Allan Odgaard
Person on 4 sites
Danish Mac developer; author of the TextMate text editor.
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4 facts on wiqqi (opens wiqqi.app)
Who people, organisations and podcasts are, and how they connect, with sources.
Updated 2026-11-01 -
2 channels on ppll (opens ppll.app)
Where public figures publish, and what they are on record saying.
Updated 2020-05-21 -
3 beliefs on korrents (opens korrents.com)
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Low-level operating system APIs such as exec and getxattr performing synchronous network activity before returning to the caller is a serious design problem. (opens korrents.com)
“I am writing this post to call attention to what I consider a serious design problem with Apple's most recent OS where it appears that low-level system API such as exec and getxattr now do synchronous network activity…”
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Writing unit tests for private functions is a waste of time, since they tend to be simple and are already covered by assertions. (opens korrents.com)
“There are too many private functions, writing unit tests for these is a waste of time as they are both simple and using assertions.”
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Static typing does not require manifest typing — type inference lets a language avoid that without becoming dynamically typed. (opens korrents.com)
“Many advocate dynamic typing because they think static typing automatically require manifest typing. With the auto keyword and use of template functions, C++ is moving further and further away from that dreadful…”
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Low-level operating system APIs such as exec and getxattr performing synchronous network activity before returning to the caller is a serious design problem. (opens korrents.com)
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9 recommendations on rcmnd (opens rcmnd.app)
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Adium (opens rcmnd.app)
“Chat: Adium for Jabber and LimeChat for IRC. I use Soryu's Limelight theme for the latter.”
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OmniWeb (opens rcmnd.app)
“Browsing: Mostly OmniWeb (using their Sneaky Peak builds). I am staying with OmniWeb mainly for the search shortcuts, the lack of UI distractions (I have toolbar and such disabled), session restore (by default), and…”
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Transmission (opens rcmnd.app)
“I use Transmission for torrents and NicePlayer as movie player with the Perian QuickTime component.”
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Adium (opens rcmnd.app)