brennvin

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by brennvin 3y ago
> The problem is they can’t justify your cost if you go outside the planned work load Cost? It's a freebie. I'm still doing my tasks, in addition to saving them tons of money with better tools.
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by brennvin 3y ago
> but it’s one you made up. You just made a bunch of things up.
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by brennvin 3y ago
> Creating new work I am not talking about creating additional work, I am talking about solving problems not on management's radar screen. Some problems are only visible from the floor. > The right way to grow is to learn how to
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by brennvin 3y ago
I suppose it varies a lot from one organization and industry to another. My experience is that managers don't like it when people rock the boat, they prefer their subordinates to just quietly execute the tasks given to them. Growth-ori
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by brennvin 3y ago
I assumed it was meant to evoke William of Occam.
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by brennvin 4y ago
Tokenizing everything in one go is usually the right approach. The typical case is the error-free case, so you won't actually tokenize more characters than necessary, but you will simplify the implementation and avoid jumping back and
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by brennvin 4y ago
Random tidbit: Wasavi sounds like Swedish for "what did we say".
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by brennvin 4y ago
Good idea! If we do away with f strings entirely the problem does not occur.
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by brennvin 4y ago
What if the compiler issued a warning if the f was missing and let you suppress the warning with an r?
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by brennvin 4y ago
"Codes" is correct when the intended meaning is access codes and the like, but not for source code, which is a non-countable noun. I think the uptick is due to the increased number of participants who are not native speakers, main
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by brennvin 4y ago
> Then why haven’t you? I found another product opportunity that will be faster and cheaper to build. That I believe I could out-compete Figma were I rich does not mean I _am_ rich. Thanks for the down vote.
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by brennvin 4y ago
I'm surprised Figma is worth that much. For a while I was considering bootstrapping a business in this space and I was never very impressed with what I saw of Figma. Does not look that hard to compete with or replicate.
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by brennvin 4y ago
I have never understood why (some) people want to write lexerless parsers. Lexing lets you approach two different concerns separately. What is not to like?
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by brennvin 4y ago
> Last indigenous people of Europe There are still many Swedes, Finns, Germans, French etc around.
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by brennvin 4y ago
- A tracing garbage collector - Tail call optimization - Closures
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by brennvin 4y ago
I am a niche programmer too and make good money just like the author. My expertise is in customizing a software product made by a former employer. The drawback though is that the job market is so small that you have to be prepared to move o