Andrei Dascalu·Mar 29, 2025You are mixing things around and missing a lot of nuances, largely because you haven't taken the…For example, C++ has both references and pointers. A reference is simply another name for a variable. To achieve this, pointers are used…
Andrei Dascalu·Nov 12, 2024West Wing echoes“The West Wing” is an amazing TV series. On one hand it serves as a political manual, still valid many years after, of how the political…
Andrei Dascalu·Sep 16, 2024A comparison of (mostly) eInk tabletsAfter seeing this new Kickstarter project I’ve decided to write down my experience with eInk tablets mostly so that I can track my own path…
Andrei Dascalu·Jun 20, 2024Double-standards for breakfastCanada has decided that the IRGC is a terrorist organisation. It may feel a bit strong handed but all in all it’s a fair categorisation.A response icon1A response icon1
Andrei Dascalu·Mar 3, 2024Is language X dead? Or the importance of critical thinkingIt happens a lot. My feed is flooded by clickbait titles pretending to ask where some programming language or framework is dead. I…
Andrei Dascalu·May 3, 2023How complex is Kubernetes really?I’ve started thinking about this largely after reading this piece. Of course, the title is clickbait as the obvious TLDR has nothing to do…
Andrei Dascalu·Jan 1, 2023The art of estimationAfter reading this bit I got into a state of disbelief at the fact that people tied to the software industry still get the idea of…
Andrei Dascalu·Aug 17, 2022The awfulness of AWS EKSA little bit of a background. I’ve been a Kubernetes user since early 2015 and have been using AWS since 2013 (on and off, with stints…A response icon24A response icon24
Andrei Dascalu·Feb 28, 2022Random thoughts on UkraineThis situation is too serious to lie about itA response icon1A response icon1
