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janetacarr
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About janetacarr
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Comment #48370306
I have my qualms with Janet. Mostly, it's lack of package management versioning and lack of libraries in general (advanced HTTP routing, etc). I do LOVE that Janet can create binar…
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Comment #44534512
I'm surprised how much of dotLisp syntax made it into Clojure.
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Comment #40474979
Yeah but that's not nearly as fun!
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Comment #40474590
Wow, thanks for the kind words. I've been bitten by the ops hellscape of microservices and various tech many times throughout my career, and it's definitely shaped how I think abou…
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Comment #40474494
I'm glad you liked it! I'm using a PaaS, so I didn't want to pay the extra money for a cron job. Maybe not a wise a choice, but here we are. Totally agree about the issues I might …
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Comment #39430326
Start smaller. You have to walk before you can run. I might be biased because I've tried and failed at a few startups, but this is what I'm doing: Try building smaller / easier bus…
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Comment #39267774
I've been self-employed for nearly three years as a freelancer / consultant. Though, I have a course I've pre-sold during the recent work drought. These pre-sales have been paying …
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Comment #39156215
Only thing is, Agency isn't really dystopian imo.
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Comment #38314972
Context is very important in these kinds of use cases. If you work with something niche, I think these tools are less valuable because the training data becomes sparse. For example…
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Comment #36600386
https://blog.janetacarr.com I write a lot about Clojure and software developer with Clojure. I only have like a dozen posts though, but people seem to like them (mostly).
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Ask HN: Has anyone ever done the Chief Programmer Team thing?
I've only ever seen this idea in academic literature about Software Development methodologies. If you experience with this methodology, I'd really like to hear about it. Positives …
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Comment #36480537
ah, thanks for the tip!
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Ask HN: Who’s Working on the “HTML” for VR?
I’m not talking about a canvas tag with some WebXR/WebGPU/WebGL. I’m talking about VR having it’s ‘world-wide web’ moment instead of headsets being expensive, digital walled garden…
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Comment #36478969
Yes, mostly about the subculture in the 90s. The article is worth the read.
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Comment #36398900
My take on MVC is that it's an architectural pattern to decouple state, state changes, and state usage.