johan_larson

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   by johan_larson 12y ago

   In nearly every mainstream programming language, you call a function like this: f(a, b, c) But not in Haskell, where you do it like this: f a b c Of course, there is a reason for doing things this way in Haskell, namely making currying a na
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   by johan_larson 12y ago

   The worst part about ORM is that there are so many systems for doing it. Out of six employers, two had their own handrolled ORM systems. I think what's going on here is that elementary mapping of objects to and from relational tables i
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   by johan_larson 12y ago

   My take on this problem, from a while back: http://short-sharp.blogspot.ca/2013/04/stop-white-board-codi... Summary: internships for junior jobs, code reviews for intermediate jobs, strength-of-record for senior j
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   Is automatic adaptation of webpages to mobile feasible?

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   by johan_larson 13y ago

   Public parks are often closed at night to keep people from doing various bad things there at night: drug dealing and prostitution are the two big ones. Having the spaces closed at night also lets the police toss out any homeless people who
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   by johan_larson 13y ago

   It's true that engineers who work for large technical companies don't typically pay very much attention to external tools. And there's a good reason for that. Companies like this already have extensive internal ecosystems of