compsci_mofo

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   by compsci_mofo 12y ago

   Google is interesting. Choc full of academically bright people, yet collectively dumb as fuck. Shame there is not a phd for common sense or being down to Earth.
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   by compsci_mofo 12y ago

   We have a guy on our team, let's call him Kent. He writes lots of tests, so many tests, mostly before he coded anything. Oopps. If he even prototyped a bit, he would have seen he was barking up the wrong tree. So he writes a whole batt
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   by compsci_mofo 12y ago

   We learnt that Node wasn't cancer, but it also wasn't a good technology either. Still, it was useful in keeping the clueless muppets away, lest they fuck up other tech ecosystems.
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   by compsci_mofo 12y ago

   Is TDD dead? No, it just smells that way. Like all cargo cults, only the clueless follow it religiously. You can spot them a mile off - with a book they bought off of pragprog, their whole test before breakfast mantra, and usually by their