tjstankus

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by tjstankus 4y ago
This looks really well done! I've thought about writing an app like this and you've got every feature I envisioned and then some.
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by tjstankus 4y ago
Thanks! That was a fun conversation.
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by tjstankus 4y ago
I hear you and I agree. The HN vibe is nitpicky, for sure. I was a little surprised the comments here were 100% negative (or not positive, to be fair). I usually wouldn't bother reading all the comments, but I care about Ruby, so I was
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by tjstankus 4y ago
As I type this, every top-level comment here is a criticism or a nitpick. A cool new feature is being added to Ruby. People have done difficult and meaningful work that benefits others. And this is the response here. I'm psyched for th
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by tjstankus 4y ago
Dine Alone: https://open.spotify.com/track/27X1P8USDRbZ5RNjbbQ9d1?si=942...
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by tjstankus 4y ago
A full-blown civil war, circa 1800s? Probably not, although a growing number of fascist types are fantasizing about it and planning for it. More frequent and extreme episodes of violent civil unrest? Yes. I think it's going to get wors
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by tjstankus 4y ago
Wow, memory lane here. My first programming job was working on Symbian apps. I think I had a 1MB heap and something like an 8KB stack to work with. Good times!
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by tjstankus 6y ago
I'm an old timer. I paid a small, one-time fee over ten years ago and have used Pinboard (not without some frustration) ever since. I paid the subscription fee when I received the email a couple days ago. It only seems fair.
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by tjstankus 6y ago
Thanks for sharing this, I've been thinking about building something like it, now I may not need to.
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by tjstankus 7y ago
Thanks for reading and providing feedback. Yes, it definitely could've been shorter, but everything in it is intentional. Many longer pieces suffer from lack of editing, which was definitely not the case here. Looking forward to your b
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by tjstankus 7y ago
I agree naming is one of the most important things we do. Would love to get your thoughts on the article I linked in this comment thread.
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by tjstankus 7y ago
I recently published an article on naming: https://codedevotional.com/blog/naming-climbing-towards-abst... I spent a lot of time on it and about halfway through the process decided it needed to be split into two parts.
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by tjstankus 7y ago
As a motorcyclist, this has become my primary concern on the roads in the past few years. I constantly and actively check for drivers using their phones. If I can see their eyes or heads glancing up and down, I get far away. If they're
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by tjstankus 9y ago
I think your argument is focused too far along the timeline. Yes, the Republican majority was elected. What's in dispute is the legitimacy of how they came to be elected, given the proven racist bias of how districts came to be. Differ
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by tjstankus 10y ago
I love the ideas, but I doubt the reality of ever getting this workflow implemented. I've been a professional developer for 17 years and exactly zero of the companies I've worked for would implement this process. Besides in resear
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by tjstankus 10y ago
There are hard copies. This site is a direct rip-off of Martin Fowler's Refactoring book, among others.
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by tjstankus 10y ago
Yes, it is. https://twitter.com/search?q=%22sourcemaking%22%20from%3Amar...
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by tjstankus 13y ago
Guilty as charged. :) I'm super-interested in seeing a sample app, particularly the rails_adapter.
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by tjstankus 13y ago
42 years old with an English degree. I. am. so. fscked.
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by tjstankus 13y ago
The bus system here in Chapel Hill, NC is fare-free.
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by tjstankus 14y ago
The problem isn't necessarily the MacGyver hacks. It's building stuff on top of them that hurts. If you realize you're making a MacGyver hack, the responsible thing to do is refactor when it causes you pain. If that time is never, congrats,
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by tjstankus 14y ago
Wow. I would argue that you have quite a bit more than "relatively few moments of 'brogrammer' culture" there. A TWSS bot? I can't imagine that ever being okay on any dev team I've ever worked on, including my present team which includes no
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by tjstankus 15y ago
You don't want to test external APIs. You probably do want to test how your application behaves in response to using the APIs. One way is to mock the API calls with canned responses. Another way is to use a tool like VCR ( https://github.co
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by tjstankus 15y ago
The opposite, libertarian answer (and the way we seem to be going right now) would be to let those who can't capitalize on the bounty simply suffer. Cut social services along with their jobs, and hope they fade into the distance. Reminds
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by tjstankus 15y ago
Well, if you're passing out invites... pretty please? I'm currently trying out different editors, not stuck on any particular one.
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by tjstankus 15y ago
I thought the same thing. Perhaps "lazy" or "inconsiderate" are better words to describe people's behavior before the sign went up. Given the option to do the easiest thing possible, many people will do just that, especially in the absence
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by tjstankus 16y ago
"Quality is Job 3!" (For those of you old enough to remember the Ford "quality" commercials.)
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by tjstankus 16y ago
It looks like the 20110129 update adds Cmd-number functionality for switching between tabs on OS X.
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by tjstankus 16y ago
I think it's general sentiment against Java, the language. Many I know, including me, have been there and don't want to go back. At the same time the JVM is a pretty interesting space for language runtime.
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by tjstankus 16y ago
Java is popular in the broad sense, but it doesn't seem to be very popular with the developers I know that are creating and interested in creating mobile apps.

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