3 ms·
This is very important, but he's making a deeper point, that the README ties it to the problem it solves. It's possible to make a beautiful, intuitive, natural
by 6ren 15y ago
This is very important, but he's making a deeper point, that the README ties it to the problem it solves. It's possible to make a beautiful, intuitive, natural solution that nobody needs (not even yourself). From the user to the code, it goes:
problem -> usability -> code
Although intriguingly, pure mathematicians create solutions for their own sake (without reference to a problem), and it sometimes (often?) turns out to have practical application anyway e.g. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/G._H._Hardy#Pure_mathematics http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/G._H._Hardy#Pure_mathematics
BTW: I just noticed you can resize the reply textarea by dragging the bottom right corner. There doesn't seem to be any JS or CSS in the HN source to do this, so I guess it must be in Firefox 9; google says chromium has it too. Seems about 1.5 years old :(
- adeelk 15y agoPure mathematicians are always motivated by a problem, even if it isn't a "real world" problem.
- 6ren 15y agoSo might they too fall prey to the same issue, of losing sight of the problem they are solving? i.e. that the equivalent of a README would also help pure mathematicians? I guess that would be a statement of the problem: a formal definition of assumptions, and the outcome (if possible). Though I think getting to that point would be where most of the work is.
- yuest 15y agoreply your BTW: modern browsers support that feature, it could be altered by css code: resize: none | both | horizontal | vertical many browsers use both as default