yyyuutt

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by yyyuutt 5y ago
> The tech lead started out by complaining about how he has to do an untested unplanned release today because another team made some urgent changes. They broke it they have to fix it. You need the light shining on that team, not strive t
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by yyyuutt 6y ago
Yeah there is a lot of freedom that comes from a smaller set of choices. Java is so vast and so many libraries it is overwhelming and solutions are usually over engineered. With Go its nice to just write some code.
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by yyyuutt 6y ago
I still love C++ but rarely code in it any more. One interesting thing is that the whole modern approach to immutable data structures seems so wasteful to me now. C++ you literally take strings and overwrite characters, where now people dup
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by yyyuutt 6y ago
You can get a bunch of refurbished micro PCs coming out of corporates on ebay for a cheap price. Pis are nice but with cases and power supplies they aren't so cheap and storage is a hassle.
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by yyyuutt 6y ago
I spent 10 years doing C# on a big system and love it. However it never got the momentum Java did so I've switched. I prefer C# over Java, I hate a lot of Spring attribute/factory/builder craziness, but Java has so much more
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by yyyuutt 6y ago
Not sure what you mean about you need big cars in winter. Scandanavia, Russia, Ukraine, Japan etc do just fine with regular size cars.
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by yyyuutt 6y ago
This is pretty much why in Asia and Europe people dont have large families, nor large dogs, nor buy massive boxes of goods from warehouse stores. National parks you should be good.
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by yyyuutt 6y ago
Whenever I hear someone saying the market is huge I think of this classic Thiel talk. Sounds like its definitely something you should watch. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Fx5Q8xGU8k
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by yyyuutt 6y ago
https://www.netflix.com/title/81002391
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by yyyuutt 6y ago
no kidding
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by yyyuutt 6y ago
Google says 32% of households have stay at home parent and about 50% of moms work full time, so you're not unusual.
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by yyyuutt 6y ago
Its almost worth changing your name if you have an unusual one. It must be great to be have a name like John Smith because no one can google you to find anything interesting.
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by yyyuutt 6y ago
I've started doing this too. Also email every few years now. Its nice not to care about karma.
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by yyyuutt 6y ago
I'm ambivalent about Facebook, but its pretty scary that it could end up like an American version of WeChat. I have to avoid.
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by yyyuutt 6y ago
Interesting thought about closing doors rather than opening. With Elite schools it is almost a burden that everyone gets a choice of great 6 figure jobs on graduation. Its the guys that dont get those have the most freedom to do real innova