Jonathan Merlet

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Nov 13	comment	When can you call yourself good at language X? @cwallenpoole : Don't forget the Dunning–Kruger effect. Moreover, aren't you more impressed when a lot of people are telling "X is really good at Y" rather than when X is claiming he is competent ?
Oct 18	comment	What are best practices for testing programs with stochastic behavior? Can't you mock the kernel ring buffer too ? And other random aspects of your code ?
Jul 7	awarded	Yearling
Jun 8	awarded	Caucus
Apr 16	comment	INI files or Registry or personal files? I used SimpleIni for parsing INI files a while ago and it was working nicely.
Jan 2	comment	How to master C++? What does "master" mean ? Knowing all the rules of the language ? Being able to write working programs ? Knowing as much APIs as possible ? C++ is one of the hardest computer language, even after working with it for several years you will learn new things all the time. Rather than wanting to "master" it, change your objective to creating cool programs with C++ as one of your tool, and you will learn a lot of things along the way.
Nov 30	answered	Self-documenting code vs Javadocs?
Nov 4	comment	Is it ok to write a quick software programme and then refactor it? The thing is, considering what Maheep said, they are not "building one to throw away", they are starting from the POC to transform it into the production version. This is somewhat different, depending on how much refactoring is needed and how much time they have, some little hairy things due to the POC design could be left in the final product.
Sep 14	comment	a better approach for reviewing performance of developers? @Demian : I agree with you. What I wanted to point out is that if you know what exact kind of metric they're using (and in my example they look at how much you talk directly to your coworkers, and not other means of communication), you may end up optimizing for the metric itself, not the underlying goal (I know not all organization focuses exclusively on the metrics of course)
Sep 14	comment	a better approach for reviewing performance of developers? Beware that by knowing how they quantify each point, the score may become an end in itself, and it can end up being counterproductive (for example, to raise idea sharing you start to interrupt your co workers way more than necessary if they mesure by the time you talk with your co workers about work)
Aug 31	answered	Difference between free and open software?
Aug 31	awarded	Citizen Patrol
Aug 27	comment	How can I configure my programming environment to enable rapid switching between projects? Can't you find a way to reduce the number of switches ? And can you give concrete examples ?
Aug 26	comment	What defines robust code? thedailywtf.com/Articles/What_Is_Truth_0x3f_.aspx
Aug 26	answered	As a high school student what should I be doing to make myself better/more hireable?
Aug 25	comment	How to tackle a boss/manager who likes to race the coders Don't you have a tracking system where there is one owner for each task ?
Aug 25	comment	How to tackle a boss/manager who likes to race the coders +1 for "why does he do that?". Maybe you don't have all the information and he has a reason to do this (good or not ? that's another question)
Aug 22	comment	Is it possible to make something open-source without publishing it? "the GPL requires you to make the modified source code available to the program's users" so as long as it isn't available for everyone, you don't need to give access to the code to everyone, just to A if they use your modified version.
Aug 22	answered	Is it possible to make something open-source without publishing it?
Aug 20	comment	Creating a New Scripting Language For the Learning Experience? You completely forgot another incentive : being responsible for new entries on 99 bottles of beer ! Isn't it enough for you ?