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Re:The Little Manual of API Design (2008) [pdf] on Thursday June 18, 2015 @05:53AM (#9737620)
some good advice, some doubtful advice.

One advice in this pdf is that on designing first before implementing. I think iterative cycles of design / implement / use / design /implement use yield better results.

Re:How to Survive 80+ Hours of Programming Every Week on Monday May 11, 2015 @08:36AM (#9524174)
alright, I just got the thought when reading about elbow protectors.

I would caution with giving advice for taking vitamins and other supplements as a non-MD. Medical advice based on a sample size of N=1 is not a good idea. Apart from clear harmful vitamin deficiencies, studies show mixed results on the benefits of vitamins supplements.

Re:How to Survive 80+ Hours of Programming Every Week on Monday May 11, 2015 @08:03AM (#9524037)
is this blog post satire?
Re:Show HN: PyScaffold – Easy project setup for Python on Tuesday November 25, 2014 @05:23AM (#8657128)
Setting up a python project with a sane layout can be challenging, thats why I like pyscaffold. It takes away the pain of writing your own setup.py and googling for all the different ways of configuring your setup. Especially the setup.py subcommands which are kind of hard to get right.