Ask HN: What Is “Fractal Programming”?

Posted by codingclaws on Friday September 29, 2023 @11:01AM
from the ask-hn dept.

I'm courting a potential new client as a freelance programmer. They want to know if I have experience with "fractal programming". It's not math fractals, it's a different concept that has to do with back-end architecture and it has ties to US election data. I looked it up and it seems like complete nonsense.

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Re:Ask HN: What Is “Fractal Programming”? by mtmail on Friday September 29, 2023 @11:06AM (#37705349)

If I recall it just means they'd only give you 1% of their production data, or even just fake data for you to work with. They'll deploy your code but you won't have access to real customer data. I've seen this with health related data (similar to HIPPAA).

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Re:Ask HN: What Is “Fractal Programming”? by codingclaws on Friday September 29, 2023 @11:10AM (#37705408)

I mean, who calls using test data fractal programming?

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Re:Ask HN: What Is “Fractal Programming”? by mtmail on Friday September 29, 2023 @11:19AM (#37705540)

Yeah, sounds like a made-up term a book author would choose to redefine something that already exists.

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Re:Ask HN: What Is “Fractal Programming”? by ftxbro on Friday September 29, 2023 @11:18AM (#37705525)

put a mandelbrot on your cover letter

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Re:Ask HN: What Is “Fractal Programming”? by thesnide on Friday September 29, 2023 @01:33PM (#37707577)

If on youtube, does it count?

https://youtu.be/E69QMFzHEt8

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