Readit NewsProgramming books are a start, but they hardly ever mention stat(), inodes, sockets, named pipes, the fact that kernel calls are extremely slow, deadlocks, data structures…
Well, that just depends on the programming book? If you pick up TLPI it will talk about stat and inodes. Pick up a book on perf, it will talk about syscall overhead, etc
deepakkarki commented on The mysticism of Alan Watts (2018) philosophyforlife.org/blo... · Posted by u/sacrosanct
If you want to learn sword smithing, do you take notes from a sword smith who can barely make a sharp blade? Or a master sword smith who embodies their craft to the highest level? I suppose the former might have some unpracticed insights by stealing them from others, but the latter is where I’d be most interested.
On teachers - I know relationship counselors who can’t even have a functioning relationship themselves, and yes I suppose maybe they have some pithy takes on how to have a relationship and also some theoretical knowledge, but I like taking my lessons from doers.
I don't think that's a fair comparison. It's more like would you want your physical ailments treated by an unfit but talented medical professional or the fittest person at your local gym?
deepakkarki commented on Programming breakthroughs we need yoyo-code.com/programming... · Posted by u/panstromek
I always tell my clients - the difference between writing code and maintaining it, is the difference between raising your hands and keeping them raised indefinitely.
Or the difference between conceiving a child and raising one :)
deepakkarki commented on · Posted by u/fortran77
It's kind of telling of how much Hacker news moderation has fallen off when the only comment adding any real discussion (aaron695) is down voted into oblivion while lame jokes get up-voted.
aaron695 is not downvoted, s/he is shadow banned.
deepakkarki commented on The collapsing quality of dev.to (2021) wagslane.dev/posts/collap... · Posted by u/xisukar
This was the core motivation behind why I started https://www.discoverdev.io/
Ran this for about 4 years before I called it a day earlier this year. Got busy with graduation and job searching! I do plan to start it again after I find a job and settle down :)
Wait so does that mean they'll end up with 10K less after hiring 5K folks? Which might imply that they'll be firing 15K people.