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by henrik_w 12y ago
On your last point: in my mind, coming up with good abstractions is perhaps the key capability of a great programmer (and what I put first on the list in "What Makes a Good Programmer: http://henrikwarne.com/2014&#x2F
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Follow Up to “Why Most Unit Testing Is Waste” [pdf](rbcs-us.com)
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by henrik_w 12y ago
"Cool Code" by Kevlin Henney is quite fantastic I think. He lists some examples of amazing programs (like a chess program in less than 1K, and the Ruby quine with the rotating ascii-art globe). Maybe not so useful, but still great
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Personal Productivity: Business vs. busyness vs. laziness(hanselman.com)
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The Structures of Growth(nytimes.com)
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by henrik_w 12y ago
In the same vein: "More Office Workers Switching To Fetal Position Desks" http://www.theonion.com/video/more-office-workers-switching-...
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What Makes a Good Programmer?(henrikwarne.com)
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Notes from a job seeking Software Developer(ocf.berkeley.edu)
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Best of Vim Tips(zzapper.co.uk)
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by henrik_w 12y ago
Related: "Bring back the 40-hour work week" http://www.salon.com/2012/03/14/bring_back_the_40_hour_work_...
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by henrik_w 12y ago
I can really relate to this. There are many aspects of programming that contribute, I think: you are creating something, ususally something useful to others, which you are (often) in complete control of, and (in the words of Fred Brooks): &
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Programmer the most common job in Stockholm, Sweden(google.com)
1 points by henrik_w 12y ago|0 comments
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by henrik_w 12y ago
My experience of recruiters is mostly good. I spend almost no time saying no to offers that I don't like. For offers that might be good, I have a better negotiating position than if I applied for the job - I still have my current job,
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10 Common Ways to Lose Good Employees(jasonevanish.com)
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Antifragility and Software Development(henrikwarne.com)
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by henrik_w 12y ago
I found "Do software engineers need mathematics?" quite interesting: https://www.maa.org/external_archive/devlin/devlin_10_00.htm...
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The Internet of things(ben-evans.com)
7 points by henrik_w 12y ago|0 comments
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How TDD Affects My Designs(blog.thecodewhisperer.com)
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by henrik_w 12y ago
An alternative way of using unit tests is this: Selective Unit Testing – Costs and Benefits http://blog.stevensanderson.com/2009/11/04/selective-unit-te... The main idea there is to unit test logic, but not
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by henrik_w 12y ago
Reducing the knowledge of internal structures is what the Law of Demeter ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Law_of_Demeter ) is about. Usually good practice.
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by henrik_w 12y ago
As for symlinks from your home: I prefer to add aliases for directories I move to a lot. For example: alias cdss='cd /Users/username/somewhere1/somewhere2' then I just go 'cdss' to get there from anyw
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by henrik_w 12y ago
Totally agree. I usually like what Yossi writes, but I don't agree with this. SW engineering best practices in my mind are all about writing clear, easy-to-understand code, keeping it as simple as possible - i.e. nothing like what he c
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Framework Whipped(blog.8thlight.com)
1 points by henrik_w 12y ago|0 comments
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by henrik_w 13y ago
Nice to see a reference to "The Joys of the Craft" by Fred Brooks (from The Mythical Man-Month). He actually lists 5 really good reasons why programming is so much fun: 1. The sheer joy of making things. 2. The pleasure of making
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Monagamous TDD(blog.8thlight.com)
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Musings on Refactoring as Waste(blog.thecodewhisperer.com)
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What I Took Away From Google's Engineering Culture(theeffectiveengineer.com)
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EdX: Street-Fighting Math(edx.org)
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by henrik_w 13y ago
Same in Sweden. When I worked at Tilgin (7 years ago), everybody got a standing desk (quite like the one in the video) without even asking. If I recall correctly, they were around 1500 SEK (250 USD) each. Nothing fancy, but worked very well
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by henrik_w 13y ago
Thanks for the tip! I have tried one briefly, but it felt a little weird for me, but that's probably because it was new to me. But the Penclic is working really well for me - the key thing for me is that I don't have to turn the h

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