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I don't know if I agree. I have friends that can smash out amazing code in very little time. Looking through some repositories of programs I like, some of them

I don't know if I agree. I have friends that can smash out amazing code in very little time. Looking through some repositories of programs I like, some of them were prototyped in very little time, but with a surprisingly excellent first revision. I had the pleasure to work with Zed Shaw quite some time ago, and even though his code might not be perfect, he writes a lot better code than the vast majority, in a lot less time.

DC-3 9y ago
This is interesting to hear. I thought Zed's book on C programming was reasonably good but I lost an awful lot of respect for him with his strange and nearly incomprehensible tirades against Python 3.
- celticninja 9y ago
  It seems like he is over his python 3 hate now.
- zedshaw 9y ago
  LOL. An account with these as the only comments and no submissions? Man this place is so weird. It's like you're at a party, and then some guy can scream at you from across the room while wearing a Richard Nixon mask and everyone goes "Oh yeah that is true." Never questioning why the guy is wearing a mask at a party. Anyway, I think you need to look up the words "tirade" and "incomprehensible"
  - Zenbit_UX 9y ago
    Looks like you got some haters... The only reason to make a throw away in order to bash you - deservedly or not I don't know - is because you know this person and they don't want to remove their Nixon mask and risk a real life confrontation. tldr: Welcome to the Internet
    - DC-3 9y ago
      I did not create this account as a throwaway. I just don't have the inclination to comment on HN much and was lurking for a long time until recently. As proof I point you to my Reddit account of the same name which has a great deal of activity and which is reasonably well recognised and regarded in certain communities. I say this to demonstrate that I am not creating burner personas for the sole purpose of starting flame wars - but I did think it was worth stating in this discussion that Zed has succeeded in discrediting himself in some programming circles.
nickthemagicman 9y ago
Yeah this was my thought too. He described the two types of Junior or intermediate programmer but there's a third type that writes great software extremely fast. I've worked with them before.
nickthemagicman 9y ago
Yeah this was my thought too. He described the two types of Junior or intermediate programmer but there's a third type that writes great software extremely fast. I've worked with them before.
owebmaster 9y ago
Like git. The first commit talk by itself: it was made using git. Software that works.
zedshaw 9y ago
Someone linked me here asking me how I can write good quality code so fast so I thought I would come and drop a comment just in case other people read this and fall prey to the "HN must be true" virus. I have no idea if I write code better or faster than other people. Maybe I do, but I always think that I don't write very good code most of the time so I have to be extra careful. I spent a lot of time writing code very slowly and being extra careful so that I could make sure it's good quality. I guess after focusing on quality for so long I just got faster at it compared to others. But, I'm going to guess that I actually am not much faster than other people.

DC-3 9y ago

This is interesting to hear. I thought Zed's book on C programming was reasonably good but I lost an awful lot of respect for him with his strange and nearly incomprehensible tirades against Python 3.

celticninja 9y ago
It seems like he is over his python 3 hate now.
zedshaw 9y ago
LOL. An account with these as the only comments and no submissions? Man this place is so weird. It's like you're at a party, and then some guy can scream at you from across the room while wearing a Richard Nixon mask and everyone goes "Oh yeah that is true." Never questioning why the guy is wearing a mask at a party. Anyway, I think you need to look up the words "tirade" and "incomprehensible"
- Zenbit_UX 9y ago
  Looks like you got some haters... The only reason to make a throw away in order to bash you - deservedly or not I don't know - is because you know this person and they don't want to remove their Nixon mask and risk a real life confrontation. tldr: Welcome to the Internet
  - DC-3 9y ago
    I did not create this account as a throwaway. I just don't have the inclination to comment on HN much and was lurking for a long time until recently. As proof I point you to my Reddit account of the same name which has a great deal of activity and which is reasonably well recognised and regarded in certain communities. I say this to demonstrate that I am not creating burner personas for the sole purpose of starting flame wars - but I did think it was worth stating in this discussion that Zed has succeeded in discrediting himself in some programming circles.

nickthemagicman 9y ago

Yeah this was my thought too. He described the two types of Junior or intermediate programmer but there's a third type that writes great software extremely fast. I've worked with them before.

nickthemagicman 9y ago

Yeah this was my thought too. He described the two types of Junior or intermediate programmer but there's a third type that writes great software extremely fast. I've worked with them before.

owebmaster 9y ago

Like git. The first commit talk by itself: it was made using git. Software that works.

zedshaw 9y ago

Someone linked me here asking me how I can write good quality code so fast so I thought I would come and drop a comment just in case other people read this and fall prey to the "HN must be true" virus. I have no idea if I write code better or faster than other people. Maybe I do, but I always think that I don't write very good code most of the time so I have to be extra careful. I spent a lot of time writing code very slowly and being extra careful so that I could make sure it's good quality. I guess after focusing on quality for so long I just got faster at it compared to others. But, I'm going to guess that I actually am not much faster than other people.