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by zakm 2y ago
Going against the grain here, but personally as I've gotten more experience and worked in larger code bases I've completely reversed my habit of breaking functions up into smaller functions to supposedly make them easier to unders
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by zakm 2y ago
I think this is a great point that most people forget. If you build something specifically for editing code you can do something cooler than vim/emacs and I've been working on that specific idea: https://youtu.be/o
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by zakm 2y ago
In theory it should work for many languages with minimal support. In practice I've done some testing with typescript, Rust and Go and it largely works.
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by zakm 2y ago
A vscode extension that aims to be "vim for code' meaning that it has first class motions for programming concepts like functions, arguments, etc. quick demo: https://youtu.be/owuuFxDBQh4?si=tqYi-RqvFQa6kI8h
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by zakm 2y ago
I'm working on something similar (not as far along), a vscode extension that has ideas like functions, parameters, etc as first class ideas (so press f to select a function) and also does things like adding a newline and a space where
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by zakm 2y ago
I found Grandma's Word in 16 guesses https://grandmasword.com
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by zakm 3y ago
The only argument I can think of against this would be that it would maybe slightly discourage adding the verbose details and would generally decrease the quality of error messages slightly. That said, even so it's probably worth the t
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by zakm 3y ago
It's worth considering that in the networking example given you discover the skills you need via a project and then argue that the skills could be learned more effectively through deliberate practice. I think this post largely argues a
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And how long are you planning on working here?(tagalong.substack.com)
2 points by zakm 5y ago|0 comments
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The Trap of the Premature Senior (2020)(charity.wtf)
1 points by zakm 5y ago|0 comments
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by zakm 5y ago
Plotly | Full-time | REMOTE, (CA or US) | https://plotly.com/ Looking for a senior backend engineer. We're building Dash Enterprise, a web app that lets data scientists quickly and easily spin up and scale data science
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by zakm 5y ago
The unsheltered count is a thing and does include people who don't access services.
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by zakm 6y ago
That's helpful, ty!
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Ask HN: High level market analysis for entrepreneurs?
2 points by zakm 6y ago|2 comments
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Honeypot.io for VC Investment?
1 points by zakm 6y ago|0 comments
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by zakm 7y ago
How do you guys compare to logojoy?
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by zakm 8y ago
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Single-page_application
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by zakm 8y ago
That first point sounds a lot like you've conquered the https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gell-Mann_amnesia_effect
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by zakm 8y ago
So do you have some kinda data breakdown on the typical startup, or just other anecdotal experience?
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by zakm 8y ago
I'm not seeing any reference or source for these claims in the article. Did I just miss it?
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by zakm 8y ago
If your view is "conservative" == "right-wing" == "capitalism" then I can see why you would say that.
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by zakm 8y ago
I'm sure that's true, but do you have any evidence for it?
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by zakm 8y ago
I don't know what the meaning is, but I'm pretty sure that's not it.
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by zakm 8y ago
I'm sure what you're talking about happens (although I personally haven't seen it). What also happens is that cultural differences lead to two people having different perceptions of the same event. One views it as "hones
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by zakm 8y ago
Other examples of us trying to rationalize and systematize chaos: "the heliocentric model of the solar system", "physics", "economics", and "science." I'm glad we try to understand the world and
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by zakm 8y ago
>My belief is so self-evident that anyone who comes into contact with it must agree with it, therefore if someone doesn't agree with me it must be because they haven't come into contact with it, and the idea is everywhere so th
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by zakm 8y ago
>There won't be a war, by the way. I honestly think we're past the point as a species where superpowers duke it out in such a literal fashion. It's just bad for business. I tried to find the quote and couldn't, but II
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by zakm 8y ago
Or maybe the company is seeking out women in particular. If there was a company that was made up of 90% men when the workforce was 50%, would you say that "plenty of men independently decided that that company was a great place to work
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by zakm 8y ago
a) Trying to understand historical events with many variables via deliberate scientific experimentation is a reasonable thing to do. b) The Stanford Prison Experiment has always been under a ton of scrutiny, and is a good example of flashy
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by zakm 8y ago
Seems like a conflict of interest.

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