lyudmil

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   by lyudmil 17y ago

   I wish we would stop talking about "left" or "right" politics. Neither are well-defined or rational. It leads to gross over-simplification of important issues by tempting people to dismiss policy X as "socialist" or "fascist" without logica
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   by lyudmil 17y ago

   There is a talk by DHH where he shared stories about his jobs prior to 37Signals. These jobs were at VC funded, dot-com companies (something involving games) and he claims to have learned some lessons there. He talks about this in the begin
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   by lyudmil 17y ago

   I used to really enjoy such posts - ones that celebrated the weirdness and unpredictability of software. The Zen of the argument Jeff Atwood presents is appealing for some reason. However, reading such articles now I cannot help but think t
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   by lyudmil 17y ago

   I wonder how much of the tension the author alludes to between code and beauty is due to the connotation that beauty is somehow uncompromising. I too share a certain discomfort with that notion, largely because most projects evolve, which m
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   by lyudmil 17y ago

   Everywhere I have ever lived (the US and Europe) I noticed the same principles apply. If you approach people humbly, grateful for their willingness to share their culture with you, you will always get a positive response. Learning the local
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   by lyudmil 17y ago

   It is true that around the time the microwave started becoming a popular way of preparing your food there was a sharp decline in the number of people making their dinner from scratch. However, this decline of "chef culture" was accompanied
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   by lyudmil 17y ago

   This is pure speculation, but if the US government is willing to engage China on the back of what Google reported, China must have done something which threatens to weaken the US economy more than worsening their relationship with the Chine
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   by lyudmil 17y ago

   I agree. I would say the observations you give as examples are backed by evidence and thus interesting to read (and, in fact, legitimate). I stated my case badly, but I would include such statements in the third category. I meant what I sai
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   by lyudmil 17y ago

   I use TDD on all my projects. I also regard myself as extremely pragmatic in my work. If I felt I would do better without designing test-first I would not be doing it (on some projects I have less-than-full coverage because it felt like the
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    by lyudmil 17y ago

    I agree with your point but the TDD comment tacked on at the end is wrong and adds nothing. I don't think I've ever heard anyone speak in support of TDD say that the code is fine if the tests pass. The canonical process of TDD explicitly ca
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    by lyudmil 17y ago

    I agree with your point. Ward asserts that one should invest in refactoring a piece of (clean) code if your understanding of the business model that drives it becomes more refined. This may or may not translate into more sustainable pace, h
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    by lyudmil 17y ago

    I am a little baffled by the article's thesis. There is very little evidence to support a "failure" of economics in the case of this current crisis. Several economists (mainly Dean Baker) were able to see the housing bubble and to accuratel
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    by lyudmil 17y ago

    While I enjoyed the article, I think the author, like many others, misses or misrepresents what the purpose of TDD is. He argues that doing TDD is not an effective test strategy and he seems to have a valid point. However, TDD is not about