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ricklancee

That seems like a really good idea, might try it next time
> Engineers are pressed to get it done anyway possible and as fast a possible. The ones that push back get fired or moved to another project.

This. Also incompetent engineering teams could be a major factor.

Re:WakaTime – Quantify your coding on Monday August 03, 2015 @10:36AM (#9996134)
How do you track time that you spend on the project that is not done inside the editor; for example research?
Re:WakaTime – Quantify your coding on Monday August 03, 2015 @09:56AM (#9995801)
I don't see the point of this other than the "cool i spend 50% more time in [insert language here] than [insert language here]" factor.

Also: http://martinfowler.com/bliki/CannotMeasureProductivity.html

so web focused is not technical or professional?
How exactly did you test the usability?

The first thing i noticed was the checkbox label "Prevent duplicate votes?" was not clickable.

Re:Ask HN: Do you struggle to sleep after coding all day? on Tuesday July 21, 2015 @11:01AM (#9922687)
When i can't sleep I usually watch or read something in bed on my tablet until i can't keep my eyes open anymore
Re:Show HN: CSS Quality Guide on Friday July 10, 2015 @01:31PM (#9865411)
The author probaly never worked with a deadline before, where there is no time to build everything custom.
Re:Don't use || to set default values in JavaScript on Friday July 10, 2015 @08:17AM (#9863460)
Shouldn't the undefined check be like this?

    if (typeof fruit === "undefined") {
       fruit = "strawberry";
    }
Unless your doing something like:

    (function(undefined) {

    })();
Nice to know someone else is waking up really early. I started setting my alarm 5 minutes back each day toward my goal of waking up at 4am. I started at 7am now I am at 4:40am and I'm really liking it so far; I get stuff done this way.
Re:Introducing the Famous Framework on Wednesday June 24, 2015 @07:04AM (#9770795)
So is BEST just MVC but a with a different name?
Re:What Is Code? on Thursday June 11, 2015 @10:28AM (#9699898)
The scroll performance was bothering me so much i had to add transform: translateZ(0); to the #background-canvas element of the page to stop the screen painting on every fking scroll; to continue to read in peace without my eyes bleeding. Great article though :)