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  1. Nikolaus Wirth, the great pioneer of computer science, died on January 1, 2024. His work had a great influence on my own beginnings as a programmer. It started with PASCAL at school and compiler construction at university in the 90s. His law still seems to be working today: "Software is getting slower more rapidly than hardware becomes faster" en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Niklaus_ #pascal #modula #oberon #computersience #history

  2. I'm a programmer, and writer based in Dhaka, Bangladesh. In an Orwellian sense, I'm also a thought criminal.

    I mostly program in Python and TypeScript but recently enjoying Rust a lot. Good coding aesthetics always impress me.

    Reading is my default mode of existence.

    I agree with Socrates in an unexamined life is not worth living.

    Here's are my interests in tags: