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by nemild 7y ago
But don't we all use a small fraction of library/package and language functionality. - In C's stdio, I've used a fraction of calls - In Ruby/Rails + gems, I use a fraction of calls - In Node/Express, I use a fr
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by nemild 7y ago
Am I the only one who feels that it's not a terrible thing to use Lodash? It's relatively small gzipped (4kb for core build), a single interface for a developer to learn, and means you don't have to think as much about the ta
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by nemild 7y ago
From the article: >“Only one computer was used in the past, because Boeing was able to prove statistically that its system was reliable, the person said.” Years back, my father co-wrote a paper on the Space Shuttle Challenger showing iss
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by nemild 7y ago
If you use a "silver bullet", you are almost guaranteed to get into the class, as it puts you at the top of the line. This is a way to ration the highly desirable classes.
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Better Software Engineering Debates(nemil.com)
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by nemild 7y ago
Agreed. A favorite quote: “[E]verybody wants to build and nobody wants to do maintenance.” - Kurt Vonnegut, Hocus Pocus For a long time, my bias was to write code when faced with a problem, without realizing the debt I was taking on and the
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by nemild 7y ago
I would go for it, but just the fact that you're asking shows that you're less susceptible to injecting needless technology. Typescript has also been used for years, and it has a place as Javascript is used for more complex produc
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by nemild 7y ago
I would change that last phrase, "I want to be engaged and active in what I do" to "I want to build something that solves user needs and ships and is maintainable." Or at least a mix between the two.
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by nemild 7y ago
An older piece that I loved is Dan's point on just allowing a certain number of technology tokens in any project: https://mcfunley.com/choose-boring-technology I think one big part of the mistake is using Hacker News,
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by nemild 7y ago
The irony is that this page will help improve the SEO of this domain.
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by nemild 7y ago
Two articles on this topic: You are Not Google (my favorite): https://blog.bradfieldcs.com/you-are-not-google-84912cf44afb A piece from my Notes to a Young Software Engineer that likens engineering media to a bazaar, not a
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by nemild 7y ago
But also, the distribution muscle of Facebook.
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by nemild 7y ago
This was a previous comment from that user: > Looks like the HN account is working again. > There have been a couple of quick updates I posted on the linked page. First, SDF does accept Bitcoin for validation. Second, SMJ is personall
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by nemild 7y ago
I wrote a tweet thread on building a writing habit: https://twitter.com/nemild/status/1113441095323492352 Consistency and having social pressure were critical for me. Also, check out Daily Rituals: How Artists Wor
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by nemild 7y ago
I thought this was remarkably self-reflective: > "It works for people but it doesn’t necessarily work as a business today, at least under my oversight"
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by nemild 7y ago
I recently went to Bar Shiru in Oakland (mentioned in the article) and it was quite the experience: https://www.yelp.com/biz/bar-shiru-oakland
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by nemild 7y ago
I've been working on some tips on burnout for early engs. Would value any feedback: https://www.nemil.com/on-software-engineering/beware-burnout...
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by nemild 7y ago
I'm surprised that "security by obscurity" is touted as a way reduce attacks. This is almost guaranteed to lead to less diligence in the code — and more risks. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Security_throu
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by nemild 7y ago
That hype in software is the reason I wrote a media literacy guide for software engineers. Hype makes it easy to get free marketing and also drives clicks for media and social networks. https://github.com/nemild/hack-th
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by nemild 7y ago
For more context, see this piece by Renee DiResta highlighting the difference between free speech and free reach (previously, there was little distinction between the two at Facebook): https://www.wired.com/story/free-s
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by nemild 7y ago
I very much agree. It's nearly impossible to know in the moment which it is.
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by nemild 7y ago
I spend so much of my time on media literacy issues, and one thing I'd be careful of: most of these prognostications you cite should really be considered marketing. They are not thoughtful views of cryptocurrency. If you're a soft
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by nemild 7y ago
Stablecoins are much more than that. It's the first openly programmable stable money, and can remove custody risk.
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by nemild 7y ago
With the growth of stablecoins, there is an opportunity to prove out use cases that depend on stable value. Regardless, I do think there's value to smart contracts, even with a volatile/speculative currency: https://www
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by nemild 7y ago
People in early spaces dream about mainstream use cases (kill credit cards, fix online payments), but killer early use cases are often randomly found. They're the ones most poorly served by the current market. You need the extreme use
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by nemild 7y ago
I was in YC during the same time as Coinbase (where I now work), and personally, I think cryptocurrencies are transformational. Having grown up during the Internet era and hearing from my parents about the Mainframe -> PC era, use cases
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by nemild 8y ago
I loved Paul Buccheit’s (of YC) quote on social media: “[Twitter] is like a game where you get 1 point for being fair and thoughtful and 1000 points for character assassination.” https://mobile.twitter.com/paultoo/statu
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by nemild 8y ago
Yes, but the partisanship is likely getting worse, because we each individually get the exact information that is "relevant" to us and therefore feeds our confirmation bias. It's a different form of tribalism from 1950s mass
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by nemild 8y ago
Here you go: https://www.nytimes.com/2019/03/09/travel/airbnb-miami-beach... > Airbnb and Miami Beach Are at War. Travelers Are Caught in the Crossfire. > The Florida city, like others around the c
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by nemild 8y ago
I emailed you. For everyone else, here’s a rough article I’m writing on reading code for my Notes to a Young Software Engineer series: https://www.dropbox.com/s/q5mtxxk6bswkag6/Read%20Code.pdf?dl... https:/&

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