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   by redroot 5y ago

   > I think it's a mistake to ask non-experts to prioritize things they don't understand. Exactly right, for the most part if the business has enough trust in engineering to do the best they can, the technical strategy to realise
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   by redroot 5y ago

   I've also found the term quite dangerously misleading. The 'tech' part of the statement makes it sound like the 'debt' that is getting in your way it's purely a concern of the engineering function, where it sho
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   by redroot 6y ago

   Great read! I really enjoy that the article explains the problem in three different mediums, and you walk away with some understanding even if you can only access the first part. Reminds me of the Wired videos where a concept would be expla
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   by redroot 7y ago

   Hofstadter's Law: It always takes longer than you expect, even when you take into account Hofstadter's Law.
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   by redroot 9y ago

   I'm interested to hear what the opinion on jQuery are like these days. Even if it's a little unglamorous, this is the perfect use case - a one-off project where you have needs for cross-browser animation, resizing, DOM manip, and
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   Ask HN: As a senior developer, should I fix my missing CS education?

   4 points by redroot 9y ago|4 comments
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   by redroot 10y ago

   Ex-employee here, left a while before this process started. We had a really strong product, and loyal and growing user base, who rated us over Cite This For Me consistently. It's a shame for the users that it ended this way, I naively