catwind7

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by catwind7 6y ago
I built this mainly to solve a problem I run into often: finding a time that works for me and a stranger (usually on a different timezone) to pair program. Usually it involves me walking someone through a problem that they posted online and
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Show HN: Pairwhen - A Simple and Fast Pair Programming Scheduling Tool(pairwhen.com)
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Differences between Python normal functions and lambda functions(extremepython.com)
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by catwind7 7y ago
oh yeah that makes more sense i misread it as water but they meant lava. woops
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by catwind7 7y ago
very interesting! could someone explain why the hot water would lead to deep, cold water being brought to the surface? I thought hot water is less dense than cold water. Wouldn't it just sit on the surface for a long time? Or is there
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by catwind7 7y ago
haha yeah that was a fail :D thanks for pointing it out!!
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Show HN: How well do you know Python name and type behavior? 5 question quiz(extremepython.com)
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Show HN: Assessment based two hour python coaching(extremepython.com)
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by catwind7 8y ago
see my point #2 > 2) I have to because i'm having integration problem i'll prob go to the docs first and source code last. that said, my point isn't "avoid looking at source code". It's "I don't s
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by catwind7 8y ago
yeah i think that's a fair question. i think while the extreme programming community may define it as a practice with a particular set of guidelines, ultimately it's about working effectively with another programmer. sometimes tha
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by catwind7 8y ago
a lot of this depends on the dynamics of the team. i don't think pair programming necessarily means typing 100% of the time. I get a ton of value in tackling a very ill-defined task with another member of my team, especially in the des
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by catwind7 8y ago
i generally avoid looking at other peoples code unless 1) it's written for teaching purposes and aims to teach a concept I want to learn or 2) I have to because i'm having integration problem I think looking at well-written code i
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by catwind7 8y ago
> That is a UX problem right? Ah yeah - I do recall author making that distinction ("user" UX teams vs operator UX teams). > I especially want to emphasize tools for your Customer Support staff. These are rarely prioritized
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by catwind7 8y ago
The presenter shared his written version of the talk and i'd say that this is probably this biggest takeaway: > The important lesson is that you'll encounter multiple types of operators, with various mental models, and various
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by catwind7 8y ago
Is this mostly written for a sysadmin / dev-tool creators audience? As a web developer of consumer (non-technical users), while I found myself agreeing with a lot of these points, I feel as though this was not written with app devs i
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by catwind7 8y ago
Yeah totally. I have a friend who mostly works with the IT in big banks and pretty recently he told me he had to explain what "Git" was to a more senior eng. That was shocking to me but then again maybe I'm too steeped in web
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by catwind7 8y ago
> Is the Web Dev job market in a good enough state There's a lot of demand for devs across the board (this is my gut feeling from participating in hiring at my current company). This probably varies a lot across teams in a company,
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by catwind7 8y ago
My guess is that he's taking issue with this argument that I'm not quite sure was made: "The market is flooded with people who cannot code, therefore it's easy to find a job as a junior engineer" The market could in
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by catwind7 8y ago
I just want to thank you for your perspective. I'd also add that "junior" can mean very different things for different companies. A junior engineer at Google could very well be "mid level" or even "senior&quo
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by catwind7 8y ago
Whether or not programming can be completely automated is an interesting question.. when I think about what would make it unecessary for a human to be specifying the behavior of a computational system the only phrase that comes to mind is &
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by catwind7 8y ago
That end to end tests for critical business functions will save your ass the moment you, your team, or your test suite fails to spot a bug. I once added a line of code that did not execute in test environments because it involved a request
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Show HN: Cheatsheets for Sublime 2 and 3 (MacOS X) and Anki Flashcards
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by catwind7 10y ago
Not true. http://money.cnn.com/2017/02/02/technology/elon-musk-trump-t... https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2017/feb/07/elon-musk...