One line of code cost me 9.2% of my matches

Local programmer is inconvenienced by error-handling boiler plate, writes uninformed article about experimental programming language features. More at 11.

I'm no wiser than last year, but at least I know a few more things.

Systems programming and data structures meet to make instant collision-checking.

This spring, I taught an undergraduate class on chess engines. I probably learned more than any of my students.

The future of the web doesn't have to be webapp frameworks and cookie prompts.