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Techies are so f'ing useless. We keep reinventing every frikking wheel. I should get out of tech, it's depressing

purerandomness 9y ago
It's Groundhog Day all over, and the cycles are getting shorter and shorter. You'll love this talk by Robert C. Martin ("The Future Of Programming"): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ecIWPzGEbFc https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ecIWPzGEbFc
reificator 9y ago
What, JSON shouldn't have schemas because they exist for other formats? Or JSON shouldn't be used because XML is good enough? While I agree that tech should reevaluate its sisyphean upgrade treadmill, I'm not sure how that relates here.
- eadmund 9y ago
  > Or JSON shouldn't be used because XML is good enough? Mu. Neither JSON nor XML should be used, because S-expressions are good enough, and more attractive to boot.
  - reificator 9y ago
    https://eli.thegreenplace.net/2012/03/04/some-thoughts-on-json-vs-s-expressions https://eli.thegreenplace.net/2012/03/04/some-thoughts-on-js...
sctb 9y ago
Please comment civilly and substantively or not at all. https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html
- jbverschoor 9y ago
  Alright. Just got frustrated. I've been programming since 5, but ever since I did 'proper' computer tech, it's been this back and forth game of: * thin client vs fat client * clientside / serverside * all the same document formats * layers upon layers upon layers of abstraction * static vs dynamic languages etc etc etc my 286 was more responsive and would compile my games faster than most other things on my i7. It is plain insanity.
thiagocsf 9y ago
I was looking for a comment that explained how json schemas are similar or not to xsd but your rant was the closest I could find amongst all the hype that this is great. Did you have other technologies in mind or were you also thinking of xsd?
- always_good 9y ago
  This is really the vapid comment you chose and not any of the comments that didn't immediately write off the technology but actually had a business problem to solve?

It's Groundhog Day all over, and the cycles are getting shorter and shorter. You'll love this talk by Robert C. Martin ("The Future Of Programming"): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ecIWPzGEbFc https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ecIWPzGEbFc

reificator 9y ago

What, JSON shouldn't have schemas because they exist for other formats? Or JSON shouldn't be used because XML is good enough? While I agree that tech should reevaluate its sisyphean upgrade treadmill, I'm not sure how that relates here.

eadmund 9y ago
> Or JSON shouldn't be used because XML is good enough? Mu. Neither JSON nor XML should be used, because S-expressions are good enough, and more attractive to boot.
- reificator 9y ago
  https://eli.thegreenplace.net/2012/03/04/some-thoughts-on-json-vs-s-expressions https://eli.thegreenplace.net/2012/03/04/some-thoughts-on-js...

sctb 9y ago

Please comment civilly and substantively or not at all. https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html

jbverschoor 9y ago
Alright. Just got frustrated. I've been programming since 5, but ever since I did 'proper' computer tech, it's been this back and forth game of: * thin client vs fat client * clientside / serverside * all the same document formats * layers upon layers upon layers of abstraction * static vs dynamic languages etc etc etc my 286 was more responsive and would compile my games faster than most other things on my i7. It is plain insanity.

thiagocsf 9y ago

I was looking for a comment that explained how json schemas are similar or not to xsd but your rant was the closest I could find amongst all the hype that this is great. Did you have other technologies in mind or were you also thinking of xsd?

always_good 9y ago
This is really the vapid comment you chose and not any of the comments that didn't immediately write off the technology but actually had a business problem to solve?