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The length of the article is how you know it's the real Steve Yegge. :) Youngbloods: if you have not spent time with Steve Yegge's old writings, please go chec
by belfalas 4y ago
The length of the article is how you know it's the real Steve Yegge. :)
Youngbloods: if you have not spent time with Steve Yegge's old writings, please go check them out. Much good received wisdom there.
- damontal 4y agoI'm still bummed he never finished his "Programmer's View of The Universe" series
- _steve_yegge_ 4y agoOh, I'm still writing it. The next installment is a novel. Thank you for your interest. :)
- willismichael 4y agoMake sure that your estate planning includes a contract with Brandon Sanderson to finish the series after you die.
- adamkl 4y agoI've always enjoyed this one: https://steve-yegge.blogspot.com/2006/03/execution-in-kingdom-of-nouns.html https://steve-yegge.blogspot.com/2006/03/execution-in-kingdo...
- _cbsz 4y agoI loved it when I was younger, but I had trouble recommending it more recently because its tone is adjacent to personally attacking people who like Java.
- adamkl 4y agoAgree, but it helps to remember that it’s a product of its time. Feels like we’re overdue for a similar piece poking fun at Node/JavaScript and all of its foibles.
- softwarebeware 4y agoCorrection: his tone is adjacent to personally attacking people who USE Java :P
- smeagull 4y agoAs I get older, I do tend to be more conciliatory, but I do think that even the people who like Java are perpetuating pain and struggle for others that will have to learn some lessons the hard way.
- hatmatrix 4y agoI remember in 2008 he predicted that text editors/IDEs will have to compete against the browser. When Jupyter notebook hit the scene I thought how prescient he was. There's a move toward bringing back the editor/IDE-like environment but I suppose with VS Code being based on electron it's just another form of the browser.