m0ther

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by m0ther 6y ago
This is refreshing to read, and I don't disagree with you on any of your points. I wish you the best in your career. If I see your name again in a list of resumes someday, I'll put yours on the top. - 21 year R&D greybeard (37
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by m0ther 6y ago
In my specific case, TDD; and unit testing as religion in general. I am sure others can make similar arguments against the other two in the types of work they do. My point here is that every project is different, and that projects that do n
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by m0ther 6y ago
"correctness" != "correct". I don't have time for distracting meta-work with questionable efficacy. My prime requisite is to deliver actual value, not dubious internal metrics. One of our jobs as programmers, leads,
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by m0ther 6y ago
x86 and it's ancestors eating the markets of [iAPX 432, Itanium, i860, i960] has taught a lesson in the value of an install-base in the server and desktop market. Let's see if history repeats itself? Apple has never seemed to real
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by m0ther 6y ago
The web is, at it's heart, a distributed document system with a layer of hacks on top for building applications. You can create pure documents for the web without any code. Documents are, by nature, easily expressed declaratively; and
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by m0ther 6y ago
Are you disillusioned with technology, or with the business of technology? In my experience, the term "business" is short for "the business of exploitation". Exploitation is ugly, and I've had experiences that can b
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by m0ther 6y ago
Re. ontology: If that's not it, it's close. Business logic is certainly a reflection of a programmer's understanding of the business, as well as their skill in applying object oriented concepts (or whatever) and occam's
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by m0ther 6y ago
I am not aware of a standard (and in depth) definition of what a software architect is; other than it being the next step after team lead, and the last step before pure management (unless your company offers a research track - which nearly
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by m0ther 6y ago
I'm glad I'm not the only one :D
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by m0ther 6y ago
I am a senior software architect. My job is to balance performance against complexity. If my system is slow, it's my fault. If debugging or expanding the system is too difficult, it's my fault. If someone wants to know how the sys
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by m0ther 7y ago
My guess is, at this scale, it's at least one heist film (more likely a concurrent series of them), with the earmarks of a biblical tragedy providing a smoke screen; starring old white dudes who prefer not to appear on the marquee. I&#
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by m0ther 7y ago
I thought I was burning out pretty hard core recently. I went to the dr, did some blood work, and found out I had a serious vitamin D deficiency causing all sorts of scary symptoms. Might be something to look into if you're working too
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by m0ther 7y ago
I'm running a .net exe as a server, on "raw" sockets. For the front end, typescript with 0 dependencies that aren't built into browsers. My own "framework" on both ends, written to specifically cover my needs (
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by m0ther 7y ago
http://i.stanford.edu/pub/cstr/reports/cs/tr/85/1047/CS-TR-8...
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Ask HN: Resources for designing custom file formats
3 points by m0ther 7y ago|1 comments
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by m0ther 7y ago
I have a lot of professional experience in this field. If you want some help refining your system through my experience, provide some method for me to contact you directly.
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by m0ther 7y ago
This is an interesting perspective. I am in the complete opposite camp, but I will be thinking about this an questioning my position for the next few days. Thank you for sharing it.
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by m0ther 7y ago
ADHD (at least in my case) makes context switching, and switching back, easy (it's a core symptom, this is the reason we have difficulty focusing). It's rare to hear one of us say "now where was I?". I equate it to the t
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by m0ther 7y ago
I have to respectfully disagree with the user that suggested calming music (although it may be great advice for your case, it's terrible for mine). I also disagree with advice that you should not be medicated. Ritalin provides a 200% p
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by m0ther 7y ago
Get a prescription for Ritalin. Headphones and Spotify. Volunteer for EVERY nightmare project to keep you engaged. Learn HTML5 canvas. Learn SVG. Learn to make components in whatever framework you're on and get really good at it. Get i
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by m0ther 7y ago
re: switch to object literal. Run a perf test comparing execution speed on the two strategies. I've had to defend switch like three times this year; there's a reason it exists, it's super easy for compilers to optimize :\
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by m0ther 8y ago
In my mind Technicians translate. Programmers spend memory, organize abstractions and choreograph changes. I think the difference between the nature of programmer and technician work is not discussed often enough; where programming is a sup
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by m0ther 8y ago
I picked up a Brother AirScouter 300C for similar purposes (assuming you're looking for a display that goes on your face). BHPhoto sells them. HDMI, 720P, USB powered, effective birth control.
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by m0ther 9y ago
I strongly believe consumers are blissfully unaware of how complex software can be (and what software is by nature more complex than what other software). It's not only a problem with the people you show your independent work to, it&#x
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by m0ther 9y ago
That is a sexy idea. I feel bad that my second thought was "but likely has no commercial application". Now I wonder when I got old... I'll be writing an audio engine in the next few months; I'll try hacking together some
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by m0ther 9y ago
I could see "there's a message being transferred, and it's just outside of our ability to sense it" being catnip to the kid in all of us. Like invisible ink handwritten notes for adults. I looked up specs, my mic doesn&#
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by m0ther 9y ago
I happen to have a small recording studio. I just looked up specs, my speakers will do 40khz, but my mics cut out past 20khz. I'd imagine even if I had a mic that could pick it up, audio drivers might also cut it out.
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by m0ther 9y ago
Can you get it to transfer data ultrasonically?
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by m0ther 9y ago
Has anyone seen any official word from Microsoft explaining what this is, and how this will affect the win32 experience?
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by m0ther 9y ago
That binding system is XAML specific. If you bypass XAML, you bypass the magic string binding as well. I found interfaces a lot easier to build when I ditched the declarative markup and interfaced with the control system directly. XAML as f

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