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Many "dark arts" aren't known as dark arts to the people who know them. They're just the things you always do, because if you don't do them, nothing works. An
by ISL 7y ago
Many "dark arts" aren't known as dark arts to the people who know them. They're just the things you always do, because if you don't do them, nothing works.
An approximate CS analog: Writing great commit messages, and using an SCM.
You don't have to do them, nobody writes it up because those who know regard it as trivial, but if you don't do them, almost nothing works. Everyone who knows what they're doing does it.
- djtango 7y ago>An approximate CS analog: Writing great commit messages, and using an SCM. This is definitely not the analogue. The analogue is always doing a clean install of the OS before running your experiment. Or only ever using Arch version x.y.z for replicating lab 1 and maybe a.b.c for replicating lab 2. It's knowing all the magic undocumented JVM flags ahead of running the application. Some you know to use as part of war scars/best practices. Some are just pure inside information from working in that lab or having a personal relationship with people in that lab.