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Slightly O/T but am I the only person sick of seeing the word “every“ followed by the word “programmer”? I realise this might be because I’m a very experienced
by louthy 3y ago
Slightly O/T but am I the only person sick of seeing the word “every“ followed by the word “programmer”?
I realise this might be because I’m a very experienced developer, and these things are not interesting to me, but it always seems anything titled this way is often incredibly dogmatic.
- jansan 3y agoEvery programmer is sick of seeing this. Joking aside, welcome to the attention economy. There is probably another book with similar content and a less dramatic title, but unfortunately it did not make it to the HN frontpage due to the descriptive title. There is not much you can do, just use your experience to interpret the title correctly ("50 of the most common programming algorithms"). Trying the world from changing never worked.
- mihaic 3y agoI have seen that shaming sometimes works, so I wouldn't abandon it. After all, there are so few social deterents we can use that I only say "that won't work" when I have a better suggestion.
- 255kb 3y agoSick and tired. But this is working. It seems that many developers actually want to do/use/learn whatever their peers are. Just look at all the tweets and reddit posts starting with "What should I use...?" or "What is the best...?. All aboard the hype train!
- say_it_as_it_is 3y agoLet's do a thought experiment and imagine that we instead titled it in the passive mode: "50 Algorithms Some Programmers May be Interested in Knowing". Are you as likely to read this?
- iamcasen 3y agoHonestly, it's so offbeat compared to the sensationalist headlines that have been optimized over the last 20 years that it feels refreshing. I would probably read it just for that fact alone!