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The next step is to use AI to edit the spec... /s
Re:The lost art of XML on Saturday January 24, 2026 @09:20AM (#46743782)
It's ironic that he mentioned "comments" while we live on the sad age where "comments are evil", "smells like bad code"; while the reality of people screaming these sentences are exactly those who deliver garbage code.
Re:You can't design software you don't work on on Monday December 29, 2025 @05:14PM (#46426428)
Didn't read the article yet, but came here to say that I couldn't agree more with that sentence in the sense that the industry should stop making people "software architects", specially those that do not code at all but want to make design decisions. Software architect should be a role and not a position.
Re:The great Covid and smoking cover-up? on Tuesday December 06, 2022 @12:16AM (#33876201)
Maybe it's because your lungs are half dead already, then it's harder to find a place for the virus?
Re:Try APL on Thursday June 10, 2021 @01:13PM (#27463046)
I once used a (very bad) tool called Mediation Zone [0], and they used APL as a scripting language inside of the tool. Worst experience ever.

[0] https://www.digitalroute.com/mediationzone/

Re:Pulumi 3.0 on Wednesday April 21, 2021 @01:57AM (#26885883)
I couldn't agree more. In my company we've decided that everyone will use Typescript with Pulumi because we believe that the developer experience (IDE, code autocompletion, etc) will be the best + it's a language that arguably is more used here as frontenders will know it too + providing examples, etc.
Re:Modern CI is too complex and misdirected on Wednesday April 07, 2021 @06:03PM (#26731992)
> Build systems inevitably evolve into something turing complete. It makes much more sense to implement build functionality as a library or set of libraries and piggyback off a well designed scripting language.

This is so true. That's why I hate and love Jenkins at the same time.

Agile coach. 100%. It's not about managing people, but neither is it tech related.
Re:Ask HN: Who is hiring? (December 2020) on Monday December 07, 2020 @08:11AM (#25331777)