robin_bb

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Consul and etcd in the Autopilot Pattern(joyent.com)
3 points by robin_bb 10y ago|0 comments
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by robin_bb 10y ago
ZeroMQ and its descendants will outlive us all. Pieter, you should be proud to have achieved so much.
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13 Benchmarking Sins(computerworld.com)
1 points by robin_bb 11y ago|0 comments
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A Bash Startup Script Framework(linkedin.com)
2 points by robin_bb 11y ago|0 comments
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Discovering PostgreSQL Strengths(linkedin.com)
1 points by robin_bb 12y ago|0 comments
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Deploying NPM packages with the Nix package manager(sandervanderburg.blogspot.com)
1 points by robin_bb 12y ago|0 comments
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How To Install Nix(shorestreet.com)
3 points by robin_bb 12y ago|0 comments
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The Future of Dieting is Mobile Technology(blog.paduin.com)
1 points by robin_bb 13y ago|0 comments
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Systems Benchmarking Crimes(gernot-heiser.org)
1 points by robin_bb 15y ago|0 comments
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Code Considered Harmful(shorestreet.com)
1 points by robin_bb 15y ago|0 comments
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Top Most-Used Haskell Packages(shorestreet.com)
1 points by robin_bb 15y ago|0 comments
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PostgreSQL, hpaste, and EDSLs(chrisdone.com)
10 points by robin_bb 15y ago|0 comments
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ICFP Programming Contest 2011(icfpcontest.org)
1 points by robin_bb 15y ago|0 comments
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by robin_bb 15y ago
Actually, this is a great opportunity for YC alums to deliver some of PG's knowledge to non-alums. I look forward to discussing my ideas with PG-bot.
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Scalable Parallel Programming with CUDA(portal.acm.org)
2 points by robin_bb 16y ago|0 comments
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Loop Constructs in Scratch - Better Than in Mainstream Languages? (ACM)(portal.acm.org)
1 points by robin_bb 16y ago|0 comments
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by robin_bb 16y ago
I consider this to be a failure of a GPL-licensed open source software project. Samba is not being used by Solaris, nor by Mac OS X.
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Program design in the Unix environment, by Pike and Kernighan(harmful.cat-v.org)
5 points by robin_bb 16y ago|0 comments
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NetBSD now runs on Amazon EC2(wiki.netbsd.org)
52 points by robin_bb 16y ago|2 comments
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The Future of JavaScript Engines: Replace Them With JavaScript Compilers(shorestreet.com)
1 points by robin_bb 17y ago|0 comments
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by robin_bb 17y ago
prewett, which are the tools that you think already exist, exactly? Many Mozilla developers make good use of valgrind. Leaks that can be found that way often are, and rarely cause problems for long.
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Report on Mozilla's Memory Management Development Practices(shorestreet.com)
6 points by robin_bb 17y ago|4 comments
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by robin_bb 17y ago
I disagree. Haskell is more difficult to master. There's far more to it than C++. I am highly proficient in both languages, it so happens.
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by robin_bb 17y ago
Of course, there can be no objective measure easily made, and I do not want to engage in language wars. That said, I am a C++ expert, but contend that each of Lisp, Haskell, and Scala are far deeper languages, with more involved in their ma
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by robin_bb 17y ago
No, UncleOxidant, it is definitely not "especially true for C++". There are plenty of powerful languages out there, many with more subtleties than C++, and longer roads to mastery. No one disputes that C++ has a long road to mastery, but t
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by robin_bb 17y ago
Learning to program well in language X can actually be done using language Y, for some X's and Y's, especially when Y has the features of X. So, I continue to argue that asking precisely for language X may well exclude better applicants - o
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by robin_bb 17y ago
Obviously, I disagree. Such a filter will exclude precisely the wrong candidates. That is my argument in the article.
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by robin_bb 17y ago
kailoa makes a good point: removing keywords from the job posting risks not appearing in a potential employee's search. I think that the trick is to have "just the right" keywords, and no more. The particular example that I give in the art
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Beware Programming Language Requirements On Job Postings(shorestreet.com)
34 points by robin_bb 17y ago|26 comments
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Code Considered Harmful(shorestreet.com)
2 points by robin_bb 17y ago|1 comments

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