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by mcknz 15y ago
If you're talking about writing tests after you've completed the implementation, then I wouldn't pay for those either. :) Test-first development is a practice that helps you design software, and ultimately (arguably) reduces the number of d
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by mcknz 15y ago
I agree, but that also requires a discipline/foresight not all of us have. :) I try to keep my feature branches as atomic as possible, but sometimes I get ahead of myself and work on multiple things that really shouldn't be in the same comm
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by mcknz 15y ago
Programmers are a dime a dozen. Good programmers are somewhat more expensive. If bleeding-edge technology X proves to be widely useful, you have a brief window of opportunity where simply knowing X gives you an advantage. Then you slowly be
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by mcknz 15y ago
The article is dated 2006. I doubt there are many relevant lessons to take away from a discussion of Agile circa 2002-2006. edit: relevant for historical reasons, but less so for 2012, which is what I thought when I read it. [2006] on the t
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Apple’s stock price: It’s still a bargain.(slate.com)
2 points by mcknz 15y ago|0 comments
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by mcknz 15y ago
If I really want to sell my car, and I know it's in good shape, I would be more than happy to arrange an inspection. If the seller wants to avoid an inspection, it's probably because 1) the vehicle is in enough demand (or cheap enough) that
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Obama to Hold Google+ ‘Hangout’ After State of the Union(techland.time.com)
99 points by mcknz 15y ago|27 comments
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Megaupload Founder Had Mega Swag(theatlanticwire.com)
4 points by mcknz 15y ago|2 comments
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by mcknz 15y ago
Looks good & works well, based on a couple of sites-- unsure on the doctor image. It's funny but it might prevent some people from taking the site seriously. -- remove "example.com" from search box when gets focus? -- rather than blackl
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by mcknz 15y ago
> We wanted to give Paul a chance. He was rough around the edges, but he had drive and enthusiasm. He was cheap.
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by mcknz 15y ago
Me: I bet you're pretty good with smartphones. PM: I guess so. Me holds out phone Me: Can you fix mine? PM: I can try, what's wrong with it?
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by mcknz 15y ago
You can do that if you have a Wikipedia entry.
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by mcknz 15y ago
Is this really much different than outsourced projects for huge corporations? Seems like large organizations get charged a premium for the same amount of work. Government can hire technical people who can do the work in house, or who are qu
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by mcknz 15y ago
How about adding [2009] to the title? If I see a popular blog on HN I assume it's at least the current year. I probably wouldn't click through to an old Atwood post.
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by mcknz 15y ago
I find the examples analogous to Hello World or sample twitter clients. They give someone else a place to start.
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by mcknz 15y ago
"You're not reading this article." But seriously, it probably never occurs to bad programmers that they should be finding articles like this. Perhaps a better title/approach would be "A Bad Programmer Taxonomy, And How You Can Help."
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by mcknz 15y ago
Presumably, not all of the writers have English as their primary language. And that is part of the beauty.
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by mcknz 15y ago
newb commit msg: <nocomment> uber commit msg: fuck
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by mcknz 15y ago
Food, Inc. is also valuable: http://www.foodincmovie.com/
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by mcknz 15y ago
Even if the intern is justified in doing so, taking legal/regulatory action might not be the best way to start a career. A company this unreasonable may actually enjoy personal and professional destruction.
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by mcknz 15y ago
Backbone.js would probably be considered the equivalent, though not strictly MVC.
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by mcknz 15y ago
Of course, the fact that code exists in ConnectU namespace does not necessarily make it unique or valuable. He lifted our entire DB layer! Someone needs to tell these guys that they already won.
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Silverlight Toolkit Work Item #8757(silverlight.codeplex.com)
4 points by mcknz 15y ago|0 comments
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by mcknz 15y ago
That would definitely help -- could also be that the header looks like a generic "news" or "publishing" template. Maybe you don't need both a logo and the background photo. Also you might consider condensing to one column if possible, or a
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by mcknz 15y ago
I'm sure this is on your list, but design could use some work -- visually it seems a lot like one of those regurgitate-press-releases-as-content type of sites. A new header and actual logo (not text-based and losing the ™) would p
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by mcknz 15y ago
http://news.ycombinator.com/submitted?id=wildbunny
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Disinterested or uninterested?(slate.com)
3 points by mcknz 16y ago|0 comments
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by mcknz 16y ago
This Websense category is filtered: Blogs and Personal Sites.
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by mcknz 16y ago
This type of post doesn't really work with the HN format -- not sure what the alternative would be, other than a /whoshiring url or something. If someone posts a job to a week-old post, no one sees it unless it's on the front page.
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by mcknz 16y ago
For me, vi/m is like kale -- I know it's very healthy, and I've tried it several times, but it'll be a cold day in hell before I ever eat the damn thing again.

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