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by askyourmother 11y ago
There are some very shaky bits in the JS dev arena. Just a little earlier, we read about how a developer unpublished his libraries from NPM, the fallout from this affected numerous high profile projects like node.js, which were relying on a
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Further affirmation we made the right choice to use PostgreSQL for our DB, which was a tough fight because internal company politics usually require the use of Oracle or MySQL, due to previously agreed licences. PostgreSQL remains one of th
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by askyourmother 11y ago
I browse mostly on mobile these days, with JS turned off. Sites load quickly, the small amount of actual content can be quickly consumed, and my monthly data allowance remains in trim. Before this humungous amounts of JS and adverts blocked
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by askyourmother 11y ago
I have learnt over the years from personal experience, and watching the outcomes of others, never, ever, accept a deal with an employer where they structure pay or rewards for future payout. Always, always get the payoff or bonus upfront. T
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by askyourmother 11y ago
The childrens book "Maisy makes gingerbread", it might help the aspiring manager understand that often there is a simple, well understood series of steps to follow, and if we do follow them, we deliver something of value. If we ch
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by askyourmother 11y ago
I agree with you 200% here, but the HN crowd don't seem to be able to even conceive that once cash is gone, it only takes a glitch, a bug (in software? Surely not!), or a malicious action by bank or state, and then you are left in a ra
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by askyourmother 11y ago
A lot of js devs came straight to js without any previous language experience. Hence we are seeing lots of ideas and frameworks thrown out there. The worst example is the proliferation of single function libraries, yes, create a js lib for
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Two recent startups I worked with in London are using C++14 as a main part of their architecture, in addition to Python, JS and Erlang. Its 2016 and performance is back in vogue. For years we have been told, Developers are expensive, embrac