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I wrote an article on writing JavaScript in C++ using macros, which was featured on Hacker News and got a VP of Engineering at Facebook to reach out and get me
by vjeux 4y ago
I wrote an article on writing JavaScript in C++ using macros, which was featured on Hacker News and got a VP of Engineering at Facebook to reach out and get me in the interview pipeline as I was still in school. I moved halfway across the world from France to work there and still work there today. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2478751 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2478751
- xrd 4y agoThen I wrote an article about your talk at OSCON (published on The New Stack). https://thenewstack.io/javascripts-history-and-how-it-led-to-reactjs/ https://thenewstack.io/javascripts-history-and-how-it-led-to... You discussed how the diff algorithm improved from O(n^3) to O(n). I'll never forget that talk.
- xrd 4y agoIt's interesting that we are both Christopher, and that we both eschew usernames starting with c. That's how I recalled who you were in your comment. I went with x because Xmas. And because Christopher is such a common name I wanted something different. I wonder why you went with v, another uncommon letter.
- vjeux 4y agoI was 12 and needed a nickname to play counter strike. I thought about “jeux video” (video games in French) -> “video jeux” -> “vjeux”