mattxxx

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by mattxxx 12y ago
...So you can take some paint, and make a mural or paint your garage. One of these things is art and the other probably isn't. As a result, it's what you do with it that makes it art or not . This quote is talking about like wh
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by mattxxx 12y ago
Yes. Anything can be art, but I like beautiful software too.
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by mattxxx 12y ago
TDD in what language? It's all about workflow. So if you're using java, you should get familiar with mvn and the junit lib. If you're using NodeJS, then you need to do something like mocha and grunt. TDD gives you insane test
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by mattxxx 12y ago
Finish your ideas.
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by mattxxx 12y ago
this article has a big cringe factor. the "tech lead" codes and leads. this idea that it should be a strictly managerial position is pretty gross, and seems like it's an ego thing.
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by mattxxx 12y ago
Cool; I did something like that with NodeJS a while back for an art project. I made this node package to facilitate it: https://github.com/internet-research-labs/instagram-realtime event-drive, object-oriented lib fo
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by mattxxx 12y ago
Yea, interruptions are annoying, but you have to learn to get good at them. Communication is the most important part of large software projects, and denying someone knowledge is just going to make the workplace unproductive. Obviously there
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by mattxxx 12y ago
Agreed
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by mattxxx 12y ago
It's disappointing to see someone talk so smugly about a bad opinion.
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by mattxxx 12y ago
The discussion about H1B's is becoming so polarized. As an Engineer, I want to work with other good engineers <period>. You can really good talent from abroad - or you can get really bad talent that costs less. So it's not b
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by mattxxx 12y ago
Super cool; training game players is super appealing to me as a math-software-engineer-person. My babble: if DeepPink can gage its uncertainty on a move, it'd be cool to see a hybrid system in-action. Plus, "DeepFish" has a c
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by mattxxx 12y ago
Yea, the article kinda reads like "bad programmers are bad, and I'm a code master, and the kids don't program like me, and they're bad-bad-bad. their fast is so slow. my slow is so fast." It's weird how he like
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by mattxxx 12y ago
I'm all for programming slowly, but how many pieces of code are built slowly, and, in the end, turn out to be built wrong or cumbersomely? It seems like, if you write slowly, you gotta have legitimate deliverables and tests at every st
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by mattxxx 12y ago
Yes, I meant border-bottom in conjunction with line-height. It feels more connected to the idea of "underline" than adding a line-gradient.
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by mattxxx 12y ago
I just went through a job search where I was thinking a lot about this. Right now, it seems like successful startups require the founder to have some secret knowledge or expertise when competing with bigger companies that can just thr
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by mattxxx 12y ago
Frontend JS is so hard to tame, and it feels like everyone has such varied and strong opinions on it. I'm with the author on continual shake-ups in frontend dev, but maybe with better support for DOM stuff, and framework agnostic depen
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by mattxxx 12y ago
idk; I've been focusing on all things javascript for the past two years, and I can relate to the "alienation" the author is describing. I mostly write vanilla (or +underscore) and AngularJS, and it feels like you have to cons
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by mattxxx 12y ago
lgtm I really like the selection color-change, but I'm not sold on the actual CSS :/ It's too bad line-height doesn't work so great, because that feels like a great solution.
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by mattxxx 12y ago
9th way: say "no," say what you think, and continue whatever else you're doing.
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by mattxxx 12y ago
Err... OOP isn't better/worse than any other approach, but there are some criticisms that I can't disagree with... but I like having objects when work requires some book-keeping Programming is like kung-fu. You gotta pick and
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Finding Faces in Google Maps(onformative.com)
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by mattxxx 12y ago
Cool tangential topic: http://www.onformative.com/lab/googlefaces/ ...Reminds of being up at night as a kid, and seeing faces in shadows, patterns on the wall, vvhatever
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by mattxxx 12y ago
Really useful to remind yourself of this!
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by mattxxx 12y ago
I love the idea of combining this with the idea of proving code. Like, "how can I prove my approach 'shuffles' an array?" ... I mean, just because it looks right... doesn't mean it is.
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by mattxxx 12y ago
From the article: > Simple: The language of the future will have all the HolyWar features I like, and banish those that I don't. -- FillInTheBlankWeenie? ^ Only reasonable response. laugh . There's questions all around about w
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by mattxxx 12y ago
The world of technology and art is amazing right now, because it's like we just discovered linseed oil and are seeing people begin to create the first oil paintings. There maybe some work to make it more... relatable? or communicable?
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by mattxxx 12y ago
No! End of an era
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by mattxxx 12y ago
This is beautiful.
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by mattxxx 12y ago
Well, the reality is that every company is becoming a tech company. Text Book Publisher -> E-learning Platform Mass Marketing -> Mass Emailing Hotel Booking -> App for Hotel Booking While there probably is no shortage of tech worke
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by mattxxx 12y ago
This is a pretty sensational piece, but there's fundamental truth in that what-a-proof-is is based on an individual's ability to understand it. This is just how all ideas work. In the end, you can then take a proof and make it emp

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