robziehl2

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   by robziehl2 13y ago

   Exactly, StackOverflow scores and even upvotes on Hacker News or Reddit is a neat metric, but in the same sense that commits pushed or lines of code written are. They hold some value but they are by no means determine quality or the value o
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   by robziehl2 13y ago

   Please see my response to @datalus below which addresses my thoughts on when I open source code. Agreed, we all benefit from open source, I think it's almost impossible to avoid an open source tool at some point in your career now as
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   by robziehl2 13y ago

   TheCowboy summarized my intentions well. I have no hostility towards open source. I know what you mean when someone stars or forks a repository. I created a boilerplate project for Sinatra applications (a Ruby micro web framework) a few yea
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   by robziehl2 13y ago

   You sir understood my point of view perfectly. I am not opposed to Github or any tool for that matter, only the misuse of that tool.
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   by robziehl2 13y ago

   This is one topic I didn't touch on that I would have liked to but my post would have been even longer and it's already a fairly long read. I have another post planned that addresses this. Over the last year or so I gave a lot to
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   by robziehl2 13y ago

   Created a second account because HN says I was submitting too fast (no wonder there are no interesting AMAs on here). I am all for a generic "Link to your code" field on a job application form but also provide an alternative like