jaw

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Stuff I learned writing a JavaScript tracer(brokensandals.net)
1 points by jaw 7y ago|0 comments
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by jaw 7y ago
Released! https://github.com/brokensandals/blunt-instrument#blunt-inst...
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Show HN: Automated JavaScript tracing to visualize algorithms(github.com)
2 points by jaw 7y ago|0 comments
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by jaw 7y ago
I'm fascinated by the idea of first-class support for preconditions/postconditions and class invariants. Has anyone worked on a large code base (whether in Eiffel or not) that made extensive use of those constructs? Obviously it&#
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by jaw 7y ago
> taking your argument to the extreme, we all probably should've stuck with PHP, since everyone understood it and, well, was it really worth the switching cost? There are multiple paths for honing a new technology, without dumping i
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by jaw 7y ago
Yep, works now :)
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by jaw 7y ago
Interesting! This way of structuring & evaluating a program seems analogous to how spreadsheets work, but with a hierarchical instead of a tabular data model. I could see it being helpful to new programmers for building intuition about
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by jaw 7y ago
It still won't display in Safari. I wasn't familiar with WebP but it sounds like maybe Safari just doesn't support that format at all: https://caniuse.com/#search=WebP
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by jaw 7y ago
Awesome! (For some reason, the demo gif doesn't display for me in Safari, but I can see it in Chrome/Firefox.) I feel like this sort of thing could really be an essential tool in teaching programming. I've been working on a s
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by jaw 7y ago
I'm so sorry you're dealing with this. About a year ago I resigned from a ~9-year job due to burn out (relationship issues and the death of my father were major contributing factors). I had put the decision off for a long time bec
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by jaw 7y ago
Good idea :) https://brokensandals.net (philosophy, book reviews, programming challenge walkthroughs & other tech posts, my music)
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by jaw 13y ago
Sadly we're not informed what happens if you program a robot to press the button at fixed intervals unless it observes a flash.
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by jaw 17y ago
nitpicking: "allow you build websites" rather than "allow you to build websites" looks like a typo to me (which is an unfortunate first impression)