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by ToJans 6y ago
This feels like Gigerenzer has read my mind. Two weeks back I blogged about a simple heuristic to model uncertainty in software estimates [1], and I received confirmation from several people that my proposed technique might be spot-on: esti
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by ToJans 6y ago
The short description is a bit too short; this is mind blowing! Redbean is a portable, single file executable webserver which also acts as a zip-file for the static content it hosts, and runs on Linux + Mac + Windows + FreeBSD + OpenBSD + N
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by ToJans 6y ago
In my experience - I have done a lot of pre-sales for an IT service company - the use case for blockchain can usually be solved with classical, cheaper and simpler solutions by having a central trusted authority for storage (like a third-pa
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by ToJans 6y ago
Haskell functions are pure, which means they can only access/use what is in their parameters, so unless you pass in some extra context (typically using a monad or an effect), you do not have access to the "outside world".
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by ToJans 6y ago
I can imagine that this has been a huge effort, and kudos to the team, but this is a solved problem; there are ample methodologies to resolve the big ball of mud. IMHO the shopify team could have saved a lot of time by getting some schoolin
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by ToJans 6y ago
FYI the frustration usually happens between phase 2 & 3 of the dreyfus model... When you realize that you assumed you were an expert, but you were wrong... So keep practicing/learning at that tipping point, afterwards it starts to
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by ToJans 6y ago
You become an expert by leveling up in knowledge, let's take a poker game for example: 0: learn the rules 1: what do I have 2: what might the others have 3: what might the others think I have 4: what might the others t
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by ToJans 7y ago
I would suggest having a sensible DAG example in your flows on your homepage. Right now, you are not showing off your USP.
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by ToJans 7y ago
Isn't this strongly related to monads?
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by ToJans 7y ago
Just a short remark: this reminds me of Cobol.
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by ToJans 7y ago
I see quite some similarities with low-code systems, 4GLs, smalltalk etc, so AFAIK the market is there... Please take into account that your target audience probably is not on HN. If I would be you, I would target web agencies, that can use
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by ToJans 7y ago
The author is considering the wrong context. Services get more fine-grained every year, and composition of these services is where the money will be made in the future. AI might resolve some of the issues with finding the right services for
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by ToJans 8y ago
On a side note: IMHO this article contains one of the most accessible explanations I have seen about monads.
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by ToJans 8y ago
This post feels like looking in the mirror to me
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by ToJans 8y ago
"all models are wrong, but some are useful" George E.P. Box. I like the way he presented his explanation, and his approach to finding a solution. However, listening to some of the songs I would say that he needs to find a better m
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by ToJans 9y ago
As an "infrequent developer", I usually piggyback on others to find best practices, in case I have a bigger project. For the tiny ones it simply doesn't matter. The advantages of being an "infrequent developer" is
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by ToJans 9y ago
"the chase is better than the catch" Once you can afford something that was way out of reach before, you buy it and after the first few moments you realize it is not as great as you expected. Do this a few times, and you'll l
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by ToJans 9y ago
IME Vue is so well designed, that I hardly have any issues with it. If I do, my go-to reference is the official documentation. You shouldn't base your usage assumptions on the amount of questions asked; Vue just doesn't require so
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Show HN: A toy spreadsheet in Vue.js(tojans.me)
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by ToJans 9y ago
Imagine you are a one percenter: your network will be very large, so why would you take the risk of engaging with someone you don't know, if you have plenty of other one percenters in your network who might have a proven track record?
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by ToJans 9y ago
I am wondering why the author didn't opt for a language/platform with a mature PDF and GUI library? If I read the article correctly, it would have halved his development time...
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by ToJans 9y ago
TL;DR: this is an approach that simplifies the production of light field cameras (cameras that measure both color and angle of incoming light beams): instead of building a grid of microscopic lenses, you use a "random" piece of op
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by ToJans 9y ago
I think that computation expressions would allow him to do the same in F#?
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by ToJans 9y ago
My Haskell is a bit rusty, but I think the Haskell example could improve A LOT by using monad transformers or a free monad?
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by ToJans 9y ago
Ok, looks like I misunderstood. Thank you for clarifying...
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by ToJans 9y ago
Nitpicking: from an architectural point of view, I don't see why you would opt for "build you own cloud on top of Amazon", as opposed to leveraging the Amazon stack, especially because the author points out it is a small team
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by ToJans 9y ago
Take it like a man! Just kidding... Get some good cycling pants, make sure your bike fit is ok, and apply ample amounts of xyz after the ride in delicate areas (for most xyz is chamois cream, but I'm using coconut oil instead). After a
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by ToJans 9y ago
Mens sana in corpore sano. I was losing grip as well this summer, so I started road cycling: only a few km at first, but now I have no issues with doing centuries (i.e. 100km). I can't give you any guarantees because I wasn't exac
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by ToJans 9y ago
This might be a bit off-topic, but after gaining some experience, teaching something to others is one of the best ways to reflect on the things you learned and gain new insights. You have to do it first, but teaching stuff will probably pro
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by ToJans 9y ago
With all do respect, I think the author is missing an important point: he is talking about communication, but he seems to be the only one talking... IMHO you should first figure out why it's needed, and optimise for it's use case.

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