bsandert

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by bsandert 8y ago
This is not necessarily about the code, but I've been really impressed for a while by the lodash project and its maintainer's dedication to constantly keep the number of open issues at 0. Any issues get dealt with at record speed,
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by bsandert 8y ago
In my experience, knowing when work on some functionality will _start_ plus a rough estimate on effort (talking hours/days/weeks level) is quite acceptable for most stakeholders. It is also far easier to provide, and less likely t
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by bsandert 8y ago
it('sends an email to the user', ...)
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by bsandert 9y ago
One I've been looking forward to for a while: native notifications on OSX!
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by bsandert 9y ago
Vendor lock-in.
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by bsandert 9y ago
Please don't fall into the Dunning-Kruger[0] trap by assuming a straightforward task is also easy to perform. These things may very well be complex and include aspects that are not immediately obvious. And even if they don't, even
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by bsandert 10y ago
Feature-wise it's great but the .com version can be really slow. A simple git push of a few small commits took me about 50 seconds earlier this week.
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by bsandert 10y ago
> It's super powerful because word dropping cost nothing to produce and cost a lot to dismiss with proper arguments. Sounds like you may be referring to the Bullshit Asymmetry Priciple: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki&
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by bsandert 10y ago
This also reminds me of a talk by Maxim Februari at the most recent TEDx Amsterdam[0]. From the description: The infrastructure of connected things [..] imposes norms on citizens. Not in the form of written laws: the norms are hidden in th
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by bsandert 10y ago
Git only started really clicking with me when I started thinking of most of my actions as graph building and traversals. It also helps to realize that for most intents and purposes, commits in git are immutable and "destructive" a
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by bsandert 10y ago
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_eponymous_laws Which contains (apart from the obvious Murphy's law and Occam's razor) such pearls as the Peter Principle, the Dunning-Kruger effect, and Hofstadter's
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by bsandert 10y ago
Not specifically about this prediction, but he touched on the uncertainty factor in the latest Model Talk podcast episode: http://fivethirtyeight.com/features/how-much-uncertainty-is-...
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by bsandert 10y ago
That one and the Christmas Special were the two episodes that kept me up at night.
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by bsandert 10y ago
What also floats on water?
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by bsandert 10y ago
To me this is a form of the Dunning-Kruger effect[0], where only somewhat informed people estimate the cost of a "0.1" (or POC) release without considering the famous "unknown unknowns" which may involve scaling, billing
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by bsandert 10y ago
While luck isn't something you can completely control, it doesn't have to be entirely random either. I read this article a while back talking about a "luck surface area"[0], which you can expand, increasing your odds of
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by bsandert 10y ago
I would love to see a general purpose API client that works similar to the Elasticsearch client Sense [0]. A simple, free-text scratchpad style client that allows for easy editing and firing of requests. Maybe it's hard to support all
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by bsandert 10y ago
> The PostststgreSQL project never fails to impress me. Let's see how many iterations we'll need for people to actually notice what was pointed out here ;)
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by bsandert 10y ago
Love that podcast. Really a shame he's stepping down from it.
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by bsandert 10y ago
Try writing YAML in combination with templating (such as in Salt). Because indentation means hierarchy, it's terrible. I'd much rather use JSON in such a context.
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by bsandert 10y ago
Yes. This is one of the main reasons I like to do most of my writing (which, admittedly, is not a whole lot) with Markdown.
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by bsandert 10y ago
I am from the Netherlands. Euthanasia is legal here, although strictly regulated (as I think it should be by the way, this is not the sort of choice that should be taken or approved lightly by anyone involved). Several doctors had to sign o
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by bsandert 10y ago
I stand corrected.
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by bsandert 10y ago
Or he may have been diagnosed one or more years ago.
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by bsandert 10y ago
From personal experience, I can very much relate to and agree with this piece. My father went through a similar process: cancer (melanoma) – two years of treatment and coming to terms with the facts – euthanasia. As a family, we have been v
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by bsandert 10y ago
whoosh
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by bsandert 11y ago
Yes, but for use in a CI it's a real drag
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by bsandert 11y ago
> The company is bigger than you are, its decisions weigh heavier than yours. Stop with the ego-belief that you know better than it. You sound just like a church. Friction is good, differences in opinions and priorities are good. Especia
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by bsandert 11y ago
> I read a study on it once, but I can't find it now. You mean you had it once, but now you lost it?