tcbasche

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   by tcbasche 7y ago

   Are you expecting them to be buried in a yard somewhere to be dug up and cashed in?
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   by tcbasche 7y ago

   - I use the brew python. Mostly for web dev, other times for pandas/numpy - pip + requirements.txt I find is more than acceptable - wheels > source when it comes to installing / distributing packages
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   by tcbasche 7y ago

   Python doesn't _really_ have typing though. It's more a method of documentation really (right now, anyway) edit: to clarify, I wouldn't say the type hints put Python in the realm of a statically typed lang (how could it ..) b
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   by tcbasche 7y ago

   Just to piggy-back on the "I don't know what to do with it" point, this has been pretty handy https://www.freecodecamp.org/news/here-are-some-app-ideas-yo...
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   by tcbasche 7y ago

   I thought this too initially, but most devs should be able to pick up a lang once you throw them into a codebase / go through a few tutorials. Granted you don't get the same depth of knowledge you might find with an experienced JS
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   by tcbasche 7y ago

   One of my pet hates is the old "I'm so OCD, I just _have_ to have a clean desk"
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   by tcbasche 7y ago

   I think they're just too expensive for something you carry around all day and could potentially drop into a lake.
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   by tcbasche 7y ago

   I really like React Native for speed; I think getting it started for either Android or iOS is fairly similar. The latest version also has better performance than previous iterations, as well as the dev-friendly stuff like hot-reloading of c
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   by tcbasche 7y ago

   Australian here; it's the same here. "Oh Software Engineer..." cue vacant look
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    by tcbasche 7y ago

    That quote is fantastic, and very true in my limited anecdotal experience
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    by tcbasche 7y ago

    You must be fun at parties
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    by tcbasche 7y ago

    The Jetbrains pack is amazing value; however the quality of PyCharm has dipped lately...
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    by tcbasche 7y ago

    Yeah I've found them to be of mixed quality. Mainly they're just high-level overviews, which I guess is fine as a primer (and for the price!)
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    by tcbasche 7y ago

    I lean towards the mediterranean diet; loads of fruit/veg, fish, olive oils, grains etc. Having said that I do enjoy a pizza on occasion :P
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    by tcbasche 7y ago

    Yeah I was just reading that and thinking the exact same thing. Lately I've been thinking 'man, Elixir has been getting some traction' until I realised I'd only really read that on HN in the comments sections.
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    by tcbasche 7y ago

    This is interesting and may explain the core of many arguments in the developer community (i.e. a lot of hair-splitting!)
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    Ask HN: Why do such strong opinions exist in our industry?

    42 points by tcbasche 7y ago|44 comments
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    by tcbasche 8y ago

    This entire article kind of assumes that you're stuck with your current workload and will never scale, which is awfully pessimistic. Should we all just take the attitude that, oh well, we'll never be massive so why bother trying t
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    by tcbasche 8y ago

    I've heard the term 'Distributed Monolith'
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    by tcbasche 8y ago

    I gave Firefox an honest go, but some web apps just don't work 100% in it. Chrome does not have this issue. Most of us drive cars filled with fuel from evil oil companies, why do we all drive cars?
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    by tcbasche 8y ago

    I feel like when someone has to count plus signs to see what the code is doing it's a bad sign.
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    by tcbasche 8y ago

    Please, don't leave IoT out of the loop
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    by tcbasche 8y ago

    We replaced an old grails service with Django - for some reason the home button in the grails app would take you to the grails.org website, so naturally it went into the Django app.
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    by tcbasche 8y ago

    I second this when it comes to APIs. If you're exposing them to third parties it's especially useful, as you can draft how the endpoint should look and behave using something like Swagger, and then work from the top down. At my jo
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    by tcbasche 8y ago

    - If it's a straight-forward pure function, I tend to use Hypothesis[1] to pile in random inputs. It's a great tool for coming up with cases humans wouldn't normally think of (I also wrote a blog post about this [2]) - If the
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    by tcbasche 8y ago

    Since taking a new developer job about a year ago I made a commitment to not sign into my work email on my phone and it's been great. But yeah, what the other commenter said. Just do it!
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    by tcbasche 8y ago

    It's kind of like saying "which material should I build this house from?" You might find people who are experts in a certain material: some materials provide better fireproofing, others better insulation, while others are ju
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    by tcbasche 8y ago

    I guess this comes down to what you use it for - I have a 3B+ for emulating games and it works perfectly
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    by tcbasche 8y ago

    I have a Pi 3B+ which I run RetroPie on. It's great for older NES, SNES and GameBoy games, but not so great for N64 games (it tends to lag a bit)
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    by tcbasche 8y ago

    Wouldn't this take longer to type out than `sudo !!` ?