hotnfresh

48 ms·

751.
by hotnfresh 3y ago
I was thinking about “just writing code” with the communication and empathy parts, especially, in fact, though you’re right that they also apply (differently, though I’m not sure if it’s more ) to more-senior work.
752.
by hotnfresh 3y ago
> Sure, you can pretend developers don't read and write code. Weird. Why would someone pretend that?
753.
by hotnfresh 3y ago
The common meaning isn’t slang . The (multiple!) math/CS senses of the word are jargon. Which is fine—nothing wrong with jargon—but their existence doesn’t make the ordinary sense slang.
754.
by hotnfresh 3y ago
Did you understand what they meant? Was the very first thought in your head confusion at the intent, or did that come when some other part of your mind analyzed it (perhaps very quickly! These parts of one’s mind can be trained to be very
755.
by hotnfresh 3y ago
What’s funny is that in most positions the hard work has nothing to do with any of that. It’s communication, empathy, navigating people-problems and organizational dysfunction, and working with/around awful systems that you can’t chang
756.
by hotnfresh 3y ago
As if average FAANG quality in customer-facing software is better. If that’s the hang-up on hiring him, they need to get the log out of their own eyes first, because shifting to the quality level of Homebrew would be a big improvement for
757.
by hotnfresh 3y ago
What’s the point of a “nuh-uh!” comment like this? The forest ain’t there. It’s a PR/advertising illusion that vanishes as soon as you engage critical thinking. That’s my opinion. You disagree. Ok. “How can I see the forest?” LOL. [edi
758.
by hotnfresh 3y ago
Tools should handle this so we can stop talking about it. It’s an indictment of our “profession”’s ability to build even half-decent tools for ourselves that we’re still talking about this. No wonder most of what we produce for others is a
759.
by hotnfresh 3y ago
Agree with cpursley. Voss’ “this is a real thing I did and this is how it went!” stories overwhelmed my bullshit-o-meter so badly that I put the book down about 2/3 through. I think I got a paragraph’s worth of actionable information o
760.
by hotnfresh 3y ago
It’s mostly remakes of earlier trek episodes and rip-offs of existing non-Trek stories (as in the The Ones who Walk Away from Omelas episode). In a familiar setting and pulling in (with varying levels of success) characters we already kno
761.
by hotnfresh 3y ago
I liked the movie and the first season or so of the show. It didn't keep me long past that. Writing was mediocre at best. I gave Atlantis a few episodes and completely failed to discover why anyone was watching it.
762.
by hotnfresh 3y ago
I live in a—4th tier is selling it short, but 3rd tier seems generous, call it 3.5th tier—city, and am always shocked at how much cheaper good restaurant food, baked goods, et c. are in "real" cities compared to here. Anything n