LegitGandalf

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by LegitGandalf 6y ago
Not only that, but if tech matters to the company, and it increasingly does these days, the broader organization really needs to have some technical savvy in order to avoid a bunch of anti-patterns that are running wild in non-tech savvy or
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Times I used my knowledge of data structures on the job(meekg33k.dev)
1 points by LegitGandalf 6y ago|0 comments
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CourseMaker – Interactive Course Builder for Programming Courses(coursemaker.org)
53 points by LegitGandalf 6y ago|15 comments
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I don't care about cookies(i-dont-care-about-cookies.eu)
249 points by LegitGandalf 6y ago|187 comments
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by LegitGandalf 6y ago
As a boy I had a Franklin (early apple clone) which I think had some variant of the 6502 processor. Getting software written for the Apple II to run was difficult. On one of the early King's Quest games I figured out I could get it to
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by LegitGandalf 6y ago
So whether your colors be blue Or red or lightsalmon or yew Remember that if life is rough Just add in a little more peachpuff!
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Real time merge conflict detection in VS Code and JetBrains(blog.git.live)
2 points by LegitGandalf 6y ago|0 comments
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RCE in Google Cloud Deployment Manager(ezequiel.tech)
2 points by LegitGandalf 6y ago|1 comments
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by LegitGandalf 6y ago
>In retrospective, I realize that I had to go through stupid ideas to develop a sense of what is viable and what isn't Yep, as it turns out, when trying to create a new, valuable thing that people need, you actually need to make a b
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by LegitGandalf 6y ago
Some notes on interesting pages: Page 31: References Toyota witness who indicated that they didn't think the firmware had bugs Page 53: Critical variables were not mirrored! Page 56: Throttle could be thrown wide open by memory corrupt
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by LegitGandalf 6y ago
In my opinion Toyota firmware engineers were not empowered check the quality of their own firmware, and were likely under time pressure to just Get-It-Done™ I've managed embedded C & C++ products in my career, and I always insisted
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Testimony regarding review of Toyota code in infamous “stuck” accel case [pdf](safetyresearch.net)
2 points by LegitGandalf 6y ago|2 comments
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by LegitGandalf 6y ago
Seems to me that Geisel's views evolved over time. He might even be making the exact same call were he still alive today.
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Engineering Impacts of Anonymous Author Code Review: A Field Experiment(ieeexplore.ieee.org)
2 points by LegitGandalf 6y ago|0 comments
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Why Are So Many Successful CEOs Software Engineers?(iism.org)
3 points by LegitGandalf 6y ago|0 comments
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by LegitGandalf 6y ago
From the charter, you for sure are going to need a bit o' trainin' if you want to go pro! ;)
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Long Live Byte-Code(onlyliuxin.medium.com)
4 points by LegitGandalf 6y ago|0 comments
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Research Study: What happens when software developers are (un)happy (PDF)(arxiv.org)
16 points by LegitGandalf 6y ago|0 comments
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by LegitGandalf 6y ago
It is useful to think of software change as being a mix of Value, Filler & Chaos. Value being something your customers need & use, Filler being something crafted, but customers say "meh" to, and Chaos being bugs, poor per
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Single Threaded Leaders(inc.com)
2 points by LegitGandalf 6y ago|0 comments
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Was the Windows Registry a Good Idea? (2007)(blog.codinghorror.com)
4 points by LegitGandalf 6y ago|3 comments
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The Joy of Deleting Code(rockandnull.com)
3 points by LegitGandalf 6y ago|0 comments
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by LegitGandalf 6y ago
A web application that teaches Software Engineering Management theory
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by LegitGandalf 6y ago
Aye, TLDR; Chaos Destroys Value
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by LegitGandalf 6y ago
I had doubts about your tool, then I tried it on my site: >84% of users are expected to like your site I now think your tool is the best thing since sliced bread!
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by LegitGandalf 6y ago
I strongly agree with this description of the workflow at this [timestamp]( https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kl2Flp4oK-g&feature=youtu.be... ). Very healthy! Very unhealthy when these principles aren't followed for
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The Apple Factory: Software Design in the Age of Steve Jobs (2019)[video](youtube.com)
1 points by LegitGandalf 6y ago|1 comments
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by LegitGandalf 6y ago
Removing the state actors who pollute discourse on the major platforms by amplifying extremist opinions would be a good start.
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Shadow Mode: The Dark Side of Outsourcing That Nobody Tells You About(hackernoon.com)
2 points by LegitGandalf 6y ago|0 comments
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by LegitGandalf 6y ago
>Coders under pressure to add nifty new features often cut corners, storing up problems for the (ever less distant) future. I think we all just witnessed a blind squirrel almost finding a nut. The article largely demonstrates how befudd

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