otp209

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by otp209 1y ago
> asking the question: “What makes a team effective at Google?” considering "effective at Google" == projects destined for the Graveyard, I feel like they could've been asking themselves better questions
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by otp209 1y ago
I don't mix relationships with work. Being kind to people for the purposes of recommendations is not the same as a relationship. Relationships are a thing I support outside work. Inside work, I might build rapport and expand my profess
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by otp209 3y ago
> I chuckled a little at this as this is one of the oldest features of iOS Reminiscent of how I feel whenever I copy and paste something on Android
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by otp209 3y ago
> This guy sounds like a delight at parties He's clearly had to deal with this issue a lot lol
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by otp209 3y ago
> You put me in this spot where my only option is to acquiesce to your demands or be the bad guy I mean, I feel like a simple "no" would also suffice
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by otp209 3y ago
Cheers, I'll check it out!
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by otp209 3y ago
Okay? Some of us might want to. As the git people love parroting of its myriad kitchen sink commands, "if you don't like it you don't have to use it". I'd rather have a single integrated tool than the shopping list
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by otp209 3y ago
> Unfortunately for git alternatives, the momentum behind git is in large part pushed by the "social network" aspect of GitHub And there was a time everyone thought facebook wouldn't dethrone myspace, [something.js] wouldn
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by otp209 3y ago
> Forget that you know git, github, git-lfs, even software engineering for a moment. All you know is that you're developing a general project on a computer, you are using files, and you want version history on everything. What'
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by otp209 3y ago
>but I'll reluctantly accept that me not knowing how to use the tool is not entirely the tool's fault I don't buy this. A good tool should do its job and stay out of your way. The amount of pointless knowledge I now have j
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by otp209 3y ago
> Can you really not think of a single situation It doesn't even matter if they can think of one; assuming your own use cases for software are everyone's is proceeding from false premises and is the sort of thing that leads to
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by otp209 3y ago
> Then use a binary repository [...] You can still version them in git- just don’t store them in there So git works, as long as you include things that aren't git to handle what it can't. Stockholm syndrome really blinds peop
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by otp209 3y ago
> if you have large files in your repository, you have a design problem Your workflow and use cases aren't everyone's.
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by otp209 3y ago
> if I have a giant binary file in source control “I’m doing it wrong” so git helps me design better Your VCS should not be opinionated, that is not its job
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by otp209 3y ago
Git is an absolutely abysmal industry standard and as far as I'm concerned is further proof of my theory that tech is lacking (and actively discourages) much-needed creatives from the field. With them having more representation we woul
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by otp209 3y ago
> As you do, I find the discourse around tech to be a pit of dismissiveness, avoidance, denial, resignation, and learned-helplessness I have a whole tirade on this, but I completely agree. It seemed while going through college that the w
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by otp209 3y ago
Right? Whether or not it's practical, it's the way we learn. I used to see that sort of haughty "well why do you want to do X" response all the time on stackoverflow/its ilk (I've basically deprioritized result
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by otp209 3y ago
Centralization is just the natural order. No one actually wants to "be their own bank" or credit union. Who needs the headache? It's like how libertarians are constantly surprised in the rare instances that they get what th