heenrik

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   by heenrik 8mo ago

   Tangential: Peter Naur has something to say about this in his "Programming as Theory Building" paper. TL;DR: You have to reimplement the application or features to understand the "why" regarding technical decisions.
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   by heenrik 1y ago

   I don't know any books or course about the subject. I can only share my personal approach. This is something I've learned in the context of breaking down potential client projects into early plans and estimatable chunks. What I do
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   by heenrik 2y ago

   Such an excellent paper.
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   by heenrik 2y ago

   The concept is called 'tacit knowledge'.
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   by heenrik 5y ago

   As someone who teaches Human-Computer Interaction in a CS program, I find it odd that there are no HCI topics on that list. Especially, when they say it's a "complete education in computer science". Perhaps it's a matter
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   by heenrik 5y ago

   When HN goes ad hominem I usually bookmark whatever HN got riled up about to read later. It's a sign that there's something interesting to think about ;)
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   by heenrik 6y ago

   Can you point me to any sources on the history of Office 97 (or other earlier applications) development?