Geo Carncross

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I like whisky (scotch) and whiskey (bourbon), most foods and music, flying kites and software as a means to an end.

• How to allocate memory (C language).
• Sneaky ways to verify the browser/user-agent string.
• Thoughts on other programmers, or how I did Asynchronous JavaScript in 1995.
• How to write fast networking servers (C language; emphasis on Linux and OSX).
• Thoughts about programming complexity.
• Hints for Unix users who find themselves responsible for Windows servers.
• Hints for Vim users that want to improve their productivity.
• About numbers, and how to get subtraction wrong.
• How to safely close fds on multithreaded unixes.
• The MOTD Protocol, an alternative to captive portals.
• Instructions on constructing an excellent sandwich.

• Information about the soup programming language.