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Re:Screenshots from developers: 2002 vs. 2015
on Saturday December 12, 2015 @12:24PM (#10723394)
I take it you have never used vim or sublime with plugins that can do the same thing.
BTW, I've used both. No need for a snarky response to me as well
Re:Systems Past: The software innovations we actually use
on Saturday March 15, 2014 @01:15AM (#7403643)
Am I the only one impressed with how long some of these technologies have been around? I know most of the common ones such as the internet and FORTRAN but I did not realize how long markup languages have existed. Also at the rate that technology improved in such a short amount of time. That must have been an exciting time to work in the field.
Re:Aperture Science Personality Core 01 - URL Lengthener
on Thursday January 23, 2014 @10:17AM (#7108638)
But.. but.. but.... It's in the JavaScript. :(
Re:Aperture Science Personality Core 01 - URL Lengthener
on Thursday January 23, 2014 @09:09AM (#7108199)
My favorite part is if you go to this site and hold the space bar. Just trust me.
Iron Man.. Made of Legos?
Re:The architecture of Stack Overflow [video]
on Monday January 13, 2014 @04:44PM (#7053628)
You are correct. I edited my post and actually found a good blog post on the subject.
http://blog.stackoverflow.com/2013/02/why-we-still-believe-i...
Re:The architecture of Stack Overflow [video]
on Monday January 13, 2014 @04:16PM (#7053342)
Some points that I find interesting:
[1] StackOverflow has VERY FEW tests. He says that StackOverflow doesn't use many unit tests because of their active community and heavy usage of static code.
[2] Most StackOverflow employees work remotely. This is very different than a lot of companies that are now trying to force employees back into an office.
[3] Heavy usage of Static classes and methods. His main argument is that this gives them better performance than a more standard OO approach.
[4] Caching even simple pages in order to avoid performance issues caused by garbage collection.
[5] They don't worry about making a "Square Wheel". If their developers can write something more lightweight than an already developed alternative, they do! This is very different from the normal mindset of " don't reinvent the wheel ".
[6] Always using multiple monitors. I love this. I feel like my productivity is nearly halved when I am working on one tiny screen.
Overall, I was surprised at how few of the "norms" that they follow. Either way, seems like it could be a pretty cool place to work.
Re:The architecture of Stack Overflow [video]
on Monday January 13, 2014 @03:53PM (#7053177)
He actually says " I'm not advocating that you shouldn't put in tests. [ The reason we can get away with this ] is that we have a great community. "
I take this to mean that he feels that StackOverflow doesn't need tests. Not that tests are useless.
Re:The Hacker Who Cracked the Code in Iron Man and The Social Network
on Monday January 13, 2014 @03:20PM (#7053010)
Am I the only one thinking " Who cares "?