keithb-

6 ms·

1.
by keithb- 4y ago
Normally I skim these write-ups and then move on, but something about this time finds me exhausted. Enough already. I was a huge proponent of XML and back in the day I would also evangelize its capabilities, its malleability. "What a g
2.
by keithb- 5y ago
I tend to agree with you: this did not age well. You know what is just as bad as architecture astronauts, wunderkinds ranting about how other smart people are stupid. This whole post feels like the aftermath of some late night argument th
3.
by keithb- 5y ago
That seems off topic. SICP is about understanding language, not architecture. That would be like saying you need to understand how SED and AWK would be implemented is Lisp before you try to write a script to use them together to parse a d
4.
by keithb- 6y ago
Come on. Two typos in the first few pages; p.2 "servicees", p.6 "lanuage". I know you are smarter than me, but if seven people decided that an editor would be useless, or spellcheck was unnecessary, then you should be
5.
by keithb- 6y ago
Honestly, what is the purpose of this post? Is HN really the place for clickbait? You would get the same reaction with something like "Do you think functional programming is beneficial for software delivery?" or "Do you thi
6.
by keithb- 6y ago
This is a great comment, but I would generalize to just about any other profession. Are nurses bored with bandaids and hoping for better technology? And also comparisons between computer engineering and construction are always problematic
7.
by keithb- 6y ago
I'm old and changes in technology have baffled me for years. So here's a hypothetical: if RSS was still popular, would we be having this conversation? I assume that the next phase in this saga will be a plethora of products sudd
8.
by keithb- 6y ago
I would like to support your comment and add that I enjoy these articles because I like programming languages and thinking about program execution. However, I think what delibes is getting at is that this is article exhibits a classic trigg
9.
by keithb- 6y ago
This. I've been writing code for years, but every time I pull a repo of the latest web app it turns into a series of frustratingly complicated learning exercises. I'm 17 all over again... npm? got it. whoop. yarn? okay cool
10.
by keithb- 6y ago
With all due respect, I don't think the question is "how do we simplify SPAs?"; I think the question is "why do we need to run any app in a browser?" Look at the work associated with the "Next Billion Users&qu
11.
by keithb- 7y ago
I agree. The semantics even within this set of flowcharts is confusing: blocks start out representing statements but by the time you get to Dependency Injection, they represent anything (library, service, etc.). Also the dotted-line vs so
12.
by keithb- 7y ago
I thought that's what solutions like Calcite[1] were for: running queries across disparate data sources. Yes, you still need to have adapters for each source to normalize access semantics. No, not all sources will have the same schem
13.
by keithb- 8y ago
I'm not trying to nitpick, but UML is purpose-first, not solution-first. The language always allowed for varying levels of abstraction (i.e. linguistics, not layers), and it was always possible to describe the domain instead of classes
14.
by keithb- 9y ago
This latest article about Detroit developers seems to support that [0]. A meager $300K dished out to politicians opened up the possibility of $700M-$1B plus the developers of these buildings can collect income tax from businesses and folk
15.
by keithb- 9y ago
I think your comment is closest to reality. I believe it was incremental and deliberate, but the key piece that is missing from your assessment is that we (the royal "we") haven't given a lot of attention to correcting any po
16.
by keithb- 9y ago
I definitely do not understand what's going on here. As noted in the appeal posted by Doctorow [1], DMCA prohibits bypassing DRM so this W3C "approval" seems completely unnecessary. If it's oversight that you want, then
17.
by keithb- 9y ago
Flowing Data http://flowingdata.com/ FlowingData explores how statisticians, designers, data scientists, and others use analysis, visualization, and exploration to understand data and ourselves.
18.
by keithb- 10y ago
I'm not sure I understand this idea. By "read code" do you mean run the program in your head? As in, "start with main(), follow this loop, go to func()..."? Because if that is the case, then I think it is really deb
19.
by keithb- 10y ago
I don't use k8s, so forgive my ignorance, but what are the use cases in "the enterprise"? How many "enterprises" need to manage 1K microservice containers to approve weekly timesheets? Is this just a play for compan
20.
by keithb- 10y ago
I think you're asking the right questions. I would assume that your class targeted Lisp because SICP uses it. While that is a great resource, it is light on details when it comes to the end game: runtime. If you are developing a langua
21.
by keithb- 10y ago
Thank you for clarifying. wrt your final decision: obviously, those aren't very compelling reasons. It would be simpler for you to say "We don't care about previous solutions. We're following the standardization track so
22.
by keithb- 10y ago
To be fair, I think that previous comment was implying the constellation of XML technologies e.g. XSD, XPath. XML encoding is rarely used in isolation because, honestly, what's the point? Sure, your document is well-formed, but you cou
23.
by keithb- 10y ago
> XML means "eXtensible Markup Language" - so pretty much exactly a description of the data it contains. This is the belief that Eric Browne argued against in 2003[1]. "exactly a description of the data" only works wh
24.
by keithb- 10y ago
Okay, first of all, the current fascination with JSON is not fundamentally different from the previous fascination with XML. The only thing that anyone can agree on is that JSON is easy to parse just like its predecessor. This is why XSLT c
25.
334.6M domain name registrations in Q2, 2016(cio.economictimes.indiatimes.com)
1 points by keithb- 10y ago|1 comments
26.
How unstructured data will impact precision medicine(healthdatamanagement.com)
2 points by keithb- 10y ago|0 comments
27.
Easy Solutions Releases Report Calling for New Approach to Cyber Security(finance.yahoo.com)
1 points by keithb- 10y ago|0 comments
28.
Data Sharing Critical to Success of Cancer Moonshot(information-management.com)
2 points by keithb- 10y ago|0 comments
29.
IET announces the release of arXiv content in Inspec(theiet.org)
1 points by keithb- 10y ago|0 comments
30.
by keithb- 10y ago
>> Can be easily extended by any other developer This is a tenet that will lead inexperienced developers astray. This "rule" is just too ambiguous. Extensibility is a fascination for object-oriented programmers but in my exp

More ›