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by dfansteel 7y ago
Don’t underestimate the value of build tools. Just because you know Xcode and Swift or Android Studio and Kotlin (or their antecedent languages) are you done. Finally having a senior dev who knows what he’s talking about has done more for m
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by dfansteel 7y ago
Having attempted this in the past let me say: I’m in violent agreement. Attempting to “share code” between Swift/Kotlin is folly at this point. I’m not going to close the door on Kotlin Native some day. But for now just say, “No”.
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by dfansteel 7y ago
There's a really excellent podcast on McAfee available https://www.behindthebastards.com/podcasts/part-one-john-mca...
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by dfansteel 8y ago
Theorizing that one could time travel within their own lifetime, I led an elite group of scientists into the desert to develop a top secret project, known as "Quantum Leap". Pressured to prove my theories or lose funding, I premat
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by dfansteel 8y ago
City of Mist. Very cinematic with a lot of Comic Book overtones. Simple rules. All you need are 2d6. Starter kit comes with some great characters. https://www.cityofmist.co
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by dfansteel 8y ago
I’ve read this exact same article every year for ten years and in that time the web has become increasingly slower and more personally invasive while apps have become more capable and faster. Pardon me if I take this all with a grain of sal
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by dfansteel 9y ago
Does that differentiation necessarily mean Bitbucket repos are immune to this problem?
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by dfansteel 9y ago
Okay, okay... I’ll be the lone Swift user. I really enjoy the type safety and in line parameter names on function calls. Of the type safe languages it feels like it has the minimal about of scaffolding needed to run some code.
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by dfansteel 9y ago
The pages load too quickly. Thereby ruining me for all the other pages out there.
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by dfansteel 9y ago
The Riblet is a terrible signature food and deserves to be destroyed.
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Stop Installing Global Packages NOW - npx(npmjs.com)
2 points by dfansteel 9y ago|0 comments
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Ask HN: How should a programming interview go?
3 points by dfansteel 10y ago|2 comments
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by dfansteel 10y ago
Tie one arm behind your back. Try to do the stuff you've been doing but without the resources that have been at your disposal. Build a simple Twitter clone API using only C APIs. Roll your own HTML layout renderer in Open GL. What i
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by dfansteel 10y ago
It's not a hacker film, but if you're looking for something in a similar style I recommend "Cloak & Dagger".
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by dfansteel 10y ago
I had similar feeling regarding their experience with iOS.
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by dfansteel 10y ago
I have a lot of trouble believing that the author of this page has much experience with iOS development. As such it calls into question the rest of their evaluations. Cocoa programming is the place I can speak intelligently, so I'm g
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by dfansteel 10y ago
Often. I have, occasionally, actually implemented what I dreamt of. To date it's only worked once. Which, when you think about it, is pretty damn amazing.
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by dfansteel 10y ago
Hands down: Swift. I absolutely adored Objective-C. But there were a few things I never felt comfortable with and just drank the Kool-Aid on. 1. Message passing to `nil`. Sure it's nice that you can safely pass a message to nil, but
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by dfansteel 10y ago
I've worked for non-profits before and have loved the experience. A couple of things stand out for me: 1) Remote Work & Flex Schedule - Quality of life is a major concern. Working in startups 100 hour weeks have happened. It&#x2
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Trumpence(trumpence.gripe)
1 points by dfansteel 10y ago|0 comments
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by dfansteel 12y ago
I'd send him to http://codecombat.com . It's not real productive coding, but it's a decent enough entry point for someone who may not have found their passion yet. For me, coding is a passion. A labor of love. I
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by dfansteel 14y ago
A few reasons... 1) Mobile is hot right now and skilled developers are still hard to come by. Employers who need a mobile developer are in a sellers market. 2) High quality apps can be built with a single skill set, if you know your SDK.
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by dfansteel 14y ago
He seems like a real self starter. If he has an aptitude for programming I'd recommend getting into mobile development as an independent contractor. I'm not saying it would be easy. I started teaching myself iOS at the end of my sophomore