throwaway_ghj

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by throwaway_ghj 11y ago
I didn't claim either of those things. I'm just speaking from the practical experience I have. It's just that in static languages, you write unit tests more around business functionality. In dynamic ones you end up writing un
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by throwaway_ghj 11y ago
I've dabbled with both, and they suffer from the same kind of problem that all frameworks on top of dynamic languages suffer from. You essentially have to do all the checks that the compiler /should/ do for you, by using unit
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by throwaway_ghj 11y ago
Are those options the state of the art? I wouldn't use either. Edit: added the following... I've dabbled with both, and they suffer from the same kind of problem that all frameworks on top of dynamic languages suffer from. You ess
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by throwaway_ghj 11y ago
reduce the problem as much as possible... use a single serve espresso machine. Volume remaining and freshness aren't really a problem in that context. The best kind of code is the kind that doesn't get written.
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by throwaway_ghj 11y ago
Just say "I really appreciate your time so far but I have other offers which I am more interested in and don't wish to continue any further with your interview process" Just be polite and don't waste either your or their
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by throwaway_ghj 11y ago
maybe GnuCash. You'll have to check for features. Or if it's not at great volume, you could just do it the old fashioned way. About $20 at your local stationary store should sort you out.
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by throwaway_ghj 11y ago
People become entitled like that, basically because you let them by repeatedly allowing them to take your time for free. Compare with: "Sure, I'd love to do that. I can spend about 10 hours on that this week and that will cost you
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by throwaway_ghj 11y ago
No, you're missing something.
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by throwaway_ghj 11y ago
hack a sports watch.
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by throwaway_ghj 11y ago
I imagine there are all manner of over-engineered solutions to this problem.
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by throwaway_ghj 11y ago
Is it ethical to just walk away from a problem?
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by throwaway_ghj 11y ago
There's definitely market segmentation and it's definitely a conscious decision, but there are other functional differences between the supermarkets. (Bigger package sizes at pak-n-save, and New World's are also located in mo
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by throwaway_ghj 11y ago
An IDE. The same as the technical people use. (In what world can "non-technical people" build any kind of app?)
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by throwaway_ghj 11y ago
* they are part of a big enough team that individual responsibility is removed * they're not given enough time to produce good quality code * the design came from someone without sufficient expertise, and the programmers &quot
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by throwaway_ghj 11y ago
balsamiq. Or my favourite, pen and paper.
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by throwaway_ghj 11y ago
Nike+ app. Use the built in coach (training programme). Half-marathon training, thoroughly recommended. Don't eat junk food too.
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by throwaway_ghj 11y ago
Yeah but then you'd have to maintain some software built on web tech.
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by throwaway_ghj 11y ago
https://modern-sql.com/use-case/literate-sql
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by throwaway_ghj 11y ago
hands down one of the best software engineering articles I've read in a long time.
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by throwaway_ghj 11y ago
Balance. Take the long term view. Your skills don't stagnate because you have the weekends off coding. No one is a 100% efficient human being [the word for that is robot]. My advice would be to set a baseline of working hard during wor
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by throwaway_ghj 11y ago
> most coding is treated as a commodity by the business world, and the younger devs have a cost advantage over you. I have an experience advantage of being able to ship working software that actually meets requirements. Unlike many young
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by throwaway_ghj 11y ago
BE(SoftEng) here. Professional 10 years. ~3 years at current employer who is the dominant IT vendor in my country. There are definitely lifers within this organisation, the pay and benefits and conditions are good. I plan to broaden my hori