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No. 1609Unchecked

“Modern” C++ Lamentations

aras-p.info · Learning & ideas

26.8durability48% evidence confidence
Strongest evidenceshare of maximum
Persistence11.6/20
Independent discovery10.1/20
3 submissions3 people3 active years
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No. 1610Unchecked

Programmer Competency Matrix (2016)

sijinjoseph.com · Software engineering

26.8durability48% evidence confidence
Strongest evidenceshare of maximum
Persistence11.6/20
Independent discovery10.1/20
3 submissions3 people3 active years
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No. 1611Unchecked

Winamp 2 in HTML5

jordaneldredge.com · Learning & ideas

22.4durability32% evidence confidence
Strongest evidenceshare of maximum
Sustained discussion5.0/10
Persistence9.7/20
2 submissions2 people2 active years
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No. 1613Unchecked

Hypermedia Systems

hypermedia.systems · Learning & ideas

23.6durability46% evidence confidence
Strongest evidenceshare of maximum
Independent discovery12.0/20
Persistence9.1/20
4 submissions4 people2 active years
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No. 1615Unchecked

Lisp and Haskell (2017)

markkarpov.com · Software engineering

25.8durability48% evidence confidence
Strongest evidenceshare of maximum
Persistence10.7/20
Independent discovery10.1/20
3 submissions3 people3 active years
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No. 1618Unchecked

DNS over Wikipedia

github.com · Systems & infrastructure

29.8durability48% evidence confidence
Strongest evidenceshare of maximum
Sustained discussion7.5/10
Persistence11.6/20
3 submissions2 people3 active years
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No. 1620Unchecked

How to do distributed locking

martin.kleppmann.com · Systems & infrastructure

34.7durability86% evidence confidence
Strongest evidenceshare of maximum
Persistence15.0/20
Independent discovery14.7/20
6 submissions6 people5 active years
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No. 1621Unchecked

World Population Growth

ourworldindata.org · Learning & ideas

25.5durability52% evidence confidence
Strongest evidenceshare of maximum
Independent discovery10.8/20
Sustained discussion5.0/10
5 submissions4 people2 active years
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No. 1624Unchecked

The Top Idea in Your Mind

paulgraham.com · Learning & ideas

29.3durability32% evidence confidence
Strongest evidenceshare of maximum
Persistence11.7/20
Independent discovery7.7/20
2 submissions2 people2 active years
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No. 1626Unchecked

JSON API

jsonapi.org · Software engineering

34.1durability79% evidence confidence
Strongest evidenceshare of maximum
Persistence15.6/20
Independent discovery13.5/20
5 submissions5 people5 active years
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No. 1628Unchecked

Google Flight Search

google.com · Learning & ideas

34.1durability55% evidence confidence
Strongest evidenceshare of maximum
Sustained discussion7.5/10
Independent discovery12.0/20
4 submissions4 people3 active years
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No. 1630Unchecked

Interactive Linear Algebra

textbooks.math.gatech.edu · Learning & ideas

43.2durability100% evidence confidence
Strongest evidenceshare of maximum
Independent discovery16.6/20
Persistence14.2/20
8 submissions8 people5 active years
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No. 1631Unchecked

The Grug Brained Developer (2022)

grugbrain.dev · Software engineering

63.9durability100% evidence confidence
Strongest evidenceshare of maximum
Independent discovery19.1/20
Sustained discussion7.5/10
12 submissions12 people3 active years
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No. 1632Unchecked

Solar Storm of 1859

en.wikipedia.org · Hardware & making

34.2durability86% evidence confidence
Strongest evidenceshare of maximum
Independent discovery14.7/20
Persistence14.5/20
6 submissions6 people5 active years
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