kondov

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by kondov 5mo ago
I'm doing my best to mimic enthusiasm, but it's becoming harder and harder to do so. I was afraid I was turning into a dinosaur, so I tried to be excited about AI. We can do more with computers, we can build faster, we can prototy
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AI Fatigue(thethinkingbuilder.substack.com)
4 points by kondov 6mo ago|0 comments
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by kondov 8mo ago
There's truth to this. I find that most of my non-llm work is happening in the "seams" between apps and services - data ownership, security, infra, etc. Things that are happening outside the IDE.
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by kondov 9mo ago
I feel the exact same way and my career path and years in the industry are pretty much the same as well. What's usually blocking me from giving other programming niches a try is that I can't imagine ever building something in them
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The intro to distributed systems I wish I had(fragmentsofcode.substack.com)
1 points by kondov 1y ago|0 comments
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by kondov 1y ago
I'm working on my own card game. Been playing games like Magic for 15 years now and thought I'd soaked up enough game design passively to make something of my own. Want to make a single-player game similar to the Witcher's Th
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I Know When You're Vibe Coding(alexkondov.com)
13 points by kondov 1y ago|2 comments
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Our Craft Is Changing(alexkondov.com)
2 points by kondov 2y ago|0 comments
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Between Art and Algorithms(alexkondov.com)
2 points by kondov 3y ago|0 comments
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Show HN: I made a community-based writing application(writerstavern.io)
5 points by kondov 4y ago|2 comments
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The Perfect System Doesn't Exist(alexkondov.com)
78 points by kondov 5y ago|24 comments
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What Startups Taught Me About Writing a Book(alexkondov.com)
1 points by kondov 5y ago|0 comments
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Tao of React – collection of rules and guidelines about building with React(alexkondov.com)
3 points by kondov 6y ago|0 comments
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Open Source Architecture Review – Express(alexkondov.com)
1 points by kondov 6y ago|0 comments
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by kondov 6y ago
I don't think that there's a universal truth about what you should be making or doing. It's up to each person to decide that for themselves. Philosophy exposes you to different ideas and ways of thinking, showing that there i
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Design Patterns – Those That Help and Those That Don't(alexkondov.com)
2 points by kondov 6y ago|0 comments
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by kondov 6y ago
1. I write about the more philosophical aspects of software engineering. As the years passed I got more interested in the "why". Why do we use certain techniques. Why do we build software the way we do. I started researching my qu
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How a Chrome Extension Broke My Web App(alexkondov.com)
4 points by kondov 6y ago|0 comments
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Leaky Abstractions(alexkondov.com)
1 points by kondov 6y ago|0 comments
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What Is Bikeshedding?(alexkondov.com)
3 points by kondov 6y ago|0 comments
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The Economics of Technical Debt(alexkondov.com)
3 points by kondov 7y ago|0 comments
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Legacy Code and Chesterson's Fence(alexkondov.com)
9 points by kondov 7y ago|0 comments
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The Philosophy of Software Development(alexkondov.com)
4 points by kondov 7y ago|0 comments
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by kondov 8y ago
I've been struggling with the same problem for quite some time now, so I thought I'd share how I've been coping with it. The most important thing is to realize that becoming the best in something should not be the motivation