btilly

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I'm tilly on Perlmonks, btilly on Hacker News, and am active in many forums. I know Perl and math pretty well, but dabble in lots of things.


175 Answers

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62
How would you react if someone told you your code is a mess?
nov 17 at 1:41
54
Hiring a programmer much more qualified & experienced than yourself?
apr 29 '11 at 18:54
38
Is “Hiring only the Best” a really practical advice for normal desktop application programming?
apr 29 '11 at 7:26
33
How do I handle this job situation?
jun 17 '11 at 14:34
33
Stuff you should have learned in school but didn't pay attention to at the time
mar 2 '11 at 14:39
29
My client wants me to add background music to a site. How do I tell them this is a terrible idea?
may 29 '11 at 16:06
29
How do you deal with an information hoarder?
may 3 '11 at 14:04
28
How can you explain “beautiful code” to a non-programmer?
apr 5 '11 at 2:49
27
How do big companies of software developers check for bugs in their programs?
feb 12 '11 at 1:32
24
When they say its open source it means i can take their pictures?
may 13 '11 at 16:39
22
Why are structs/arrays zero based?
apr 23 '11 at 2:09
20
Why do people pick the MIT license over BSD, if BSD's “non-endorsement clause” is a good idea?
jun 8 '11 at 1:50
20
What responses disqualify a candidate from hiring during the interview?
jun 3 '11 at 18:04
20
Java or Python for internet application?
apr 10 '11 at 6:16
19
Why isn't protection against SQL injection a high priority?
mar 15 '11 at 14:58
19
Best time to start writing technical blogs
feb 11 '11 at 8:39
18
How productive is an excellent developer compared to an average one?
may 2 '11 at 21:33
18
How do programmers in the West see programmers in the East?
feb 23 '11 at 15:03
17
Extreme Programming Daily Commits
mar 8 at 19:48
17
Most effective way to increase programmer salary besides just doing your job?
may 14 '11 at 5:12
16
What attributes of PHP make it insecure?
mar 25 '11 at 20:26
16
How can I tell if software is highly-coupled?
feb 11 '11 at 19:40
15
In what area is LISP's macro better than Ruby's “ability” to create DSL
jun 3 '11 at 6:19
15
How to mentor junior programmer who may not be a good fit for programming?
may 21 '11 at 6:31
15
Who was your mentor? Where can I find mine?
feb 11 '11 at 8:58
14
Will a copyrighted code get into public domain once its copyright expires?
may 2 '11 at 2:03
14
I'm creating my own scalable, rapid prototyping web server. How should I design it?
feb 14 '11 at 6:46
13
More productive alone than in a team?
nov 24 at 6:08
13
Should a programmer be indispensable?
feb 17 '11 at 1:33
12
Why aren't more desktop apps written with Qt?
jul 1 '11 at 6:30
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