Evaluating Opus

jefftkAug 8, 2020, 4:40 PM

20 points

5 comments2 min readLW link

(www.jefftk.com)

Three configurable prettyprinters

philhAug 10, 2023, 11:10 PM

9 points

0 comments22 min readLW link

(reasonableapproximation.net)

Message Length

Zack_M_DavisOct 20, 2020, 5:52 AM

134 points

25 comments12 min readLW link

Haskenthetical

philhMay 19, 2020, 10:00 PM

18 points

9 comments14 min readLW link

(reasonableapproximation.net)

The Effect pattern: Transparent updates in Elm

philhOct 20, 2019, 8:00 PM

8 points

0 comments18 min readLW link

(reasonableapproximation.net)

A reckless introduction to Hindley-Milner type inference

philhMay 5, 2019, 2:00 PM

17 points

4 comments20 min readLW link

(reasonableapproximation.net)

EC2 Scripts

jefftkDec 10, 2024, 3:00 AM

16 points

1 comment1 min readLW link

(www.jefftk.com)

Clipboard Filtering

jefftkApr 14, 2024, 8:50 PM

25 points

1 comment1 min readLW link

(www.jefftk.com)

Julia Tasks 101

SatvikBeriMay 27, 2024, 11:32 AM

1 point

0 comments4 min readLW link

Fermi Estimating How Long an Algorithm Takes

SatvikBeriAug 10, 2024, 1:34 AM

1 point

0 comments2 min readLW link

Yes to Feature Requests, No to Entitlement

jefftkNov 11, 2020, 3:50 AM

18 points

1 comment2 min readLW link

(www.jefftk.com)

The Darwin Game—Rounds 1 to 2

lsusrNov 11, 2020, 1:53 AM

48 points

9 comments3 min readLW link

Inline Plotting in iTerm2

jefftkSep 14, 2023, 8:30 PM

13 points

0 comments1 min readLW link

(www.jefftk.com)

Asking for help as an O(1) lookup

Adam ZernerSep 17, 2023, 12:25 AM

19 points

2 comments6 min readLW link

[Question] How Much Are LLMs Actually Boosting Real-World Programmer Productivity?

Thane RuthenisMar 4, 2025, 4:23 PM

131 points

51 comments3 min readLW link

Hand-writing MathML

jefftkSep 23, 2023, 11:20 AM

16 points

40 comments1 min readLW link

(www.jefftk.com)

Book Club: Software Design for Flexibility

stuhlmuellerMar 18, 2021, 3:42 PM

43 points

1 comment1 min readLW link

The Bullwhip Effect

aysajanJul 13, 2021, 8:40 PM

19 points

11 comments4 min readLW link

OpenAI Codex: First Impressions

specbugAug 13, 2021, 4:52 PM

49 points

8 comments4 min readLW link

(sixeleven.in)

Utilitarianism Expressed in Julia

Erich_GrunewaldAug 15, 2021, 11:31 AM

12 points

0 comments12 min readLW link

(www.erichgrunewald.com)

The halting problem is overstated

Yair HalberstadtAug 16, 2021, 5:26 AM

15 points

13 comments3 min readLW link

Rocket science and big money—a cautionary tale of math gone wrong

MorendilApr 24, 2013, 3:11 PM

26 points

10 comments5 min readLW link

Uncompetitive programming with GPT-3

BezziFeb 6, 2022, 10:19 AM

7 points

8 comments3 min readLW link

scipy.optimize.curve_fit Is Awesome

niplavMay 7, 2022, 10:57 AM

20 points

4 comments1 min readLW link

New Frontiers in Mojibake

Adam ScherlisNov 26, 2022, 2:37 AM

60 points

7 comments6 min readLW link 1 review

(adam.scherlis.com)

True Stories of Algorithmic Improvement

johnswentworthOct 29, 2021, 8:57 PM

92 points

8 comments5 min readLW link

English is a Terrible Programming Language—And other reasons AI won’t displace programmers

dawsoneliasenFeb 6, 2023, 10:12 PM

26 points

8 comments8 min readLW link

(orbistertius.substack.com)

[Question] Programming Language Early Funding?

J Thomas MorosFeb 16, 2025, 5:34 PM

1 point

5 comments3 min readLW link

Importing a Python File by Name

jefftkJan 25, 2024, 4:00 PM

12 points

7 comments1 min readLW link

(www.jefftk.com)

graphpatch: a Python Library for Activation Patching

Occam's LaserJun 5, 2024, 3:08 PM

13 points

2 comments1 min readLW link

Example of GPU-accelerated scientific computing with PyTorch

TahpJan 1, 2025, 11:01 PM

6 points

0 comments6 min readLW link

(passwordpaper.com)

Implementing Decision Theory

justinpombrioNov 7, 2023, 5:55 PM

22 points

12 comments3 min readLW link

A free to enter, 240 character, open-source iterated prisoner’s dilemma tournament

Isaac KingNov 9, 2023, 8:24 AM

64 points

19 comments1 min readLW link

(manifold.markets)

[Question] Why is lesswrong blocking wget and curl (scrape)?

nick lacombeNov 8, 2023, 7:42 PM

21 points

15 comments1 min readLW link

High-School Algebra for Data Structures

johnswentworthJun 17, 2020, 6:09 PM

21 points

0 comments2 min readLW link

Process Substitution Without Shell?

jefftkNov 29, 2023, 3:20 AM

19 points

18 comments2 min readLW link

(www.jefftk.com)

Uber Self-Driving Crash

jefftkNov 7, 2019, 3:00 PM

109 points

1 comment2 min readLW link

(www.jefftk.com)

Understanding is translation

cousin_itMay 28, 2018, 1:56 PM

92 points

23 comments1 min readLW link

Security Mindset and the Logistic Success Curve

Eliezer YudkowskyNov 26, 2017, 3:58 PM

106 points

49 comments20 min readLW link

Security Mindset and Ordinary Paranoia

Eliezer YudkowskyNov 25, 2017, 5:53 PM

132 points

25 comments29 min readLW link

Systemizing and Hacking

SatvikBeriMar 23, 2018, 6:01 PM

40 points

1 comment1 min readLW link

The Epsilon Fallacy

johnswentworthMar 17, 2018, 12:08 AM

92 points

21 comments7 min readLW link

(medium.com)

LW Open Source – Getting Started [warning: not up-to-date]

RaemonMay 6, 2018, 11:28 PM

35 points

32 comments4 min readLW link

Current AI Safety Roles for Software Engineers

ozziegooenNov 9, 2018, 8:57 PM

70 points

9 comments4 min readLW link

Zoom In: An Introduction to Circuits

evhubMar 10, 2020, 7:36 PM

85 points

11 comments2 min readLW link

(distill.pub)

The Darwin Results

ZviNov 25, 2017, 1:30 PM

53 points

10 comments5 min readLW link

(thezvi.wordpress.com)

Simplified Poker

ZviJun 4, 2018, 3:50 PM

36 points

17 comments1 min readLW link

(thezvi.wordpress.com)

You Are Being Underpaid

RobertMApr 15, 2018, 6:28 AM

29 points

16 comments8 min readLW link

Tessellating Hills: a toy model for demons in imperfect search

DaemonicSigilFeb 20, 2020, 12:12 AM

97 points

18 comments2 min readLW link

GraphQL tutorial for LessWrong and Effective Altruism Forum

riceissaDec 8, 2018, 7:51 PM

95 points

5 comments5 min readLW link

The Darwin Game

ZviNov 15, 2017, 11:20 PM

37 points

17 comments3 min readLW link

(thezvi.wordpress.com)

Hacking on LessWrong Just Got Easier

atuckerSep 4, 2011, 6:59 AM

87 points

20 comments1 min readLW link

Programmers Should Plan For Lower Pay

jefftkDec 29, 2019, 3:20 AM

76 points

72 comments2 min readLW link

(www.jefftk.com)

Declarative Mathematics

johnswentworthMar 21, 2019, 7:05 PM

59 points

10 comments3 min readLW link

Reflections on Premium Poker Tools: Part 1 - My journey

Adam ZernerOct 9, 2019, 12:42 AM

57 points

14 comments38 min readLW link

The Black Team—A Parable of Group Effectiveness

JGWeissmanApr 22, 2011, 2:37 AM

59 points

21 comments1 min readLW link

How to get good at programming

Ulisse MiniMay 5, 2023, 1:14 AM

39 points

3 comments2 min readLW link

Diseased disciplines: the strange case of the inverted chart

MorendilFeb 7, 2012, 9:45 AM

62 points

150 comments4 min readLW link

Selling Nonapples

Eliezer YudkowskyNov 13, 2008, 8:10 PM

76 points

78 comments7 min readLW link

Github Repo and Issue Tracker

RaemonApr 19, 2018, 6:25 PM

17 points

0 comments1 min readLW link

Applied Rationality MUD

rlp10Jun 30, 2018, 3:14 AM

37 points

6 comments3 min readLW link

Trace README

johnswentworthMar 11, 2020, 9:08 PM

37 points

1 comment8 min readLW link

Worse Than Random

Eliezer YudkowskyNov 11, 2008, 7:01 PM

46 points

102 comments12 min readLW link

Turning the Technical Crank

ErrorApr 5, 2016, 5:36 AM

74 points

134 comments6 min readLW link

Fun With DAGs

johnswentworthMay 13, 2018, 7:35 PM

15 points

21 comments6 min readLW link

LW Open Source – Overview of the Codebase

RaemonMay 16, 2018, 11:50 PM

20 points

3 comments3 min readLW link

Causal diagrams and software engineering

MorendilMar 7, 2012, 6:23 PM

53 points

29 comments5 min readLW link

The Shabbos goy

PhilGoetzMar 26, 2010, 4:16 PM

47 points

92 comments2 min readLW link

Crypto quant trading: Intro

AlexeiApr 17, 2019, 8:52 PM

62 points

17 comments5 min readLW link

Crypto quant trading: Naive Bayes

AlexeiMay 7, 2019, 7:29 PM

33 points

13 comments4 min readLW link

Effect of Numpy

jefftkAug 10, 2020, 1:00 AM

9 points

10 comments2 min readLW link

(www.jefftk.com)

The Cybersecurity Dilemma in a Nutshell

GentzelDec 12, 2019, 3:20 AM

35 points

5 comments3 min readLW link

(theconsequentialist.wordpress.com)

A proof of Löb’s theorem in Haskell

cousin_itSep 19, 2014, 1:01 PM

52 points

8 comments3 min readLW link

Update on Structured Concurrency

Martin SustrikOct 19, 2018, 11:10 AM

35 points

2 comments4 min readLW link

(250bpm.com)

[Funny] Even Clippy can be blamed on the use of non-Bayesian methods

lukeprogOct 2, 2011, 7:40 AM

41 points

46 comments1 min readLW link

NES-game playing AI [video link and AI-boxing-related comment]

Dr_ManhattanApr 12, 2013, 1:11 PM

42 points

22 comments1 min readLW link

How to escape from your sandbox and from your hardware host

PhilGoetzJul 31, 2015, 5:26 PM

43 points

28 comments1 min readLW link

Why it feels like everything is a trade-off

Sunny from QADJul 18, 2019, 1:33 AM

35 points

15 comments4 min readLW link

When programs have to work—lessons from NASA

NancyLebovitzJul 31, 2011, 3:22 PM

37 points

50 comments3 min readLW link

Programming AGI is impossible

Áron EcsenyiMay 30, 2023, 11:05 PM

1 point

0 comments4 min readLW link

Coding Rationally—Test Driven Development

DSimonOct 1, 2010, 3:20 PM

33 points

84 comments7 min readLW link

Programming the LW Study Hall

ShannonFriedmanMar 15, 2013, 6:28 PM

37 points

56 comments2 min readLW link

Hacking Less Wrong made easy: Vagrant edition

MorendilJan 30, 2012, 6:51 PM

44 points

4 comments1 min readLW link

The Simple Solow Model of Software Engineering

johnswentworthApr 8, 2019, 11:06 PM

25 points

15 comments3 min readLW link

[Question] Use-cases for computations, other than running them?

johnswentworthJan 19, 2020, 8:52 PM

30 points

6 comments2 min readLW link

Interested in learning Linux? Need hosting? Free shells!

JohnWittleSep 9, 2012, 5:35 AM

41 points

37 comments1 min readLW link

The Web Browser is Not Your Client (But You Don’t Need To Know That)

ErrorApr 22, 2016, 12:12 AM

44 points

47 comments7 min readLW link

Tool ideology

PhilGoetzSep 9, 2011, 10:37 PM

36 points

66 comments2 min readLW link

Unikernels: No Longer an Academic Exercise

Martin SustrikOct 23, 2018, 11:40 AM

27 points

1 comment3 min readLW link

(250bpm.com)

Why it’s necessary to shoot yourself in the foot

Jacob G-WJul 11, 2023, 9:17 PM

39 points

7 comments2 min readLW link

(g-w1.github.io)

Spaghetti Towers

eukaryoteDec 22, 2018, 5:29 AM

211 points

38 comments3 min readLW link 1 review

(eukaryotewritesblog.com)

Algorithmic Progress in Six Domains

lukeprogAug 3, 2013, 2:29 AM

38 points

32 comments1 min readLW link

Announcing the 2014 program equilibrium iterated PD tournament

tetronian2Jul 31, 2014, 12:24 PM

38 points

63 comments1 min readLW link

Advice On Getting A Software Job

alyssavanceJul 9, 2012, 6:52 PM

34 points

41 comments4 min readLW link

Exploring Botworld

So8resApr 30, 2014, 10:29 PM

34 points

2 comments6 min readLW link

On the Fence? Major in CS

talismanMay 7, 2009, 4:26 AM

20 points

54 comments2 min readLW link

The Darwin Game—Rounds 0 to 10

lsusrOct 24, 2020, 2:17 AM

107 points

34 comments4 min readLW link

Welcome to the Haskell Jungle

adamShimiMar 18, 2020, 6:58 PM

16 points

2 comments2 min readLW link

[Question] Looking for books about software engineering as a field

mingyuanFeb 3, 2020, 9:49 PM

14 points

15 comments1 min readLW link

Automated Nomic Game 2

jefftkFeb 5, 2019, 10:11 PM

19 points

2 comments2 min readLW link

Implicitly Typed C

jefftkDec 11, 2023, 4:10 PM

16 points

0 comments1 min readLW link

(www.jefftk.com)

Sleeping Julia: Empirical support for thirder argument in the Sleeping Beauty Problem

Alex VNov 3, 2020, 12:21 AM

4 points

13 comments2 min readLW link

So you want to be a wizard

NaiveTortoiseFeb 15, 2019, 3:43 PM

16 points

0 comments1 min readLW link

(jvns.ca)

The Controls are Lying: A Note on the Memetic Hazards of Video Games [Link]

Nic_SmithDec 19, 2011, 5:25 AM

32 points

16 comments1 min readLW link

A whirlwind tour of Ethereum finance

cataMar 2, 2021, 9:36 AM

234 points

52 comments11 min readLW link

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