Programming Digest - PD#558 why lowercase letters save data

why lowercase letters save data
7 minutes by Nathaniel

Lowercase letters and uppercase letters use the same amout of data — 1 byte each. So, it's surprising to learn that swapping uppercase letters for lowercase letters saves data.

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Keep a brag list of the wins you achieved
6 minutes by Gregor Ojstersek

It’s important to work and focus on things that are impactful and try to provide as much value as possible to the organization, but it’s also very important to note down what you achieved and have it ready whenever someone asks you for your achievements.

Small Joys when Programming
3 minutes by Diego Crespo

I used to paint Warhammer 40K mini figures, and one of the things I always enjoyed about the hobby, was building up my toolkit of home brewed accessories that I would use to paint.

The most important goal in designing software is understandability
8 minutes by Nicole Tietz

When you're designing a piece of software, the single most important thing to design for is understandability. Security, performance, and correctness are all important, but they come after understandability.

10 Weird HTML Hacks That Shaped The Internet
16 minutes by Ernie Smith

From table hacks to CSS kludges, these are some of the techniques that helped web developers get their fancy pages on the internet.

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