Puzzling out the hidden solutions, like running through a labyrinth with a thousand undiscovered exits, is a joy known only to coding. ¶ One of my top programming goals is to muster the courage to buy the complete "The Art of Computer Programming" by Donald Knuth. Another is to actually read a few pages. ¶ In the meantime, I enjoy keeping a journal of practical coding knowledge that I stumble upon. Two recent entries to the journal are JavaScript’s variable and function hoisting and the happy ideal of monadic (or fewer) function arguments. ¶ In all my projects, I prioritize speed and efficiency. Not only in the program’s namespace, but also in the programmer’s meatspace. When deadline’s loom, Donald Knuth’s advice is never more relevant: "Premature optimization is the root of all evil." ¶ Below are the flags of places of past passage.
