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Apr 6 |
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How to Code Faster (Without Sacrificing Quality) I don't have an answer for you but I do have something that may make you feel better. However slow you may be as a programmer, however inefficient you might feel, your manager is much, much worse. What kind of idiot says, "Hey Bob, you're too slow" without helping you to improve? Might as well tell you you're too short. That's not leadership, it's just heckling. I guess I do have a suggestion: find a job with a competent manager, one who will work with you to overcome your shortcomings. |
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Apr 6 |
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Is there an (open-source) ReST-based blogging/forum package out there? I'm astounded by the sheer volume of documentation about Abdera that doesn't exist. It looks -- emphasizing "looks" -- like a solution, but do you of any project that is using it? |
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Mar 24 |
answered | Project In A Week / development bootcamp |
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Mar 19 |
answered | Career Shifters: How to compete with IT/ComSci graduates |
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Mar 15 |
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What ethical problems realistically arise in programming? @David_Thornley -- how could "It's not unethical if it benefits you" possibly be abused? It lets you do whatever you want and still claim the moral high ground, just like you're doing now. The only downside, if you consider it one, is the "Göring at Nuremberg" imitations of you people do behind your back. |
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Mar 15 |
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What ethical problems realistically arise in programming? "If you have a choice between starving to death or behaving in a way you wouldn't have to in your ideal world, it's neither unethical nor hypocritical to deal with the world as it is." @David_Thornley -- this is pretty much the wrong-est thing I've ever seen on a SE site. Every criminal and scum-bag and bureaucrat out there has some story about how he just had to do whatever bit of nastiness he did. You are saying, "I'm ethical when it's free." Heck, I'm a vegetarian between meals. |
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Mar 15 |
answered | What ethical problems realistically arise in programming? |
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Mar 2 |
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Is there an (open-source) ReST-based blogging/forum package out there? Jeez, almost perfect, but a miss is a good as a mile. If I use Blogger as such, I have to use their identification/authentication model. My users are already signed into my website, I need a way they can blog and comment without sign in again. Is the Blogger code open-source [ crosses fingers forlornly ] |
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Mar 1 |
awarded | Scholar |
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Mar 1 |
awarded | Student |
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Mar 1 |
asked | Is there an (open-source) ReST-based blogging/forum package out there? |
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Mar 1 |
awarded | Commentator |
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Mar 1 |
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Teaching computer programming? @Patrick, I think the question is, what makes for a good fit? not "am I a good fit"? |
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Mar 1 |
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How important is studying algorithms and theory is to becoming a great programmer? That's just silly. I wouldn't go so far as to say "Nothing matters less" but there are a whole buncha things that get in line ahead of algorithm design in the making of a real programmer: problem analysis, DB design, module design, debugging... |
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Feb 24 |
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Why job postings always looking for “rockstars?” Yeah, good luck with that. |
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Feb 17 |
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Is software innovation still primarily North American and European? Why, and for how much longer? This. Innovation follows freedom and accountability. Money follows all three. @Corbin - your thing about school is interesting, but I don't think it's true. It's certainly not true here (in San Francisco, which has almost uniformly crappy schools). |
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Feb 17 |
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Is software innovation still primarily North American and European? Why, and for how much longer? This is about the dumbest thing I've every read. Banks in Canada and the US have an ABA number that allows cheap or free transfers among them via ACH (compared to the horrifically overpriced SWIFT system in the EU). There are almost no roaming charges left in the US. And cell-phone calls are free to both parties with most plans (why would charging the caller help? He's not the one who picked the plan.) |
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Feb 17 |
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Is software innovation still primarily North American and European? Why, and for how much longer? Mmm, it's not a bad article, but the part about "Gee, where did all the German Jews go after then 1930s" was a bit, uh, jejune. All the actual points are conventional wisdom (which is not to say "wrong" at all, just not earth-shattering revelations). |
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Dec 28 |
awarded | Supporter |
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Dec 28 |
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Should I point out spelling/grammar related mistakes in someone's code? For better or worse, good programming practice often comes down to something very like pedantry. Plus, I'd like to find the person who misspelled Referrer in the original HTTP spec and kick him in the ankle. Of course, it was probably Berners-Lee and so I'd feel guilty afterward... |
