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by brunoc 4y ago
You can get a really, _really_ good pair of professional studio monitors for 2000$. I'll confess that I've never heard the HP1 but that is a bold claim!
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by brunoc 4y ago
My 2c as a JavaScript senior citizen -- I feel it never really was about denying how effective plain web pages are but rather that faced with the choice of a wonderful DX with just JS, and a more difficult day to day with a mix of both, we
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by brunoc 5y ago
It's kind of like needing to wear glasses; all you know is that everything looks blurry, and as far as you know that's how everyone sees. And if you struggle to see clearly, well, that's your problem. My guess is that it stay
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by brunoc 6y ago
Developers model and reproduce this drift in software synthesizers because it's pleasing to the ear of many...
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by brunoc 6y ago
"Don't hate the player, hate the game"
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by brunoc 7y ago
There can be a lot in-between here. You might end up with something like `Report(type: PROFIT_AND_LOSS, unit: MONTHLY, segment: SECTOR)` Like every tool, there's a sweet spot where it really shines and others where it doesn't fit.
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by brunoc 7y ago
I feel that by using these types of tools you could really miss out on a fantastic opportunity to create a schema that models the business domain as accurately and elegantly as you want to make it, regardless of the underlying service topol
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by brunoc 7y ago
Wouldn't you be spending the money you save on salaries on training your new "reverse bootcamp" employees? Hiring entry level people and giving them work isn't the same as teaching. The costs involved in actually trainin
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RubyConf 2019 – Keynote: Lucky You by Sandi Metz(youtu.be)
2 points by brunoc 7y ago|0 comments
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by brunoc 7y ago
Same as sibling comments, and I would add that if you’re interested in modular fun, there is now a Volca Modular and in a slightly more expensive bracket, the Behringer Neutron has a ton of features for the money.
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by brunoc 7y ago
A good way to start is taking a piece of music you like and trying to reproduce a reasonable facsimile. Going top down like this gives you some insight into the structure of music without having to start from “first principles”.
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Ask HN: What are you using AppleScript for?
6 points by brunoc 7y ago|9 comments
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Kind of Screwed (2011)(waxy.org)
76 points by brunoc 8y ago|16 comments
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by brunoc 8y ago
How? This is a tiny functional CSS library.
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JOYSTICK: THE UNTOLD STORY OF OTTAWA’S COKE-FUELED 1980’S VIDEO GAME INDUSTRY(ottawarewind.com)
1 points by brunoc 8y ago|1 comments
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by brunoc 8y ago
A lot of modern CSS frameworks choose to ignore the cascade. This trend has grown in response to how difficult it is to avoid regressions at scale - large or multiple projects, lots of components, lots of independent teams, etc. The cascade
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by brunoc 8y ago
Ah yes, the slippery grope fallacy.
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by brunoc 8y ago
Very similar situation in Montréal. Handful of SV companies with offices here, a few success stories, and everything else far far below in terms of compensation.
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by brunoc 9y ago
I stole this from someone else, but I can’t remember who. BBT is what stupid people think smart people are like.
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by brunoc 9y ago
Critical for the survival of many businesses? Dealing with important data and processes? In that sense. Not in a system-critical kind of sense (kernels, etc). I mean I'm glad that when I call 911 the dispatching system probably isn&#x2
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by brunoc 9y ago
> JavaScript has a bad reputation, but in reality is a good language for what is was designed for: quickly write small scripts. That's a little condescending, considering the amount of non-trivial, critical applications written in J
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by brunoc 9y ago
Well, you can always find a reason to buy a new synthesizer. That works in the favour of the manufacturer. Computers, not so much. Source: Also collecting synthesizers. :)
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by brunoc 9y ago
You are comparing a beautifully minimal web library (Sinatra) to an abominable horror from the very depths of hell (Wicket). It is at best an inappropriate comparison.
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by brunoc 9y ago
Maybe where you work. Not expected everywhere at all.
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by brunoc 9y ago
We hire a lot in Montreal. Mid-size startup. Range is more like CAD 85-140k for generalist frontend and backend developers. In the larger cities, salaries have really gone up in the last few years.
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by brunoc 10y ago
Doing exactly this right now on a new project using Preact. Working great so far.
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by brunoc 10y ago
I hear this a lot, but I don't get it. How would this help make things simpler or stop "this madness"? If anything it opens up the possibility for even more crazyness. The only difference is you (maybe) get to pick your favo
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by brunoc 10y ago
That's consistent with my experience with a very DRY Sass library. If the consumer needs flexibility, such as different themes or new context for components it quickly becomes impossible to manage dependencies and abstraction begin to
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by brunoc 10y ago
The last scenario you outline has a lot in common with the Strangler Application pattern: http://www.martinfowler.com/bliki/StranglerApplication.html
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by brunoc 10y ago
CS61 at Harvard covers that stuff, building your own shell (and memory management, etc) in C and it's an introductory class. There is a lot of hand holding of course but I really loved that class.

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