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null | twowheels | null | Too many developers blame management pressure for their incompetence.
A good developer makes smart tradeoffs and documents them for the next person, with issue tracking for later. A bad developer takes stupid shortcuts and blames their overly complex and undocumented brambles on the schedule.
Good quality code is ... | null | 0 | 1491596682 | False | 0 | dfyz24c | t3_63zg6f | null | null | t3_63zg6f | null | 1493885617 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
null | RogerLeigh | null | Yes. I've used git since nearly the beginning, and love its power. But anyone who claims the UI is great is kidding themselves. It's an inconsistent counter-intuitive mess which was not designed, but merely accreted. Here's an example:
git reset --hard
git reset --soft
git reset --mixed
So, `soft` res... | null | 0 | 1491596694 | 1491596959 | 0 | dfyz2jd | t3_63zg6f | null | null | t1_dfyhrs9 | null | 1493885622 | 6 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
null | sabas123 | null | Any suggestions how not to base it of opinions? | null | 0 | 1491596734 | False | 0 | dfyz3se | t3_63zg6f | null | null | t1_dfyazwh | null | 1493885639 | 2 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
null | Navidian | null | ITT Programmers are extremely disagreeable, and are independent thinkers. | null | 0 | 1491596738 | False | 0 | dfyz3ww | t3_63zg6f | null | null | t3_63zg6f | null | 1493885640 | 2 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
null | andralex | null | Guess I got to get that HGH treatment going... | null | 0 | 1491596753 | False | 0 | dfyz4ei | t3_6419py | null | null | t1_dfywirn | null | 1493885648 | 10 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
null | durandall08 | null | 4 FOREVER. You like functional and JVM? Just use Clojure. Keep that stupid notation out of my Java. | null | 0 | 1491596769 | False | 0 | dfyz4xf | t3_63zg6f | null | null | t1_dfymxqz | null | 1493885654 | 2 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
null | TheMiamiWhale | null | To your first question, currently I'm not aware of any work on the theoretical limitations of whether or not certain kind of learning can be done in parallel. It seems you could always come up with a parallel implementation of any given learning algorithm, whether or not the parallel implementation is *better* is an en... | null | 0 | 1491596770 | False | 0 | dfyz4y8 | t3_63yka1 | null | null | t1_dfytdm7 | null | 1493885655 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
null | pdp10 | null | > I have never rewritten working code into another programming language in my entire career.
My guess is that the language picks have been conservative. Not necessarily anything wrong with that, but it can mean forgoing some advantages sometimes.
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null | mrand01 | null | > Nobody cares about my opinion and nobody is actually going to read all of this.
I read all of it.
> "Get it working first, and then make it pretty" is a bullshit development paradigm.
Yeah, this is the best way to end up with a mountain of tech debt. Unfortunately it's pretty common since most managers want... | null | 0 | 1491596826 | False | 0 | dfyz6ni | t3_63zg6f | null | null | t1_dfyouir | null | 1493885677 | 2 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
null | Dwedit | null | Sounds like bad news for nvidia. | null | 0 | 1491596844 | False | 0 | dfyz77p | t3_63zx9i | null | null | t3_63zx9i | null | 1493885684 | -3 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
null | halofreak7777 | null | I like it for long lists of related variables. | null | 0 | 1491596855 | False | 0 | dfyz7ja | t3_63zg6f | null | null | t1_dfynj75 | null | 1493885688 | 3 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
null | TyRoXx | null | > Now everyone can use the tab settings they're most comfortable with
How about just getting used to different indentations? I don't even notice a difference between 2 and 4 spaces anymore if I don't look closely. Any other number is just ridiculous. I don't care whether it is tabs or spaces because I usually don't... | null | 0 | 1491596855 | False | 0 | dfyz7k0 | t3_63zg6f | null | null | t1_dfym2lb | null | 1493885689 | 3 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
null | mredding | null | I... I think you missed the point entirely. | null | 0 | 1491596855 | False | 0 | dfyz7k3 | t3_63zg6f | null | null | t1_dfyyoit | null | 1493885689 | 4 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
null | M3talstorm | null | I haven't looked to much into the options for flash, but I'm pretty sure that the tools for java are very mature and can obfuscate and make a 'mess' of the code to an impressive level. I would have expected tools for flash to be on the same kind of level as distributed clients (like games in the example) are quite comm... | null | 0 | 1491596874 | False | 0 | dfyz837 | t3_642p3k | null | null | t1_dfyz0i8 | null | 1493885696 | 2 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
null | basiclaser | null | What is D used for? can i make gaemz? | null | 0 | 1491596889 | False | 0 | dfyz8jn | t3_6419py | null | null | t3_6419py | null | 1493885702 | 12 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
null | chuliomartinez | null | The idea of linq is to write "what" you want to do aka declarative instead of "how". The declarative part can thus be executed in parallel etc. without you having to change anything. | null | 0 | 1491596891 | False | 0 | dfyz8ly | t3_63zg6f | null | null | t1_dfymy8l | null | 1493885703 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
null | imhotap | null | Operating systems, programming languages, databases, the web, and middleware/services are "done" and have been since 2008 or earlier. What we're living though is cyclic rehashing of decades-old technology and replacement of sensible standards by fancy hipster shit software for economical (cloud business) rather than en... | null | 0 | 1491596894 | False | 0 | dfyz8oz | t3_63zg6f | null | null | t3_63zg6f | null | 1493885704 | 6 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
null | saijanai | null | > I care less about having met a business man, regardless of his foresight or success, than having met the literal inventor of modern personal computers.
Woz is great, but even he looked up to Jobs.
Mind you, Jobs was a rather distaste human in many ways, but one can be great in some ways and an a$$hole in others.... | null | 0 | 1491596905 | False | 0 | dfyz920 | t3_63z9ge | null | null | t1_dfyyr86 | null | 1493885709 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
null | polagh | null | The amount of toolkits available, nicely packaged, makes it so that some people will continue to use Matlab. (Not even talking about the amount of existing codebases, and so over...) | null | 0 | 1491596933 | False | 0 | dfyz9wk | t3_6419py | null | null | t1_dfywyy8 | null | 1493885720 | 13 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
null | andralex | null | Actually we've had folks such as engineers at RedHad seriously concerned about dmd not being open sourced.
To quote myself: the question "is your language open sourced?" is similar to the question "are you faithful to your spouse?" The only good answer is an unqualified "YES", otherwise you're in trouble :o). | null | 0 | 1491596943 | False | 0 | dfyza7y | t3_6419py | null | null | t1_dfyuyij | null | 1493885724 | 32 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
null | johnfredcee | null | Everything since the Lisp Machine has been a mistake. | null | 0 | 1491596997 | False | 0 | dfyzbuw | t3_63zg6f | null | null | t3_63zg6f | null | 1493885746 | 28 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
null | tdammers | null | But if we take the top 10 (excluding CSS, which isn't even a programming language), or look at the major job boards, then C# and Java is about as typed as it gets.
Typed languages are gaining popularity though, there is no doubt about that. | null | 0 | 1491596997 | False | 0 | dfyzbvf | t3_63zg6f | null | null | t1_dfyoe0k | null | 1493885746 | 3 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
null | [deleted] | null | [deleted] | null | 0 | 1491597038 | False | 0 | dfyzd27 | t3_63zg6f | null | null | t3_63zg6f | null | 1493885763 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
null | cresquin | null | Not everyone can learn to code. Even fewer can learn to code well. | null | 0 | 1491597083 | False | 0 | dfyzegc | t3_63zg6f | null | null | t3_63zg6f | null | 1493885781 | 2 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
null | nilamo | null | But... then your website just doesn't work for a lot of people? | null | 0 | 1491597093 | False | 0 | dfyzerd | t3_63zg6f | null | null | t1_dfylrpq | null | 1493885785 | -10 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
null | georgeo | null | >Don't fear the technology.
I was slow. It took me about a decade to be a good coder. The main lesson? Always wade headfirst into that cesspool. Ultimately, the hardest way is always the best way. | null | 0 | 1491597125 | False | 0 | dfyzfpp | t3_641oop | null | null | t1_dfyvdi7 | null | 1493885798 | 3 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
null | jpfed | null | Long, sad sigh | null | 0 | 1491597139 | False | 0 | dfyzg4o | t3_63zg6f | null | null | t1_dfy89iy | null | 1493885804 | 4 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
null | andralex | null | Remedy Entertainment uses D in game production. Ethan Watson from Remedy has a [related talk](http://dconf.org/2017/talks/watson.html) coming at [DConf 2017](http://dconf.org). | null | 0 | 1491597154 | False | 0 | dfyzgl1 | t3_6419py | null | null | t1_dfyz8jn | null | 1493885810 | 21 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
null | interrobang_ | null | At a certain point obfuscation only marginally slows down a trained eye. 99% of my RE experience has involved Android applications, and there are excellent decompilers like Jeb (https://www.pnfsoftware.com/) that will essentially give you very readable Java code as well as the ability to easily rename variables. Once y... | null | 0 | 1491597158 | False | 0 | dfyzgp7 | t3_642p3k | null | null | t1_dfyz837 | null | 1493885811 | 3 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
null | kirbyfan64sos | null | C++ now has `clang-format` which helps a bit. Though the different styles between libraries is still annoying as hell... | null | 0 | 1491597171 | False | 0 | dfyzh2y | t3_63zjbj | null | null | t1_dfytxra | null | 1493885816 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
null | polagh | null | > C and C++ are separate languages that happen to look similar.
C is not strictly a subset of C++, but going as far as pretending they just "happen to look similar" is ridiculous.
Java and C# "look similar" to C/C++.
C and C++ are clearly related (historically, enormously, and today; still strongly)
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null | kirbyfan64sos | null | > Those things should be formatted automatically
...according to the spec defined by a style guide, right? | null | 0 | 1491597210 | False | 0 | dfyzi8f | t3_63zjbj | null | null | t1_dfyeeku | null | 1493885832 | 6 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
null | RelaxingTuna | null | You're a sicko | null | 0 | 1491597211 | False | 0 | dfyzi9u | t3_63zg6f | null | null | t1_dfyla3i | null | 1493885832 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
null | [deleted] | null | [deleted] | null | 0 | 1491597215 | False | 0 | dfyzidz | t3_63zg6f | null | null | t1_dfyfgnp | null | 1493885834 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
null | Farsyte | null | Hmmm. Lots of my opinions are unpopular. Here's a few selected ones in no particular order.
1. There are no silver bullets. Not even your new favorite flavor of the month magical solution -- perhaps ESPECIALLY not that one.
2. TDD and its cousins may not be silver bullets but damn it you really need to write simple co... | null | 0 | 1491597228 | False | 0 | dfyzitd | t3_63zg6f | null | null | t3_63zg6f | null | 1493885840 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
null | matttrick | null | software patents should not exist | null | 0 | 1491597250 | False | 0 | dfyzji8 | t3_63zg6f | null | null | t3_63zg6f | null | 1493885849 | 9 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
null | Mad_Ludvig | null | See also: Simulink and/or Labview. | null | 0 | 1491597284 | False | 0 | dfyzkm9 | t3_63zg6f | null | null | t1_dfyfo5e | null | 1493885865 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
null | nilamo | null | After using C# for years, and hating it when I first started, I've recently come to the conclusion that C# is legitimately a great language, and that if it had never been branded "Microsoft", I would have liked it from the start. | null | 0 | 1491597348 | False | 0 | dfyzmjs | t3_63zg6f | null | null | t1_dfym5zd | null | 1493885891 | 5 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
null | georgeo | null | And Gate and Allen didn't write the FP stuff, they hired some other guy. | null | 0 | 1491597385 | False | 0 | dfyznou | t3_63z9ge | null | null | t1_dfyo0ny | null | 1493885906 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
null | skulgnome | null | But that's incompatible with accessory tools that work within the filesystem schema. Such as git, Make, and so forth. | null | 0 | 1491597411 | False | 0 | dfyzohz | t3_63zg6f | null | null | t1_dfyx1rw | null | 1493885916 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
null | jpfed | null | [Changing this is slooow going](https://www.metafilter.com/134909/Evidence-based-software-development). | null | 0 | 1491597418 | False | 0 | dfyzor6 | t3_63zg6f | null | null | t1_dfyfzgh | null | 1493885919 | 2 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
null | tkannelid | null | Then you're asking the user to implement two different hash functions. | null | 0 | 1491597426 | False | 0 | dfyzoz9 | t3_63z9df | null | null | t1_dfyvtpz | null | 1493885922 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
null | progfu | null | List<T> uses a custom indexer, which means if `T` is a struct such as `struct A { int x; int y; }`, you can't do `list[i].x++`, but rather have to do `var tmp = list[i]; tmp.x++; list[i] = tmp;`
This is because `List<T>` uses a user-defined indexer, which simply returns the struct by value. C# 7 does allo... | null | 0 | 1491597467 | False | 0 | dfyzq7a | t3_63zg6f | null | null | t1_dfyron2 | null | 1493885939 | 2 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
null | wrzoki | null | Dat [matrix chapter.](https://pomax.github.io/bezierinfo/#matrix) | null | 0 | 1491597471 | False | 0 | dfyzqbu | t3_63ziz1 | null | null | t1_dfyfc1v | null | 1493885941 | 2 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
null | cresquin | null | Yes, we've just recently gotten JS to the point where flash was, 10 years ago. This was by Apple's design. Adobe were planning to release a Flash-based app store of their own before Apple decided not to include Flash in Mobile Safari. | null | 0 | 1491597482 | False | 0 | dfyzqol | t3_63zg6f | null | null | t1_dfy7o3h | null | 1493885945 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
null | nilamo | null | Show up after them, leave before them. Complain louder and harder than anyone else. Guess I'm a spoiled brat also :p | null | 0 | 1491597490 | False | 0 | dfyzqwl | t3_63zg6f | null | null | t1_dfywfhw | null | 1493885948 | 9 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
null | hackerfoo | null | >and eat kale.
10x kale. | null | 0 | 1491597491 | False | 0 | dfyzqy1 | t3_63zg6f | null | null | t1_dfyl7yx | null | 1493885949 | 16 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
null | troyunrau | null | Yeah, there's legacy. Just like there's a lot of Fortran in physics. But people are coming out of university speaking python or java. So when they pitch a new project, guess what they start with.
My field is geophysics. Matlab used to reign supreme at the graduate level. Cheap student license. Relatively low barrier o... | null | 0 | 1491597567 | False | 0 | dfyzt9u | t3_6419py | null | null | t1_dfyz9wk | null | 1493885980 | 13 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
null | something | null | Thanks for the explanation. Do you think the algorithm is correct on more of a theoretical level assuming we find a perfect hash? | null | 0 | 1491597576 | False | 0 | dfyztjz | t3_63z9df | null | null | t1_dfyvmcp | null | 1493885984 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
null | mrand01 | null | Flash/Flex/ActionScript was (and still is) a much nicer development experience over HTML/CSS/JS. I'm not saying it'd be a good idea to start a new project with Flash, but knowing that things used to be better is kind of depressing. | null | 0 | 1491597582 | False | 0 | dfyztpv | t3_63zg6f | null | null | t3_63zg6f | null | 1493885986 | 3 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
null | cresquin | null | It won't make me less productive either. I LOVE no types in JS. | null | 0 | 1491597582 | False | 0 | dfyztqu | t3_63zg6f | null | null | t1_dfyas72 | null | 1493885986 | -3 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
null | georgeo | null | The 6502 had fast zero page access to the first 256 bytes of RAM, since the CPU ran at the same rate as the RAM, 0 page was effectively a big register set. | null | 0 | 1491597598 | False | 0 | dfyzu7q | t3_63z9ge | null | null | t1_dfymgbn | null | 1493885992 | 6 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
null | pdp10 | null | > They want to write the same old spaghetti shitcode they were always writing
I have a hard time imagining this unless you're working with VB or Cobol or something. These days it seems to me that visible critics of OOP are not the weakest contributors and aren't any more likely than average to overestimate their ow... | null | 0 | 1491597645 | False | 0 | dfyzvnc | t3_63zg6f | null | null | t1_dfyf0ox | null | 1493886012 | 2 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
null | cangetenough | null | na | null | 0 | 1491597647 | 1493752863 | 0 | dfyzvq0 | t3_63zg6f | null | null | t1_dfyjfps | null | 1493886013 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
null | nilamo | null | https://mollyrocket.com/casey/stream_0019.html
The only example I know of offhand. | null | 0 | 1491597677 | False | 0 | dfyzwnn | t3_63zg6f | null | null | t1_dfynbfl | null | 1493886025 | 3 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
null | Farsyte | null | It's not that 10x productivity programmers exist, it's that 100% productivity programmers exist but are often lost in the sea of 10% productivity programmers.
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null | diverightin63 | null | Transpilation! | null | 0 | 1491597703 | False | 0 | dfyzxgu | t3_63zg6f | null | null | t1_dfyzerd | null | 1493886036 | 9 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
null | jpfed | null | > Bret Victor was right 5 years ago and we still don't know it yet.
This is true in general for all t. | null | 0 | 1491597724 | False | 0 | dfyzy0v | t3_63zg6f | null | null | t1_dfyir96 | null | 1493886044 | 5 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
null | sabas123 | null | How can I get to work with people like you? | null | 0 | 1491597742 | False | 0 | dfyzyjo | t3_63zg6f | null | null | t1_dfyouir | null | 1493886050 | 2 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
null | ErstwhileRockstar | null | computer science student but not programmer! | null | 0 | 1491597744 | False | 0 | dfyzykw | t3_641h4l | null | null | t3_641h4l | null | 1493886051 | 3 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
null | cangetenough | null | na | null | 1 | 1491597748 | 1493752860 | 0 | dfyzypu | t3_63zg6f | null | null | t1_dfyhefl | null | 1493886053 | 0 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
null | saijanai | null | Only certain modes worked with those addresses and access was slower than manipulating data IN the registers. Otherwise, why bother with registers at all? | null | 0 | 1491597785 | False | 0 | dfyzztw | t3_63z9ge | null | null | t1_dfyzu7q | null | 1493886068 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
null | cangetenough | null | na | null | 1 | 1491597815 | 1493752692 | 0 | dfz00qm | t3_63zg6f | null | null | t3_63zg6f | null | 1493886080 | 3 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
null | janxious | null | For better or worse, a company that chooses to never invest time and resources in upgrading to modern platforms has to pay the cost for that choice. In this case, it might be training a new engineer because the existing engineer can't take it any more. It doesn't mean their platform is bad, or unprofitable, but also no... | null | 0 | 1491597842 | False | 0 | dfz01kq | t3_63zg6f | null | null | t1_dfyym7n | null | 1493886091 | 3 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
null | AerieC | null | Maybe, but the only "objective function" of the TDD system is: "make the tests pass". And when you're the one writing the tests, you can make that as easy or hard as you want to.
From my experience, contributors who don't see the value in automated tests, won't write good automated tests (if they write them at all). A... | null | 0 | 1491597854 | False | 0 | dfz01xv | t3_63zg6f | null | null | t1_dfyy2oc | null | 1493886096 | 6 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
null | damn_it_so_much | null | What kind of jerk would rather call someone a retard than explain something? | null | 0 | 1491597891 | False | 0 | dfz0325 | t3_63zg6f | null | null | t1_dfyynyk | null | 1493886111 | 8 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
null | SilentChiller | null | So glad I was able to convince my management about this, I inherited a small project (25KLOC) that was good in most respects, it worked and users liked it.
But from a maintainability perspective, it was a nightmare, were talking no foreign key constraints, no server-side validation, client-side is a jumbled mix of Ang... | null | 0 | 1491597892 | False | 0 | dfz032s | t3_63zg6f | null | null | t1_dfyhf5u | null | 1493886111 | 8 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
null | ssylvan | null | Unit testing is a very specific form of testing. Not the only form. You can still test, in an automated way even, without having to test at the level of *units*.
Use asserts liberally, and automated functional tests to make sure those asserts get checked during development. Gets you 99% of the value of unit tests, wit... | null | 0 | 1491597892 | False | 0 | dfz0338 | t3_63zg6f | null | null | t1_dfycaey | null | 1493886111 | 2 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
null | Dunhili | null | With a monolithic microservice, you have every developer on your team all working on the same service at the same time because it's part of the same code base which is also going to make regression testing a pain.
Not to mention your monolith is going to be part of every install cycle even if only a small component i... | null | 0 | 1491597914 | False | 0 | dfz03r9 | t3_63zg6f | null | null | t1_dfybemh | null | 1493886120 | 2 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
null | demonshalo | null | Honestly, most of my opinions are unpopular! | null | 0 | 1491597948 | False | 0 | dfz04ti | t3_63zg6f | null | null | t3_63zg6f | null | 1493886135 | 2 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
null | Poddster | null | How do you deal with 13,212 tabs? | null | 0 | 1491597948 | False | 0 | dfz04tm | t3_63tmfn | null | null | t1_dfylf17 | null | 1493886135 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
null | canadapedeprime | null | Microservices does not necessarily mean individual applications. You can have "microservices" withing a "monolithic" application if you're smart about it. | null | 0 | 1491597956 | False | 0 | dfz051a | t3_63zg6f | null | null | t3_63zg6f | null | 1493886137 | 2 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
null | SilentChiller | null | I've really enjoyed being a C# developer on the server-side, especially recently, exciting things are happening! | null | 0 | 1491597974 | False | 0 | dfz05jv | t3_63zg6f | null | null | t1_dfym5zd | null | 1493886144 | 3 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
null | agonnaz | null | Get anybody experienced who cares about programming and give them responsibility over giant legacy projects made entirely by juniors who had no management or senior on the team. | null | 0 | 1491597975 | False | 0 | dfz05l9 | t3_63zg6f | null | null | t1_dfyzyjo | null | 1493886145 | 5 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
null | loup-vaillant | null | I have accidentally discovered that I personally needed TDD when working with dynamically typed languages. Since those languages have no discipline, the programmer needs to compensate. A lot.
I don't like dynamic typing.
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null | mrkite77 | null | I made a comment a few years ago about this, pointing out the actual ROM sizes:
https://www.reddit.com/r/programming/comments/24rzww/how_steve_wozniak_wrote_basic_for_the_original/chae28e/
Sweet16 takes up just 370 bytes of ROM. Totally impressive.
Especially when you consider that the 6502 doesn't even have multip... | null | 0 | 1491598001 | False | 0 | dfz06dq | t3_63z9ge | null | null | t3_63z9ge | null | 1493886155 | 10 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
null | __redruM | null | > Can you give me a concrete example of a fp codebase
Linux kernel and as a comparison Windows Kernel. Both are huge code base supporting multiple hardware platforms and maintained by hundreds of people. I've had plenty of experience working with linux kernel, and just a tiny bit of exposure to windows mobile ker... | null | 0 | 1491598005 | False | 0 | dfz06ja | t3_63zg6f | null | null | t1_dfyy6t4 | null | 1493886157 | -2 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
null | TyRoXx | null | UNIX + C + stringly typed UI was a nice proof of concept, but all of that should have gone to the trash back in the 70s. | null | 0 | 1491598012 | False | 0 | dfz06qs | t3_63zg6f | null | null | t3_63zg6f | null | 1493886160 | 3 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
null | hn17 | null | No, I have no idea and I'm absolutely not qualified for that.
It's also possible, that there is no way to create a fact-based development process and that my first statement makes no sense at all. Perhaps the problems that are involved are too complex or too hard to describe to create a "provable" solution.
But the ... | null | 0 | 1491598031 | False | 0 | dfz07c0 | t3_63zg6f | null | null | t1_dfyz3se | null | 1493886168 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
null | EntroperZero | null | I recommend flowtype if you're doing JS. | null | 0 | 1491598044 | False | 0 | dfz07s9 | t3_63zg6f | null | null | t1_dfz05on | null | 1493886174 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
null | akkartik | null | And that's before you even get into the can of worms that is running it!
The unpopular end of it is the willingness to give up compatibility. | null | 0 | 1491598077 | False | 0 | dfz08tl | t3_63zg6f | null | null | t1_dfyy8di | null | 1493886188 | 4 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
null | curiously_clueless | null | Got a bug? Refactor the code out to a package private method and write a unit test to confirm its fixed.
Screw setting up all the deps of the public method, or worse, testing by hand.
I like writing unit tests for (should be) private methods. Fight me. | null | 0 | 1491598081 | False | 0 | dfz08xk | t3_63zg6f | null | null | t3_63zg6f | null | 1493886189 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
null | Poddster | null | Wow, that's such a unique tool. I'm glad the existence npm made this tool possible. | null | 0 | 1491598089 | False | 0 | dfz0963 | t3_63zjbj | null | null | t1_dfydka7 | null | 1493886193 | 5 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
null | cresquin | null | I think it's actually the same thing as it's greatest strength: flexibility.
There is no dictator for standardized UI, and there isn't any motivation to provide one, again, to preserve flexibility. If you know how to use a windows box, you can use pretty much any windows box. Same for Mac. Pick up linux, and dependin... | null | 0 | 1491598093 | False | 0 | dfz099v | t3_63zg6f | null | null | t1_dfyhxut | null | 1493886194 | 5 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
null | trump_is_a_fuckup | null | PHP is just another tool. It's good for some things and it's bad for some things. | null | 0 | 1491598095 | False | 0 | dfz09bu | t3_63zg6f | null | null | t3_63zg6f | null | 1493886195 | 2 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
null | vine-el | null | There's some really, really good stuff in this thread if you sort by controversial. | null | 0 | 1491598096 | False | 0 | dfz09c1 | t3_63zg6f | null | null | t1_dfyh69h | null | 1493886195 | 3 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
null | Rusky | null | It doesn't accomplish those tasks, because it uses a different workflow. *That* workflow does, however, work in the real world- SQLite and Fossil itself are both versioned with it. | null | 0 | 1491598131 | False | 0 | dfz0afc | t3_63whph | null | null | t1_dfxtgpi | null | 1493886209 | 6 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
null | xathien | null | No tests > crap tests | null | 0 | 1491598139 | False | 0 | dfz0aow | t3_63zg6f | null | null | t1_dfyjn5w | null | 1493886213 | 5 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
null | ErstwhileRockstar | null | > The entirety of modern C++ is "this behaviour makes no sense unless you understand 30 years of historical baggage
Spot on! You are absolutely right. | null | 0 | 1491598159 | False | 0 | dfz0ba3 | t3_63s8jo | null | null | t1_dfx9azy | null | 1493886220 | -2 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
null | DJDarkViper | null | https://github.com/DerelictOrg/DerelictSDL2 yes. My team and I have done it in the past | null | 0 | 1491598166 | False | 0 | dfz0bim | t3_6419py | null | null | t1_dfyz8jn | null | 1493886223 | 8 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
null | pdp10 | null | > colleagues you may not really respect because of their technical incompetence may be getting ahead because they excel in the debate.
You have to be able to articulate yourself. I adore those who disagree with me for articulable reasons, but I have a problem with those who storm off with a grudge because they insi... | null | 0 | 1491598189 | False | 0 | dfz0c84 | t3_63zg6f | null | null | t1_dfyxzza | null | 1493886234 | 2 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
null | Dworgi | null | Dynamically typed languages are the fucking worst. They hide things that are actually *really fucking important*.
Types don't go away just because you stuck a var in front of your declaration. It doesn't mean the type has changed, it just means you don't know what it actually is.
And you know what? Compilers are rea... | null | 0 | 1491598197 | False | 0 | dfz0cgv | t3_63zg6f | null | null | t1_dfyapv3 | null | 1493886237 | 60 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
null | ApoMechanesTheos | null | No, don't get me wrong! With all due respect to other folks in the community, I think you're one of the more relate-able personas in the community. I absolutely enjoy watching (and laughing along) your talks. Your sense of humour tickles my funny bone. | null | 0 | 1491598234 | False | 0 | dfz0dl7 | t3_6419py | null | null | t1_dfyz4ei | null | 1493886251 | 11 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
null | MEaster | null | Ah yes, that irritating behaviour. Always fun to work around. | null | 0 | 1491598242 | False | 0 | dfz0dup | t3_63zg6f | null | null | t1_dfyzq7a | null | 1493886255 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
null | FG_Regulus | null | I've found that software development is as much an art as a science. There's a careful line between making the most of a design pattern and having it control you. Deciding how to build up your abstractions is something that really can't be taught through books or theory, but needs to be learned from doing it ten thousa... | null | 0 | 1491598244 | False | 0 | dfz0dwo | t3_63zg6f | null | null | t1_dfyazwh | null | 1493886255 | 3 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
null | NeverSpeaks | null | I've gotten into it recently. Especially if you are working with C++11 and beyond it feels really nice. Plus, you feel like a god programming with it. | null | 0 | 1491598253 | False | 0 | dfz0e6z | t3_63zg6f | null | null | t1_dfybsj6 | null | 1493886259 | 2 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
null | AbstractOperator | null | Little explanation needed _D. Murphy_ is the guy who's allowed the first bootstrap phase (the front-end). This phase was mostly done by a dedicated tool. [See his talk in 2015](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5daHGXSetXk).
So my question was if the second phase will follow the same process ;) | null | 0 | 1491598282 | False | 0 | dfz0f37 | t3_6419py | null | null | t1_dfyyswa | null | 1493886272 | 29 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
null | hn17 | null | Looks interesting! Thanks! | null | 0 | 1491598310 | False | 0 | dfz0fyy | t3_63zg6f | null | null | t1_dfyzor6 | null | 1493886283 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
null | findar | null | 1) Unfortunately I think there is never an "absolute" point at which software is done, it's just when we stop supporting it.
2) I can agree to that, I think encouraging the user to own parts of an application also help in building good will. The counter is that sometimes you have very specific workflows that you may ... | null | 0 | 1491598326 | False | 0 | dfz0ggx | t3_63zg6f | null | null | t1_dfyyysd | null | 1493886290 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
null | whozurdaddy | null | "Code reuse" lol | null | 0 | 1491598350 | False | 0 | dfz0h75 | t3_63zg6f | null | null | t1_dfyskiw | null | 1493886299 | 3 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
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