twodayrice

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by twodayrice 4y ago
JSF is not my favorite, and I probably wouldn’t use Java for front end applications. That being said, I think that there is a great ecosystem of great software and tools written for Java. I like learning new languages and techniques, but I
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by twodayrice 4y ago
Honestly hacker news is the wrong place to ask questions about Java. There is lots of biased opinions with little experience using Java.
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by twodayrice 4y ago
Consider how mortgage derivatives relate to the underlying asset. It feels like crypto has made credit default swaps look like a child’s toy. They say it’s all on the chain, but there are a lot of chains.
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by twodayrice 5y ago
I think this is a good summary, and it even gets more complicated if you start using the DAX cache. Your read/write provisioning for DAX is totally different than the underlying dynamodb tables. The write throughput for Dax is limited
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by twodayrice 5y ago
I worked as an electronic tech back repairing 4/5ESS switches. Those things were built like tanks.
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by twodayrice 5y ago
Vernon Vinge True Names. It’s prophetic.
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by twodayrice 5y ago
Unix network programming. Stevens brought sockets to the masses and helped launch the internet as we know it.
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by twodayrice 5y ago
Do you mean ads?
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by twodayrice 5y ago
I second this. A Timeless Way of Building is a beautiful book.
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by twodayrice 5y ago
Miss both of these authors
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by twodayrice 6y ago
Turns out that the productivity gain came from the fact that they wrote less code. Call me cynical.
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by twodayrice 6y ago
I remember reading the white paper back in the 90s and being so excited. It’s been a good run!