benhoskins

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   by benhoskins 14y ago

   Nope, i'm saying is that the more you abstract and take out of the way of the coder, the quicker they can write code. Java did this to C type languages, and people got quicker. Ruby and python did this to Java. But the inverse im often t
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   by benhoskins 14y ago

   Seems to be missing the obvious; ruby and python (with some framework sugar) will mostly allow you there quicker than writing java with its framework sugar. I guess the trade off is rather quick to write as opposed to quick to execute. Inte
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   by benhoskins 14y ago

   Wow; node.js comes along, and its like there's a hole in collective memory. Both Netscape and Microsoft had javascript rocking serverside late nineties / early 2000's (the same time as VBScript and CGI). Also, other language interpreters r
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   by benhoskins 14y ago

   I don't know if you have any TDD etc? I'm looking for good people right now: http://www.linkedin.com/jobs?viewJob=&jobId=3652085&...
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   by benhoskins 14y ago

   I haven't played StarCraft 2 yet. Wow; is it really that good? Think I might go buy a copy today.
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   by benhoskins 14y ago

   Hmmm. What the author fails to acknowledge is the 'bakelite' phenomenon. When bakelite was first used all those years back, it's sales tanked because it looked like the proto-plastic it was. It wasn't until it was made to look like wood th
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   by benhoskins 14y ago

   Fluff piece; is extreme programming the new extreme programming? Who cares! What problem is trying to be solved?