Category Archives: Programming languages

HP48 and FORTH

Posted on February 5, 2023 by Giovanni Giorgi
On these days I stumbled upon Forth, a 1970 programming language which is quite similar to HP48 internal programming language. Like the HP48 language, Forth uses RPN, it is stack based and have some success for being tiny and easy … Continue reading →
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Bun is a fast all-in-one JavaScript runtime

Posted on August 25, 2022 by Giovanni Giorgi
As a mid-life greabeard that started my career on Z/OS / MVS writing JCL and running COBOL and SAS jobs, I like JavaScript. It doesn’t have the obtuseness of C, the ultra-strict type-checking of Pascal, the verbosity of COBOL, class … Continue reading →
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SQLite Tool-set

Posted on June 20, 2022 by Giovanni Giorgi
Random list of very interesting projects (will be updated, guys). I will add my own ideas/impression as soon as possible. From simpler to more complex stuff: sqlite-utils is a rather useful tool for managing SQLite databases, importing structured data and … Continue reading →
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HarborMaster!

Posted on August 31, 2021 by Giovanni Giorgi
After creating Misterio, I found this alternative called HarborMaster: Harbormaster is a small utility that lets you easily deploy multiple Docker-Compose applications on a single host. It does this by taking a list of git repository URLs that contain Docker … Continue reading →
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Erlang & la resilienza con pattern matching e processi

Posted on April 16, 2021 by Giovanni Giorgi
Cosa ci insegna Erlang sulla resilienza, in un periodo in cui ce ne è molto bisogno? Erlang è un linguaggio open source nato nel 1986 alla Ericsson, di tipo funzionale, concorrente,  dinamicamente tipato, general purpose e soprattutto costruito per essere … Continue reading →
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Simple method to add historic feature to SQLite

Posted on April 9, 2021 by Giovanni Giorgi
Abstract: Make a database which can be store historic modification is often considered a “secondary” activity, but bad design leads to databases that are difficult to optimize and often not very understandable. In this article we illustrate a simple method … Continue reading →
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Semplice metodo per storicizzare i dati su database

Posted on March 17, 2021 by Giovanni Giorgi
Abstract: Storicizzare i dati spesso è un attività considerata “secondaria”, ma un cattivo design porta a base dati difficili da ottimizzare e spesso poco comprensibili. In questo articolo illustriamo un semplice metodo che rispetta i dettami della teoria relazionale, è … Continue reading →
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