someisaac

Re:New Junior Developers Can’t Actually Code on Monday February 17, 2025 @01:26AM (#43075856)

Doesn't this feel similar to how we talked about people using Google search to find answers to programming problems, instead of reading documentation and understanding things before writing code? Or how we criticized not using IDEs and just writing raw code without syntax editors? Or if we go further back - using calculators instead of calculating in your mind? I remember talking to an old man when I was a kid - he used to mock me for not knowing how to recite the alphabet in reverse order, complaining about how kids these days don't learn anything properly.

Re:Why can’t you buy a good webcam? on Tuesday December 22, 2020 @11:38PM (#25514447)

I can't get 144hz at 4k. Any specific cable you're using?

Re:Ask HN: What do top engineers you know do that others don't? on Thursday December 26, 2019 @04:50AM (#21882851)

What games do you recommend?

Re:Nebraska farmers vote overwhelmingly for Right to Repair on Tuesday December 17, 2019 @02:51AM (#21811553)

This reminds me of GNU GPL - Right to modify the software I bought.

Re:Git can't be made consistent on Monday April 18, 2011 @12:43AM (#2457985)

I am surprised to see this post from bram cohen, as he himself had a heated argument with linus torvalds on git design.

http://www.gelato.unsw.edu.au/archives/git/0504/2153.html http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=505876

Re:Never Use a Warning When you Mean Undo on Thursday January 27, 2011 @11:29PM (#2150804)

At the same time, chrome allows you to restore your session after you accidentally close your tabs.

Re:For what are the Windows A:\ and B:\ drives used? on Thursday January 13, 2011 @03:21AM (#2099218)

I still remember my dad installing windows 3.1 from a set of windows 3.1 disks. My job was to change the disks when it asks :)

Re:Simplicity Is Highly Overrated on Friday September 03, 2010 @08:15AM (#1659290)

This is an old article.When reading this article i thought the author was right till i saw this article by zedshaw. zedshaw's is very fun to read yet highly informative.!

http://www.zedshaw.com/essays/fortune_favors_big_turds.html

Re:Ask HN Emacs Users: What's in your .emacs file? on Thursday September 02, 2010 @12:33AM (#1655318)

any .emacs for php/Mysql/html/css/js ?

Ask HN: Why is it so difficult to use Emacs for Web Development?

Posted by someisaac on Friday August 20, 2010 @05:28AM
from the ask-hn dept.

I'm a Web developer. I have been using a variety of editors and ide-s for web development(php, javascript,html,css).6 Months before i decided to learn a true editor and started using emacs. learned all the basics, used the starter kit,practiced using buffer, windows etc..I got a grip in 2 months. Recently a month ago i started learning about vim and i found a lot of plugins to achieve the...

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