Re:Teach Yourself Computer Science
by pkaler on Saturday July 21, 2018 @02:33PM
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I don't concur. A few examples:
I was working on a iOS App that connects to a GraphQL API. All GraphQL are POSTs. POSTs aren't cacheable. I had to implement a client-side cache. Implementing a cache, understanding the pros/cons of an implementation, is an exercise in CS.
I was implementing an animation. I drew the animation out on graph paper and worked out the transformations using stuff I learned in my linear algebra and computer graphics classes.
And in general, thinking through the tradeoffs of Swift vs Objective-C or REST vs GraphQL or Ruby vs Elixir, etc, etc is an exercise in CS.
Unfortunately, we seem to live in a cargo cult world. Good enough for Facebook/Google/Etc? Good enough for us. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
Re:Teach Yourself Computer Science
by cal5k on Saturday July 21, 2018 @04:15PM
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They’re called heuristics, and everybody would be paralyzed without them. Good enough for Facebook? Probably will work for my use case, and now I can focus on things that actually add value to my application.
I was working on a iOS App that connects to a GraphQL API. All GraphQL are POSTs. POSTs aren't cacheable. I had to implement a client-side cache. Implementing a cache, understanding the pros/cons of an implementation, is an exercise in CS.
I was implementing an animation. I drew the animation out on graph paper and worked out the transformations using stuff I learned in my linear algebra and computer graphics classes.
And in general, thinking through the tradeoffs of Swift vs Objective-C or REST vs GraphQL or Ruby vs Elixir, etc, etc is an exercise in CS.
Unfortunately, we seem to live in a cargo cult world. Good enough for Facebook/Google/Etc? Good enough for us. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯