leecommamichael

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   by leecommamichael 5y ago

   I understand that _not_ recommending an alternative to the C-family keeps the post focused, but it does feel odd not to name one language that works well. Perhaps that's an indication of something...
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   by leecommamichael 5y ago

   > "We don't want to completely replace the previous transistor technology with our new transistor, that would be presumptuous," says Masiar Sistani. "The new technology is more likely to be incorporated into computer
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   by leecommamichael 5y ago

   My high-functioning teams rarely had an extensive backlog, but many loose notes of what a long-term strategy could look like. We had 1 mission at a time that we were gunning down— the outcomes of which were motivating, in/validating an
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   by leecommamichael 5y ago

   I'm not saying it's not useful, but I swiftly pressed the back button when I read "uses web technology."
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   by leecommamichael 5y ago

   This is a huge problem because I never want to type that, and it encourages people to flood the codebase with millions of little types.
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   by leecommamichael 5y ago

   The C/C++ replacement landscape is getting more attention than ever. Odin, Zig, Jai, and Rust all seem promising in their own respects.
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   by leecommamichael 5y ago

   While I think this would make JSON more fun to edit by-hand, I don’t feel the breaking changes across the stack, and mixed adoption, are worth the benefits.
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   by leecommamichael 5y ago

   Generally, I agree, and I find package systems and social coding tools to be a net positive. Perhaps there is something like a license that can help in these situations? I’m admittedly pretty ignorant to software licenses but I’d imagine th
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   by leecommamichael 5y ago

   This is JavaScript package-culture at work. Many packages attempt to be those “as seen on Tv” gadgets which fix weirdly specific issues in a functionally-fixed way. Single-function goods are frequently given cutesy branding names in hopes o
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    by leecommamichael 6y ago

    It seems to be the safe bet to write dynamic languages in a functional way.