swatcoder

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by swatcoder 7y ago
Source code availability isn’t really a solution to the trust problem. Sure, it allows for an audit, but the practical truth is that few people are qualified to perform those audits and few of them have a sufficient incentive to spend the
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by swatcoder 7y ago
On the contrary, I wouldn’t _usually_ expect a lot of value from someone who did all that. My first intuitions would be that they’re likely reluctant to make practical compromises, slow to accept norms, and that they’re prone to chasing rab
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by swatcoder 7y ago
> They should be able to say why they went with PHP over something else that was available at the time they started. Why, exactly? PHP, node, Ruby, Java, .NET, and Python are all capable tools with mature webapp frameworks. In terms of c
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by swatcoder 7y ago
That's contextual. Maybe some combination of: - abort and unwind the current action - retry something - log something - abort the app explicitly - fallback to a different value - comment why this is a known-possible failure state - pre
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by swatcoder 7y ago
If "a thing can't be null/nothing", then you've made an error in making it an optional. If a thing might be null/nothing but can't be used when it is, then you should write code that indicates your underst
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by swatcoder 7y ago
In almost all cases, there's a more appropriate way to indicate your expectations than using force-unwrap. Even in those cases where you can't recover from a failure of those expectations, your code will be 1000x more legible if y
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by swatcoder 7y ago
SEEKING WORK | Remote Based in Pasadena, CA 20+ yrs experience. 50+ clients, 100+ projects Currently preferring: - Native TV Apps: AppleTV, FireTV, AndroidTV, Roku - Media Apps: Audio, Video, VOD, Streaming, Podcasts - Languages: Swift, Kot
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by swatcoder 8y ago
SEEKING WORK | Remote (based in Pasadena, CA) I rescue projects in crisis 20+ years experience 100+ projects I deknot spaghetti code, prepare constructive reports and recommendations for distressed stakeholders, respect underserved prioriti
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by swatcoder 8y ago
SEEKING WORK (but really: RELATIONSHIPS) | remote 20 years of experience as generalist developer, leader, mentor, manager, and advisor. Pasadena, CA Specialty: CRISIS INTERVENTION I focus on resolving urgent, sometimes messy situations. An
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by swatcoder 8y ago
SEEKING WORK | Remote (Pasadena, CA) 20+ Years in Software Development and Management With well over 100 projects behind me, I help people get custom software projects done and working. I specialize in crisis intervention on existing projec
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by swatcoder 8y ago
SEEKING WORK | Remote (Pasadena, CA) 20+ Years in Software Development and Management With well over 100 projects behind me, I help people get custom software projects done and working. I specialize in crisis intervention on existing projec
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by swatcoder 8y ago
Estimation is often challenging and sometimes impossible, but there are in fact many opportunities to deliver reliable estimates. If you'd genuinely like to learn more about estimating software projects and when you can do so more or
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by swatcoder 8y ago
Think of it this way: application development, software engineering, and computer science (and data science and ... etc) sometimes use the same tools but are all different disciplines. Universities traditionally focused on Computer Science
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by swatcoder 8y ago
I do that! I specialize in reviewing and auditing delivered work for entrepreneurs/investors/etc, which is a slightly different perspective than code reviews for developers themselves, but depending on your project and needs I can
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by swatcoder 8y ago
Frameworks are handy for — you know — framing. They’re a helpful scaffold provided your project aligns with their model . This applies to UI framework, app frameworks, whatever. Why do these not “accelerate your work”? Maybe because you’re
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by swatcoder 8y ago
Thousands? Tens of thousands? They’re available in nearly every time zone and in nearly any country with adequate infrastructure. It doesn’t take much to find them: one Google search, one skim on LinkedIn, one minute on Upwork. Most live by
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by swatcoder 8y ago
Absolutely not. Pre-ACA options were heavily biased to healthy, young individuals. This is not the profile of freelancers and entrepreneurs, and especially not the profile of the most qualified contributors to an entrepreneurial market. As
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by swatcoder 8y ago
1. Coverage is more expensive for lesser benefits. 2. Year-over-year changes to costs and benefits are less predictable. 2b. Continuity of coverage may itself be at risk with pre-existing conditions returning to the political debate. If you
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by swatcoder 8y ago
This reduces to the question of: will technical innovation slow down? Hand-crafted code, composed by thoughtful experts, is a really useful tool when exploring new technologies or when adapting technologies to new industries. But as whe
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by swatcoder 8y ago
There are mant factors, and you listed several good ones, but I think the most important one you missed is ergonomics. Rarely is coding something you do for just 20 minutes or even for just 2 hours. The smallest projects are measured in day
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by swatcoder 8y ago
I can't plan for every contingency. I'm not sure anyone can. But nurturing a network of family and friends, keeping reasonable savings, maintaining modest expenses, and having more than one set of valuable skills covers a lot of p
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by swatcoder 8y ago
If you get upper back pain that quickly, I'd be most suspect of your workstation ergonomics. Are you crunching over a laptop? There are a thousand drawings out there, but basically, you shouldn't have to hunch forward to work on
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by swatcoder 8y ago
I really like your classical vs jazz analogy, but I don’t think it applies here. You can “jazzily” improvise your way through higher levels of abstraction just as much as you can immediate control flow. The folks OP describes aren’t really
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by swatcoder 8y ago
Technically , you can only learn it through the TM organization. They have centers in most major cities around the world. They price the training differently in different markets. Honestly, the big advantage of learning it through them is
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by swatcoder 8y ago
I do the first one as literally the first thing in my morning, before coffees or breakfasts or showers or anything else. The second is definitely the tougher one to find time for. Since I work independently, remotely, and on a lot of differ
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by swatcoder 8y ago
If I don't manage my sleep schedule at all, it tends to become really irregular, and that can make it hard to make early morning or late evening plans. But I do feel better waking up without an alarm, so I got into a habit of setting o
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by swatcoder 8y ago
Regular meditation. Specifically, transcendental meditation in my case. I'm sure other forms can offer equivalent benefits. I committed to twenty minutes, twice a day. It made no demands on me besides the time, and so I could just sit
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by swatcoder 8y ago
Did you start the new routine because you wanted some specific effect or because you thought you "should" for some abstract/cultural reason? I'd give it more than a month to adapt, but you should try to identify some spe
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by swatcoder 8y ago
If you have influence over these kinds of decisions, then I expect have the experience to know that every choice has downsides. If you haven't found any yet, that should be a Big Red Flag to you. It means you've let yourself g
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by swatcoder 8y ago
Not having a product yet is good! You don't need a product to make these calls. The point is to better understand the product they're wishing they had, which becomes the product you build. Where the OP said "pitch", ta

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