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I have been reacquainting myself with some so-called best practices as I muddle through my recent side-projects. While some newer languages are interesting, th

I have been reacquainting myself with some so-called best practices as I muddle through my recent side-projects. While some newer languages are interesting, the dev stacks today are a mess. Also, While we have safe pointers and GC everywhere, the lack of technical discipline/professionalism in the industry is worse than ever. I recognize that the C-suite and VCs share in the blame for this, but devs are the ones building things and evangelizing the newest-hotness that comes onto the scene. But I do have to remind myself that compared to traditional engineering tracks, software engineering is still in its infancy. /get-off-my-lawn

zozbot123 8y ago
> ...the lack of technical discipline/professionalism in the industry is worse than ever. What concerns me quite a bit is the overt opposition we're now seeing to professionalism in the industry. The whole 'post-meritocracy' shtick, regardless of the best intention of the "useful innocents" who came up with that particular phrasing, is really a way of saying: "Professionalism? What professionalism? There's no such thing, we know better than that! Brogrammers r00lz FTW!" Again, this is clearly not what the proponents were seeking-- but in some sense, it's what the phrase actually means, out there in the real world.
- pnw_hazor 8y ago
  Two week release cycles mean you never have to stand behind your work. /salty I will shut up and go back to building this Android app I am working on -- what a horror-show of a platform.