averagedev

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by averagedev 4y ago
For me, the reason is simply that I like having a blog. Truth be told, I have no readers. I only post once in a blue moon, or whenever inspiration strikes, so that's to be expected. A good blog can surely lead to all of what you'r
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The Plight of the Prompt Engineers(elton.dev)
2 points by averagedev 4y ago|0 comments
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by averagedev 4y ago
Obligatory xkcd: https://xkcd.com/927/
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by averagedev 5y ago
I've found Go to be much simpler than Rust, especially syntax wise. However, in Rust you can use the ? operator which propagates errors. In Go you have to check err != nil.
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by averagedev 5y ago
Ok, the last one is pretty funny question. I tried it, and I got a different result: Q: when is an appropriate time to cast your loved ones entirely in wax? A: When you are ready to make a commitment to them. That said, I like the product,
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by averagedev 5y ago
I've been reading Command-Line Rust[1], and I think it's nice. Each chapter has a challenge where you build a common command-line tool, like echo, cat, head, wc, etc. Just like you, I do prefer the "learn while you build&quot
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by averagedev 5y ago
My experience was similar. I tried Factorio once, and gave up because it was very tedious, and too much work to consider it fun. I would have liked to enjoy it, but it's not for everyone.
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by averagedev 5y ago
Great resource, thanks for sharing. As someone who wants to "re-learn" some college level math, this is invaluable.
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by averagedev 5y ago
Interesting. I don't code in C for a living, and I wasn't familiar with strict aliasing -- thanks for sharing your thoughts. > Can't do that either I'm afraid for much the same reason, need to memcpy over the memory a
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by averagedev 5y ago
Hi HN! Just a disclaimer that this is my own post. I thought you might find it interesting.
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Creating a memory allocator for fun(elton.dev)
7 points by averagedev 5y ago|3 comments