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I no longer think of myself as having an age. I moved the decimal point one place to the left and now I have a version: I am version 4.7 Apparently by the ti

by jv22222 10y ago

I no longer think of myself as having an age. I moved the decimal point one place to the left and now I have a version: I am version 4.7 Apparently by the time I'm version 6.5 my codebase will be a little bloated. --- On another note, this age subject has come up a few times: Programmers: Before you turn 40, get a plan B (2009) https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9361580 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9361580 Silicon Valley’s Dark Secret: It’s All About Age (2010) https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9710936 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9710936 I also wish I could copy paste this comment I already wrote: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9362508 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9362508

hohenheim 10y ago
That's an amazing idea. Age as version. I always have felt I love today more than yesterday. I'm happy not to be in university, or school, anymore. While I might miss specific events or groups I was part of in the past but I never wish to go back in time. It takes so much time and effort to build yourself and your life moving forward that going back would be a waste. Thanks for the idea! It has solved a long time puzzle :)
- goblin89 10y ago
  Life is a continuous deployment setup with an unusual trait where public version auto-increments every N time units. To preserve versioning semanticity, gotta habitually push out new code. Gotta strike the balance between squashing bugs, polishing UI interactions, testing new features, and self-refactoring. Gotta avoid feature creep, observe deprecation roadmaps, ensure social network integrations are in order… all those routine things.
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DonHopkins 10y ago
Are your even years stable, and your odd years full of surprises?
- mooreds 10y ago
  And are the major releases backwards compatible?
- Bartweiss 10y ago
  Around Version 3.0, many people produce a lightweight side project. By Version 5.0 they're about ready to spin it off as its own product.
  - DonHopkins 10y ago
    "Don't trust any version over 3.0." -Jack Weinberg
arethuza 10y ago
I think of my age in binary so that 32 was significant and 64 will be significant but for the moment I'm just somewhere between those two ages.

by jv22222 10y ago

hohenheim 10y ago

That's an amazing idea. Age as version. I always have felt I love today more than yesterday. I'm happy not to be in university, or school, anymore. While I might miss specific events or groups I was part of in the past but I never wish to go back in time. It takes so much time and effort to build yourself and your life moving forward that going back would be a waste. Thanks for the idea! It has solved a long time puzzle :)

goblin89 10y ago
Life is a continuous deployment setup with an unusual trait where public version auto-increments every N time units. To preserve versioning semanticity, gotta habitually push out new code. Gotta strike the balance between squashing bugs, polishing UI interactions, testing new features, and self-refactoring. Gotta avoid feature creep, observe deprecation roadmaps, ensure social network integrations are in order… all those routine things.

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DonHopkins 10y ago

Are your even years stable, and your odd years full of surprises?

mooreds 10y ago
And are the major releases backwards compatible?
Bartweiss 10y ago
Around Version 3.0, many people produce a lightweight side project. By Version 5.0 they're about ready to spin it off as its own product.
- DonHopkins 10y ago
  "Don't trust any version over 3.0." -Jack Weinberg

arethuza 10y ago

I think of my age in binary so that 32 was significant and 64 will be significant but for the moment I'm just somewhere between those two ages.