eight_ender

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by eight_ender 9y ago
Not hating on your points, because they're valid, but the sudden transformation part of #1 strikes me as similar to when your hands are wet and you're trying to use TouchID. The phone will shake the passcode prompt a few times and
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by eight_ender 9y ago
Oh my yes. I still have a Toshiba Portege that boots BeOS R5 because at the time Windows 98 was a slow beast, and linux was terrible on the desktop. BeOS was amazing on that tiny thing. It was like the modern day equivalent of using a MacBo
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by eight_ender 9y ago
I don't argue your point here, but I'm seeing more and more developers that cut their teeth in the age of libraries that are terrified to touch library code. There's an assumption out there for some that library code is flawl
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by eight_ender 9y ago
When I look back at the spectacular mobile OS implosions of that era I feel like Windows Phone deserved to die, but Palm's WebOS I'm still a bit sad about. Their hail mary was impressive and ahead of it's time, but there was
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by eight_ender 9y ago
This plus FOMO will continue to be a big factor until more and more of these bad ideas implode.
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by eight_ender 9y ago
Refactoring as a "yellow flag" is not only dangerous, it's the opposite of how you should treat it. It's not just about cleaning up code that might not meet the bar on quality. Sometimes it's about challenging assum
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by eight_ender 9y ago
As a technical manager this article bugs me because it's pointing to issues with hiring that are only being made worse by having a non-technical manager. You need to hire developers that are professionals capable of being independent,
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by eight_ender 10y ago
During the beta I've been using it for showing off new UI/UX and features in Github pull requests as well as getting support to attach screen caps of software issues to their tickets. Might get QA to start using it to document def
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by eight_ender 10y ago
I was a beta tester for this and it's pretty great for sharing screen caps of UX issues in our software and showing off new features in Github pull requests.