It should be noted that no ethically-trained software engineer would ever consent to write a DestroyBaghdad procedure. Basic professional ethics would instead require him to write a DestroyCity procedure, to which Baghdad could be given as a parameter.
— Nathaniel Borenstein
Array Update Trick: What it is and how it works
Weekly Links – Week of Nov 4th, 2018
The Roots team invited me to write a blog post about WP-Gistpen hitting 1.0 (which it finally did recently!). I provide a quick overview of why I built the plugin and what it does. Check it out!
Big changes afoot in the React/Redux ecosystem
Arrow functions are not the solution you’ve been looking for
I think my favorite thing about Webassembly is the possibility of being able to write both the front- and back-end in a language other than JavaScript. Node is great, but sometimes it’s not the right choice for a particular use case, and being able to choose a language other than JavaScript and still get the kind of isomorphism you get running a V8 instance on a server is amazing.
I also really want to use it as an opportunity to learn another language. If Rust can compile to Webassembly and work in the browser, I can learn Rust, and learn it easier because I can apply it in an area that I already have a lot of experience. I don’t think I’m the only one for whom this is true, and I think that’s awesome.