russianator

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by russianator 5y ago
Not everything needs abstraction. FP (Functional Programming) has it's place. Sometimes a pure function is a beautiful thing to have. It's also ok to mix OOP and FP.
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by russianator 5y ago
Main advantage is the full sized keyboard. If you do a lot of coding, it's just a better ride than "compressed" keyboards. 13" is a nice form factor, but I find the 14" X1 just has enough space to give a nicer typin
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by russianator 5y ago
I've had one of these and it runs Ubuntu really well. Personally I actually prefer the IBM X1 Carbons, they have the nicest keyboard I've ever seen and a good keyboard is IMHO a must for a coder hacking keyboard.
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by russianator 5y ago
In my opinion, you lose out where transferrable skills are concerned. You become a platform or product expert, which can effect your career in some ways. I've seen this in situations where products from companies such as Salesforce are
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by russianator 5y ago
This is purely my opinion from the perspective of a developer/engineer who has seen my solutions removed with little understanding for the engineering and people consequences in an organisation. The issue with nocode SaaS products is t
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by russianator 5y ago
Only if you have 1,000 apps being messed with by a monkey
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by russianator 6y ago
I would argue that there are boundaries to this sort of behaviour though. There should be open discussion about these things.
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by russianator 6y ago
Passive aggressive behaviour, which sounds very unprofessional. If his manager is enabling or ignoring this behaviour, I would wager there is some toxic culture in action here. Having said that, you should have a manager that you can give a
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by russianator 6y ago
This is akin to Salesforce, Oracle and other certifications of their ilk.
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by russianator 6y ago
https://vercel.com/docs/serverless-functions/introduction
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by russianator 6y ago
I've been using https://vercel.com/ for a while now. It has built in gitops and a very simple deployment model. Works really well with custom domains and cost-wise it is great as it doesn't break the bank for my s
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by russianator 7y ago
Another vote for distowatch. I go there from time to time when I get bored of Ubuntu :)
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by russianator 7y ago
Rule number one, be honest. Rule number two, don't wait to have difficult conversations, do it as soon as something arises. Rule three, delegate organisation tasks to your team. I still struggle with time management personally, I'
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Ask HN: Mentors for Engineering Managers
19 points by russianator 7y ago|8 comments
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by russianator 7y ago
https://zeit.co/ Supports Node.js, static and docker containers. Very easy to use with custom domains.
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by russianator 7y ago
My extreme view is to just block. But a more measured approach is to ensure it is flagged as a paywalled item.
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by russianator 7y ago
After taking lessons I just played along to tapes of my favourite artists. I would also recommend learning tablature.
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by russianator 7y ago
Enablement means having choice. Choice means using open standards and not closed proprietary platforms. Often I see developers feeling trapped when they are unable to choose the best tools for the job. Allow developers to be creative, perio
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by russianator 7y ago
The best line of code is the line of code you don't write. The best gun is the gun you don't have. Less guns less gun violence, it's not rocket science!
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by russianator 8y ago
Another vote for the XPS, I have a 9360 with bare metal Ubuntu. Works flawlessly and the screen is very nice.
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by russianator 8y ago
Control what you can, look elsewhere for another job, then quit. If your company is unwilling to change, change your company, find another job. And priority one is your family!
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by russianator 8y ago
There's an actual API documentation standard called Blueprint API with some tools for this. https://apiblueprint.org
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by russianator 8y ago
Was that a parody of the parody?
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by russianator 8y ago
These days you shouldn't use a monolithic architecture IMHO, you should consider creating services or microservices with Node.js to provide API's to a "headless" frontend. Depending on your "workloads" you can
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by russianator 8y ago
While I work with Node.js a lot, and love it, I have to say this is not a very even handed article. Feels like the team the writer was working on had some cultural issues around particular languages. I have personally worked in companies wh
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by russianator 9y ago
I've used these guys in the past https://zeit.co/pricing They have a decent free plan and their Pro plan is pretty good value.
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by russianator 9y ago
Over 40 and still active, whatever that means :D