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Not sure why I'm getting such negative reactions. I've given these exercises to many developers, some of them very junior, and seen them complete them successf
by SonOfLilit 3y ago
Not sure why I'm getting such negative reactions. I've given these exercises to many developers, some of them very junior, and seen them complete them successfully. It's not that hard to do each step after the previous ones, and very rewarding to complete the entire thing.
- bmicraft 3y agoIt might not be "hard", but it sure sounds very tedious to put it lightly
- SonOfLilit 3y agoNot too much work, either. I once live coded a Brainfuck interpreter in 30 minutes for PyCon IL, and there aren't really any tricks involved, just work, so it should take the average dev that didn't just practice it maybe 2-4 hours: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F5P6Q7vs_-Y https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F5P6Q7vs_-Y
- solardev 3y agoI once live coded a vertically centered image in 30 minutes. My coworkers were pretty impressed. We had low standards... Another time, I read a Brainfuck wikipedia entry for about 30 seconds. I still haven't recovered.
- solardev 3y agoIt sounds doable, just painful! I'm not sure I'm masochistic enough. Like I could do that, or maybe go on a bike ride, or get some ice cream... I think I have pretty underwhelming dreams relative to OS devs, lol. I feel a ping of reward when a web page loads without crashing, or a npm audit passes without red, or I finish a level in Mini Motorways. Generally, my secret to a happy life is to aim low, and then be satisfied once I hit half that :)
- SonOfLilit 3y agoI promise you it isn't. It's a fun challenge, and not too hard. Smaller and easier, say, than delivering a full eCommerce website end-to-end. I'm not an OS dev myself, I just love playing with technology of all kinds and picking up elegant ideas, and this is one kind :)