History
How Multicore CPUs Killed Object-Oriented Programming
reading time: 35 minutes
OOP’s reference semantics were manageable in single-threaded code. But when CPUs went multicore in 2005, hidden shared state went from ‘confusing’ to ‘catastrophic.’ This is why Go, Rust, and modern languages abandoned default references for value semantics.
You Don't Know JSON: Part 8 - Lessons from the JSON Revolution
reading time: 15 minutes
JSON recreated XML’s entire ecosystem modularly. JSX brought back XML’s syntax. What does this teach us about technology evolution? Explore the architectural zeitgeist, pattern survival, and the modularity paradox: choice vs. discoverability.
You Don't Know JSON: Part 1 - Origins, Evolution, and the Cracks in the Foundation
reading time: 18 minutes
Everyone thinks they know JSON. But do you know why it was created, what problems it solved, and more importantly - what problems it created? Part 1 explores JSON’s origins, its triumph over XML, and the fundamental weaknesses that spawned an entire ecosystem of extensions.