jcoffey
Re:Brendan Eich: The infernal semicolon
on Monday April 16, 2012 @04:56AM (#3846579)
The feature in question is intended as an error correction for those cases where the programmer accidentally left out newline. A misguided feature maybe, but it's clearly being abused by intentionally leaving out every (or most) newlines.
Re:Crockford on Bootstrap's semicolon omission: “insanely stupid code”
on Sunday April 15, 2012 @10:03AM (#3843699)
What is insanely stupid is abusing the logical bitwise && operator rather than signifying their intent using a plain old if statement like the language intended.
Re:Can Firebase/Meteor ever be secure?
on Saturday April 14, 2012 @06:20AM (#3840479)
Geoff, a bit off topic here but do you have any comment on the GPL licensing/linking conversation people have been getting their nickers in a twist about every time meteor comes up on HN?
Re:Why you shouldn't invite Yehuda Katz to your user group meeting
on Thursday April 12, 2012 @12:27PM (#3833080)
Since this is clearly making news and some people are using it as an excuse for some axe-grinding it seems like the OP really needs to clarify the context behind the post. What exactly were the issues with the first speakers talk? How glaringly bad were they? Exactly what words did Yehuda use - it seems like some people are jumping to conclusions and some clarification is in order.
Re:Node.js is the new PHP
on Monday April 02, 2012 @09:36AM (#3787993)
The title smacks a bit of link bait
Re:Ask HN: What Statically Typed Language Will Add Most To My Resume?
on Saturday March 24, 2012 @12:23PM (#3749746)
I know there's a lot of Java jobs out there, but there's also a whole lot of Java programmers. Would it not be a smarter move to learn something like Scala over Java? I'm trying to gauge where the demand will be in a few years rather than pander to the current job market. I'm also trying to increase my value rather than my general applicability if that makes any sense?
Ask HN: What Statically Typed Language Will Add Most To My Resume?
I have a background in PHP/Ruby/Javascript but also have some experience with Java, Haskell, C and a few others.I've come to the conclusion that I need to specialize in at least one statically typed language in order to increase my value to potential employers.It seems like there's a move towards functional programming in the "enterprise" world with the likes of Scala, F# and C# coming to the...
Re:Poll: What's Your Most Disliked Programming Language?
on Saturday March 24, 2012 @10:26AM (#3749438)
I'd be interested to see the results of:
Poll: What programming language will provide the most career benefit over the next 5 years?
Maybe someone with enough karma (20) could create it?
Or maybe:
Poll: What language are you going to learn next?
Re:Facebook will take action to protect the privacy and security of th...
on Friday March 23, 2012 @02:08PM (#3746371)
I would think the fear of current or potential employers using your data against you is just one more thing to add to any unease people may already have about sharing more and more of their personal information with Facebook. These things add up, and I'm sure FB have seen at least a small bump in account deactivations coinciding with the recent spate of articles on this subject.
Re:How Basecamp Next got to be so damn fast without using much client-...
on Sunday February 19, 2012 @09:14AM (#3609379)
Well the point is that by doing rendering on the client side you get most of the latency issues out of the way on first load and actually have a lot more control over its effects on the user even after that (e.g. you have the option of syncing with the server in the background).
Re:How Basecamp Next got to be so damn fast without using much client-...
on Sunday February 19, 2012 @09:10AM (#3609365)
I'd be curious as to how much benefit could be derived by moving the business logic in the server side MVC to the database in the form of triggers, stored procedures etc. Seems like that's the really natural place for some of the functionality, such as validation, that can't be implemented safely client-side.