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If you want to become a domain expert, become a domain expert. You won't learn the intricacies of the newest structure from motion algorithms by writing user-fa
by ared38 10y ago
If you want to become a domain expert, become a domain expert. You won't learn the intricacies of the newest structure from motion algorithms by writing user-facing apps. you have to specialize, possibly for years, until the domain is second nature and the code is just putting your knowledge into text, if you want to singlehandedly write a world-class library.
But for heavens sake, why? Do you actually care about how audio destuttering works, or do you just want your app to work well? Do you want to spend every waking moment thinking about a problem, or take time out to deconstruct Marvel tropes?
And yes, the programmers your talking about are the 1%. Do you think every good dev has books written about their work?
- tastyface 10y agoI don't care about audio destuttering, but there will come a time when my apps will be made better by a finicky feature that requires similar expertise. Rather than dreading the process (as I do now), I want to learn how to efficiently source this kind of domain knowledge and then implement it without too much of a hassle. Deep, needle-precision learning. Most programmers don't have books written about their work, but I think most great programmers (of the kind I admire) could write an in-depth book about the unique things that they've written and discovered.