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by henrik_w 11y ago
This is a pretty good explanation of unicode in Python: http://nedbatchelder.com/text/unipain.html
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by henrik_w 11y ago
Regarding programming as art, I like the quote from Fred Brooks comparing it to poetry: "The programmer, like the poet, works only slightly removed from pure thought-stuff. He builds his castles in the air, from air, creating by exert
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by henrik_w 11y ago
Thanks for the book recommendations! As a SW dev who recently (a year and a half ago) moved into finance (from telecom), I’ve been trying to educate myself as much as possible in the domain - I find it quite fascinating. Below is a list of
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Why I have such a strong negative reaction to #NoEstimates(cumulative-hypotheses.org)
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by henrik_w 11y ago
Interesting points on micropayments from Clay Shirky: "Why Small Payments Won’t Save Publishers" http://www.shirky.com/weblog/2009/02/why-small-payments-wont...
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Pythonistas, Rubyists, and Gophers: Hiring Preferences Across Language Camps(jobtipsforgeeks.com)
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by henrik_w 11y ago
I beg to differ. I don't see constantly increasing competition, partly because the demand for (good) programmers is also increasing, and partly because (in my opinion) most programming work actually does need real understanding. Beside
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by henrik_w 11y ago
Two quotes that I like and think are relevant to the discussion: "Much of the essence of building a program is in fact the debugging of the specification." -- Fred Brooks "If you don't understand precisely what you need
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The Doomsday Invention(newyorker.com)
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The Rules of Attraction: Language(blog.ploeh.dk)
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Why Is Money Difficult?(perrymehrling.com)
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by henrik_w 11y ago
+1 for "The Passionate Programmer" - great book!
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The Programmer's Paradox: Software Engineering(theprogrammersparadox.blogspot.com)
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By no means as radical or daring advice, but I've been very happy with my own career as a SW developer (working professionally for close to 25 years now, still loving it). I wrote about why I still think it's a good choice in &quo
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We've Lost Nearly Half Our Social Referral Traffic(blog.bufferapp.com)
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Have Static Languages Won?(pointersgonewild.com)
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Java: Missing Features(infoq.com)
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by henrik_w 11y ago
A while back I described the benefits I think unit tests give you: 1. Well-tested parts 2. Decoupled design 3. Rapid feedback 4. Local context to test in. At the same time, there are many cases where they don't help much. More here: h
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Test-Driven Development is Stupid(geometrian.com)
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Malbolge: Esoteric Programming Language(en.wikipedia.org)
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The Wrong Way for China to Take Off(bloombergview.com)
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Five hours with Edward Snowden(fokus.dn.se)
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Fail at Scale(queue.acm.org)
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Reasons to Use Elixir in Finance(blog.johnorford.com)
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by henrik_w 11y ago
Good HN discussion of a review of the book: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10330280
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Coursera Course Review: Software Security(henrikwarne.com)
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I feel compelled to add the link to the hilarious King James Programming site: http://kingjamesprogramming.tumblr.com/
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An Opinionated Review of Clojure Applied(stuartsierra.com)
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by henrik_w 11y ago
Previous submission: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=6559404
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Why Twitter’s Dying (And What You Can Learn from It)(medium.com)
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