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by synthc 4y ago
SEEKING WORK | REMOTE (EU timezone) I'm available for part-time contracts or short consulting gigs in addition to my main assignment. My main assignment ends this summer, also open to discuss longer full-time engagements after that. S
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by synthc 4y ago
It doesn't have to scale if the rates are high enough.
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by synthc 4y ago
Any references that prove this? I have been skipping breakfast for years, and feel fine. Eating breakfast makes me feel sluggish
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by synthc 4y ago
Think again.
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by synthc 4y ago
Nice anecdote, but was it because of the language or because a small motivated team gets much more done than a big enterprise that is bogged down in meetings?
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by synthc 4y ago
Based on one guy who did a hobby research project based on GitHub issues?
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by synthc 4y ago
Having used both statically and dynamically typed languages, I don't think this is true at all. Most modern languages are pretty close in productivity, architecture and the way a company is organized have much more impact on productivi
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by synthc 4y ago
Shell productivity tools like fish, fzf and z. Feels like doing parkour on the command line!
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by synthc 4y ago
Yes Maven uses XML.
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by synthc 4y ago
I'm fine with Java copying features. I'm happy to use Kotlin now while it is ahead, no problem with switching back to Java once it catches up.
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by synthc 4y ago
Linux has xdg-open to open files from the terminal
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by synthc 4y ago
I would also not normally connect to a REPL in a production environment, but it can come in handy. One can certainly attach a debugger to a running process in production, I've done it several times to debug gnarly issues.
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by synthc 4y ago
True, for Java and Kotlin I use the debugger in IntelliJ like a REPL all the time. You can even evaluate arbitrary expressions, connect to running applications even applications running on another machine. It's not as powerful as a pro
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by synthc 4y ago
It's just the evolution of a marketeer.
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by synthc 4y ago
Seems like all the NoSQL databases eventually implement SQL, maybe we should use EventuallySQL instead NoSQL
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by synthc 4y ago
Use a recording in your presentations instead of a live demo A video usually feels "real" enough to an audience, but you can avoid crashers or unexpected inputs.
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by synthc 4y ago
Has anyone used propagators in practice? I find it a very interesting concept, but have not encountered it in the wild.
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by synthc 4y ago
for prototyping a long running repl is fine. For validation/testing starting with a clean slate takes away a lot of my worries.
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by synthc 4y ago
My theory is that some people get really attached to the language and take criticism to it personal. See the comment above where someone says 'I feel compelled to defend the honor of my favorite language'. It does get cult-like at
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by synthc 4y ago
But programmers should be worried about every what-if scenario, regardless of language.
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by synthc 4y ago
deps.edn is a building block not a finished build tool. You need to import libraries for common tasks like building an uberjar. There are plenty of reasons to start a new REPL: - adding a library - changing the project config - messing up t
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by synthc 4y ago
In my experience the Clojure community is pretty tone-deaf when it comes to critisim. The usual response being something along the lines of 'your problem is not a problem, it was meant that way'.
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by synthc 4y ago
I was wondering where this 1 return practice originated from, but yeah, it makes sense in that context.
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by synthc 4y ago
Macros
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by synthc 4y ago
Yes this is exactly what I meant. After years of coding in Haskell and Clojure, and then going back to Java I have absolutely no problems with int max(int x,int y) { if (x>y) return x; else return y;
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by synthc 4y ago
Yes this is an excellent example of different cultures and ecosystems. In Python a library like requests is a thin abstraction over http calls it is very easy to understand what is going on and get started. In Java, there is a tendency to w
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by synthc 4y ago
Different languages also have their own culture and ecosystem, which are also valuable to learn in order to get a different perspective. Some things that are taken as best practices are bad practices in other langauges and vice versa. For e
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by synthc 4y ago
And what solution would you suggest here? I'd like to hear it. Preferably one that does not setup Russia for another invasion in a couple of years, like you know, when they took Crimea.
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by synthc 4y ago
I've worked with Clojure for years using the REPL driven approach and found I needed restarts quite often, for example when adding updating dependencies or other changes to the project file. REPL driven development is great, but someti
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by synthc 4y ago
To me it is kind off crazy when a build tools needs some 3rd party config library to make it usable.

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