Re:Acing the technical interview
by __debugger__ on Thursday March 16, 2017 @04:10PM
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I find this style of writing quite playfully elegant. Anyone knows where I can read similar stuff (books, blogs, etc.)?
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Possibly James Mickens' USENIX articles: http://mickens.seas.harvard.edu/wisdom-james-mickens
Re:Acing the technical interview
by vaibhavsagar on Thursday March 16, 2017 @07:28PM
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This reminded me of Hao Lian's writing, e.g. http://blog.fogcreek.com/fparsec/. He blogs at http://hao.codes/
H.A.P.'s F# code is still parsing Kiln searches to this day.
Re:Acing the technical interview
by titanomachy on Friday March 17, 2017 @02:53AM
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Charles Stross's Laundry series is great. A talented programmer accidentally rediscovers a CS theorem which allows the summoning of demons and is immediately press-ganged into mandatory employment with Britain's occult secret service.
His wife plays the possessed violin from Lovecraft's "The Music of Erich Zahn".
Re:Acing the technical interview
by devnonymous on Thursday March 16, 2017 @06:20PM
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When you say 'this style', what do you mean? The subversive intent or the elegant phrasing? If you meant the intent, search and read the BOFH if you haven't already