pards

30 ms·

331.
Ask HN: How do you help your kids with schoolwork?
6 points by pards 8y ago|1 comments
332.
by pards 8y ago
I had an interview question like that once. I managed to come up with an ugly-but-passable solution at the time. Later that evening a much better solution occurred to me so I coded it up and emailed it to the interviewers. I got an offer t
333.
by pards 8y ago
I've been living and working in Toronto since 2003, and can attest that it truly is a fantastic city to live in. Most of the senior developers I know in Toronto work as independent contractors for large enterprises because they can get
334.
by pards 8y ago
> Unit test thus get written for part that we absolutely want to be maximum certain of that it works correctly. I hear this kind of rhetoric a lot, but rarely do I hear of code that doesn't need to work correctly.
335.
by pards 8y ago
It's sad that a codebase that's only 4 years old is considered legacy. I really feel sorry for the project sponsors in this scenario who presumably paid good money for a solution that didn't stand up to the test of time.
336.
by pards 8y ago
The tech-savvy market is served well by free static site generators like Hugo and Jekyll.
337.
by pards 8y ago
The most critical part of this story is that he was consistent . When it comes to health, diet and exercise consistency is the most important factor.
338.
Bithumb hacked(cnbc.com)
1 points by pards 8y ago|0 comments
339.
by pards 8y ago
We followed a similar process when I worked at Intelliware. Before commencing work on a feature, the team would gather around the whiteboard and discuss the intent of feature, and list out the tasks required to implement it. An estimate was
340.
The Three Amigos(jonkruger.com)
1 points by pards 8y ago|1 comments
341.
by pards 8y ago
>> For the first month or so I take a very humble listening position .. and then - Everything in source control - CI - Static code analysis - Artifact repository - Automated deployments, incl database and configs - Branc
342.
by pards 8y ago
Blockchains are not immutable - the DAO hack and subsequent hard-fork proved that to the tune of millions of dollars.
343.
by pards 8y ago
Keyboard: CoolerMaster QuickFire Rapid It's a reasonably-priced mechanical keyboard, but not too loud for an office environment. I also have a DAS, but prefer the CM
344.
by pards 8y ago
This! The people you work with matter most, above all else.
345.
by pards 8y ago
Ron Jeffries' original article can be found here. https://ronjeffries.com/articles/018-01ff/abandon-1/
346.
by pards 8y ago
Wealthsimple. Done.
347.
by pards 8y ago
Contract software developers in Toronto Canada routinely make $100+/hour for 40 hours/week but it usually means working for a large enterprise like a bank, telco or insurance company.
348.
by pards 8y ago
Visa issued a single statement on Twitter acknowledging the outage then went dark. Not cool. https://twitter.com/VisaNewsEurope/status/100257970416195174...
349.
by pards 8y ago
Location: Toronto, Canada Remote: Yes Willing to relocate: No Technologies: Java, SQL, Scripting, Angular, DevOps Résumé/CV: https://www.craigpardey.com/page/craig-pardey-software-devel... Email: craig@pardey.ca V
350.
Problems with TDD (2009)(dalkescientific.com)
1 points by pards 8y ago|0 comments
351.
by pards 8y ago
They should be flagged as ads
352.
Ask HN: Why can't I comment on this?
2 points by pards 8y ago|7 comments
353.
by pards 8y ago
Too little, too late. I moved my repo to GitLab pages after Google announced it would prioritise sites that support HTTPS in its search results.
354.
by pards 9y ago
That's awesome. I'd love to see a picture of it.
355.
by pards 9y ago
In the dishwasher, I group the cutlery to make it fast to unload. This front-loads the time slightly and reduces the unloading significantly.
356.
by pards 9y ago
I can't figure out if the lack of an 'R' is an omission or a joke that I don't understand.
357.
by pards 9y ago
The phonetic alphabet is gold > L for Leather > U for Mism > Y for Lover The last one took me a while, I had to say it out loud a few times.
358.
Ask HN: What are your time-saving non-tech life hacks?
1 points by pards 9y ago|5 comments
359.
by pards 9y ago
Have you ever tried quoting for interview projects? "I've reviewed the spec for the take-home assignment and I estimate it at about 8 hours which is $1,200 plus tax." It'd be an interesting experiment at the very least.
360.
by pards 9y ago
The application site is catastrophically broken. - HTML is not accepted, despite being listed - Ontario is not an option for State/Province - Site repeatedly hangs After muscling through the very long form several times, I'm gree

More ›