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I Hate Pull Requests(medium.com)
5 points by henrik_w 6y ago|2 comments
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by henrik_w 6y ago
Completely the opposite for me. What would be a couple of minutes of conversation is stretched out to an hour or more. And no point starting something different while waiting for the next message.
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by henrik_w 6y ago
Maybe in some cases it is helpful (for both parties) if it is written down. However, in my experience, a conversation can often be very helpful as well - you can ask clarifying questions etc. It becomes more of a brainstorming together. Has
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by henrik_w 6y ago
I also think taking notes really helps me remembering. For SW development-related books, I try to write a blog post summarizing what I liked/disliked about the book, and also shorter reviews for Goodreads and Amazon (because I find tho
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by henrik_w 6y ago
This is one of the key points in Melanie Mitchell's book "Artificial Intelligence – A Guide for Thinking Humans". In the process of showing this, she gives really good explanations of how current AI/ML systems work. Real
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Artificial Intelligence – A Guide for Thinking Humans(henrikwarne.com)
2 points by henrik_w 6y ago|0 comments
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by henrik_w 6y ago
I agree with a lot of this. Writing for yourself is the best advice: if you write about things that interest you, maybe people with similar interests will read your blog. Also, your own understanding of the subjects you write about will gro
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Best Books on Computer Science for Data Scientists Recommended by Hadley Wickham(fivebooks.com)
1 points by henrik_w 6y ago|0 comments
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by henrik_w 7y ago
I really liked this perspective from Bartosz Milewski in this (very good) podcast episode: mathematics is not inherent to the world, it is inherent to the human brain (paraphrased, around minute 32 in the episode) https://corecur
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The frequency of random seeds between 0 and 1000 on GitHub(twitter.com)
3 points by henrik_w 7y ago|0 comments
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by henrik_w 7y ago
This reminded me of the Configuration Complexity Clock: https://mikehadlow.blogspot.com/2012/05/configuration-comple... Hacker News discussion here: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=14298715
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by henrik_w 7y ago
Yuval Noah Harari warns about that here: https://www.ft.com/content/19d90308-6858-11ea-a3c9-1fe6fedcc...
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by henrik_w 7y ago
Thanks chias, that makes me happy!!
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Secure by Design(henrikwarne.com)
226 points by henrik_w 7y ago|90 comments
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The Bumpy Road Code Smell: Measuring Code Complexity by Shape and Distribution(empear.com)
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by henrik_w 7y ago
Great site I didn't know about. Thanks for sharing!
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by henrik_w 7y ago
Made me think of this quote: “Why do people find DNS so difficult? It’s just cache invalidation and naming things.” – @jdu
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by henrik_w 7y ago
I agree with keeping notes for yourself. I think the key benefit is from writing the notes more than the resulting document. The act of writing it down helps you learn/remember the lessons I think. I have been keeping records of the
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Bill Kentstravaganza(buttondown.email)
43 points by henrik_w 7y ago|0 comments
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by henrik_w 7y ago
+1 for Designing Data-Intensive Applications by Martin Kleppmann. A fantastic book, one of the best computer science books I have read! Summary of it and why I like it here: https://henrikwarne.com/2019/07/27/
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Activities with (Positive) Asymmetric Returns(tjcx.me)
2 points by henrik_w 7y ago|0 comments
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(A Few) Ops Lessons We All Learn the Hard Way(twitter.com)
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by henrik_w 7y ago
I use Twitter. I tweet out links I like, and search in Twitter when I try to find something I remember. The added bonus is that others can discover the links too.
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More Good Programming Quotes, Part 4(henrikwarne.com)
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by henrik_w 7y ago
+1 for In Our Time
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Talk Less. Listen More. Here’s How(nytimes.com)
3 points by henrik_w 7y ago|0 comments
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by henrik_w 7y ago
I agree completely! Does wonders for your own understanding, but, like you said, takes a lot of time!
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Grokking Deep Learning(henrikwarne.com)
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A Decade in Review in Tech(medium.com)
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by henrik_w 7y ago
"Designing Data-Intensive Applications" is excellent, but it took me a long time to get through (it really helped that we read it in the book club at work). I am very glad I read it though - there is so much good stuff in it. I wr

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