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by xcambar 5y ago
> "Let's go production with it now and we can secure it later" - no, you won't. A better question to ask yourself is "If we don't have time to do it correctly now, will we have time to do it over once it&#x2
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by xcambar 5y ago
I agree. > somebody to agree that the time that they have budgeted will be enough for the [...] software project For me, that's still software estimation.
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by xcambar 5y ago
I am and always will be skeptical about software estimation. I am even more skeptical about the promises of software evaluation methods. But what I am the most skeptical about is teams avoiding software estimation altogether because they sh
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by xcambar 5y ago
I think GP meant "reference check"
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by xcambar 5y ago
AFAICT, the perception of Unlicense is becoming better. It was receiving weird looks some years ago, mostly because of its name ("Unlicense? You can't un-license something") but once past that, the contents are satisfying eno
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by xcambar 5y ago
Did it ever cross your mind that comments such as yours contribute to the rant you're complaining about? It really is a self-feeding flame war, and I agree with you, it's kinda annoying.
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by xcambar 5y ago
Yes, jq is very powerful yet incredibly inefficient to work with when you don't master its arcanes.
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by xcambar 5y ago
I love jq for many reasons: * it is very potent * it has extensive documentation, written more like parabolas and new-age sorcery than actually helpful content * it improves your search skills greatly, for many internet results try to give
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by xcambar 5y ago
This license is typically laughed at by corporate legal departments. We've had countless software license audits and any sign of WTFPL is always a red flag in the audits' reports. CC0, on the other hand, passes with flying colors.
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by xcambar 5y ago
Predictability, revenue per employee, and predictability of revenue per employee ;)
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by xcambar 5y ago
> general cultural norms really can't handle the idea that smart, important, useful people can provide the most value sometimes by not doing anything until they are needed. Thank you for this comment. I have had this is mind for qui
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by xcambar 5y ago
Chrome is not better because you witness some pages to render better in Chrome. It is actually the opposite: pages are more and more built for and with Chrome in mind. And that omnipresence of Chrome allows Google to force their own moves a
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by xcambar 5y ago
The single decision from the Yarn team to not offer a reasonable transition path from v1 to v2 was a total blocker for my teams. After trying it on seldected projects, we collectively decided that it was not worth it to follow a project tha
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by xcambar 5y ago
Though I agree that new is not necessarily better, and programmers should absolutely try to stratch their own itch with the existing tools (bash, sed, awk and the likes), some new tools are a great improvement and should be granted as such
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by xcambar 5y ago
This is anecdote, not proper feedback, since I wasn't directly involved in the topic. My company relied on PG as its search engine and everything went well from POC to production. After a few years of production and new clients requiri
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by xcambar 5y ago
Honest question: how do you function in a team? I know a bunch of very self-aware devs, but they almost all have a very double-edged relationship with team work: theylove to learn and share yet see other people as impediments or risks on th
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by xcambar 5y ago
Then by all means mention the project. To me, what matters in this specific answer is not the side project, but the learning opportunity and associated curiosity. All bonus points, especially if the company uses k8s or if you can answer apt
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by xcambar 5y ago
You want your side projects to help you get the job. They must demonstrate as achievements instead of hobbies. For this reason, I'd default to no, don't list side projects, unless you make it a strong argument for the position you
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by xcambar 5y ago
The process described in the article (allow old+new behavior on server, migrate clients, deprecate old behavior on server) works spectacularly well, especially when used with a decent level of observability and informafion in the form of lo
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by xcambar 5y ago
I am obviously not in a position to claim any authority over the number of languages GP is working with :) Even if "half a dozen" is accurate, the usage of such indirect phrasing has some effect on the reader. Whether it is consci
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by xcambar 5y ago
You're right, but on the drawer I'm using (I don't remember the name), when no app starts with a specific letter, this letter does not show up on the vertical seek bar. :shrug:
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Ask HN: How do you track comment threads in HN?
47 points by xcambar 5y ago|53 comments
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by xcambar 5y ago
[off-topic] Interestingly, "half a dozen" makes it sound bigger by relating to twelve (12), while "a handful", while closer to the truth, would somehow diminish the impact. PS: I suggest that "a hanfdful" is cl
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by xcambar 5y ago
Well, to be fair, if every entry starts with a "K", it won't make any difference in sorting.
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by xcambar 5y ago
The negativity of comments here is astounding. I think this demo is packed with clever tricks and I've actually learned more than I expected. Congrats to the author and thanks for posting.
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by xcambar 5y ago
Ive been on both ends of the hiring process and probation periods, and they are, IMO, are of absolute necessity. The fact that there are horror stories, as described by the author, should not hide the fact that a resume (or even a reference
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by xcambar 5y ago
For many reasons, I grew accustomed to fit into many diverse social groups. It's not only about the way you dress, but also which "side of you" you present to others. I mean, what I've learned is that there are many &quo
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by xcambar 5y ago
Jumping from FizzBuzz to Doom is quite the leap! It reminded me of the meme "howbro draw an owl": 1. Draw 2 circles 2. Draw the rest of the f**ing owl
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by xcambar 5y ago
That is deceptively simple. It might just work :D
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by xcambar 5y ago
A government that can balance what to do internally and can carefully choose their contractors, all the while pushing towards openness, is a dream come true.

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