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> Women are like dogs Fuck off.

Yeah. The hand-wavey reference to advances in parallelisation and cloud runner infrastructure doesn't adequately address the drawbacks of this "post-TDD" approach.

Worth bearing in mind that this is effectively DRM for email, with all the negative connotations that DRM brings.

Better still, it deserves to be replaced with a better name. Comments should not be our first port of call when we notice an issue like this in code. Fix the name. If you can't fix…

See this comment: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=7296586 Good commenting is no substitute for good naming. For a variable containing the number 1, "three" is a shitty name.

This is a bloody clever counter-argument as well as an excellent example of the right way to use comments.

Eagerly looking forward to the explanation for this weird juxtaposition. http://i.imgur.com/huUv09m.png

I don't think there's enough attention on the fact that the strict MVC approach of big old school web frameworks like Rails is an increasingly glaring architectural dead-end. The "…

Rather than an exception, I think this is an example of the precise scenario in which it's most inappropriate to use comments. > visually represent logical segments of the code Thi…

Never write comments that re-state the implementation. # Try to read the configuration file. If this wasn't already obvious without the comment, then the code is a mess. Tidy the c…

Hell yes. It's a shame that this isn't just conventional wisdom. Having had a colleague recently join and then leave shortly afterwards because of factors that he could have uncove…

That's correct, but we should still not allow them to misdirect our attention while they tighten the screws.

Stop calling it a "porn filter". It's censorship of the internet. If it was actually a "porn filter", its purpose would be to filter pornographic material. In reality, there is a l…

It's funny, my gut reaction to your explanation is one of technological conservatism. "This is a problem that shouldn't exist! Don't use JavaScript for that!", I want to exclaim. B…

I have a vague feeling of excitement about the future of JS development in general. Whether or not Meteor is going to be the bringer of that bright future is something I'm not so s…

Couldn't agree more. I made the mistake of using Ruby to build a CLI application too, and distribution is a massive hassle. At the moment I'm still at the awkward stage of distribu…

While I don't have any ideas, I can at least add my voice to those saying "I will send money to this man if there is a way to do so". I'm dubious of that Journalistic Source Protec…

When the first line of your article contains an Amazon referral link to buy the book and make you a quick buck, how is anybody expected to take your subsequent glowing praise of th…