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Miya@bookwyrm.social

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I can resist everything except temptation.

I read pretty much anything with a halfway interesting title, although mostly SF and technical books about programming.

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commented on Alice's Adventures in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll

Lewis Carroll: Alice's Adventures in Wonderland (2013)

Alice's Adventures in Wonderland (commonly shortened to Alice in Wonderland) is an 1865 novel by …

Few thoughts on the books typography: - why spell it 𐑣𐑢𐑧𐑯 instead of 𐑢𐑧𐑯 ? - the font makes the characters 𐑸 and 𐑺 look exactly the same, aside from a tiny little squiggle that you need a magnifying glass to see - in the cursive font, the letter 𐑚 is mirrored vertically for some reason

reviewed 100 Go Mistakes by Teiva Harsanyi

Teiva Harsanyi: 100 Go Mistakes (2022, Manning Publications Co. LLC)

Great overview

Great overview of many common Go mistakes. I've learned quite a lot, especially towards the later chapters. The examples sometimes seemed a little too 'contrived,' I guess that's just the side effect of trying to keep code extracts as short and concise as possible. I would've wished for some more real-world examples though.