A recent article reports that an Oracle patent on a fast sorting method has expired, allowing open source databases to use it freely. Mark Callaghan, the inventor behind the sorting algorithm, shows ...

Sorting algorithms are a common exercise for new programmers, and for good reason: they introduce many programming fundamentals at once, including loops and conditionals, arrays and lists, comparisons ...

FOSDEM 2026 will take place on January 31-February 1, with thousands of developers meeting in Brussels to discuss open-source ...

An important aspect in software engineering is the ability to distinguish between premature, unnecessary, and necessary ...

Many developers share their LeetCode solutions on GitHub. Look for repositories that are well-organized by topic or problem number, have clear explanations, and show good code quality. Some popular ...