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You Don't Know Lefsetz?(seths.blog)
2 points by rspivak 2y ago|0 comments
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On Being a Senior Engineer (2012)(kitchensoap.com)
155 points by rspivak 2y ago|110 comments
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by rspivak 2y ago
Basically, instead of asking 'why?', this flips it to 'why not?'. Good point.
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by rspivak 2y ago
Agree, C's legacy is enormous.
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by rspivak 2y ago
thanks, that's a great way to put it!
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by rspivak 2y ago
I'm curious about the community's thoughts on whether learning C is still valuable in today's world. Here are some of my personal points in favor of learning C: 1. there's a lot of literature on the fundamentals that use
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Ask HN: Is it still relevant to learn C in 2024?
2 points by rspivak 2y ago|9 comments
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How to Accomplish Big Things, Even When You Feel Small(unstoppable.me)
3 points by rspivak 2y ago|0 comments
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Ninety-Ninety Rule(en.wikipedia.org)
3 points by rspivak 2y ago|0 comments
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Impostor Syndrome(seths.blog)
2 points by rspivak 2y ago|0 comments
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Programmers Don't Read Books – But You Should (2008)(blog.codinghorror.com)
43 points by rspivak 2y ago|46 comments
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Key Lessons That Helped Me Grow as a Software Engineer(ruslanspivak.com)
2 points by rspivak 2y ago|0 comments
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by rspivak 2y ago
Interesting, never heard it expressed like that. Thanks for the comment. And simplicity is definitely key.
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by rspivak 2y ago
Absolutely agree, soft skills are crucial. I didn't mean to imply they're less important by listing them last, but I see your point.
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Ask HN: What do you think are the fundamental skills for software engineers?
4 points by rspivak 2y ago|7 comments
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Teach Yourself Computer Science(teachyourselfcs.com)
3 points by rspivak 6y ago|0 comments
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Teach Yourself Computer Science(teachyourselfcs.com)
3 points by rspivak 6y ago|0 comments
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Xv6, a simple Unix-like teaching operating system(pdos.csail.mit.edu)
125 points by rspivak 7y ago|32 comments
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EOF Is Not a Character(ruslanspivak.com)
3 points by rspivak 7y ago|1 comments
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by rspivak 7y ago
Thank you for the implementations! Do you have any suggestions how to test the postscript code on mac/linux? I tried on macos using ghostscript, but I get the following error: $ gs cat.ps helloworld.txt Error: /undefined in ARGUME
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by rspivak 7y ago
Now also in Scheme (GNU Guile)
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A simple cat implementation in JavaScript, Go, Python, and C(github.com)
2 points by rspivak 7y ago|1 comments
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by rspivak 7y ago
That's a good point. Thanks!
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by rspivak 7y ago
Feel free to add your own implementation. :)
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Show HN: A simple Unix cat implementation in various languages(github.com)
2 points by rspivak 7y ago|6 comments
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Unicode How To(docs.python.org)
2 points by rspivak 7y ago|0 comments
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by rspivak 7y ago
It took me a while to finally publish this part. :) If you've waited for a long time for this to happen, thanks for your patience.
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Let's Build a Simple Interpreter: Executing Procedure Calls(ruslanspivak.com)
3 points by rspivak 7y ago|0 comments
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by rspivak 7y ago
It took me a while, but a new article in the series is finally here :)
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Let's Build a Simple Interpreter: Executing Procedure Calls(ruslanspivak.com)
2 points by rspivak 7y ago|1 comments

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