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What software leviathans do you think are best at managing their complexity?

Furthermore, Russ Cox (author of Go’s regexp library and significant contributor to re2) mentioned this interesting tradeoff. > Second, Go is using a different algorithm for regexp…

Yeah, the language of the regex implementation and the API were the two biggest factors. Go’s regexp package only allowed you to run 1 regex expression at a time while hyperscan an…

We started off using Go's regexp library for our regex needs, but it wasn't made for our unique use case of running 40+ regular expressions over terabytes of data. Here's our exper…

Agree with the parent commenter some more elaboration on how your seemingly low profitability isn't a concern in the long term would be helpful to understand as I don't see immedia…

ohh interesting, I didn't know about schema.org -- that's pretty cool! No worries about making it a browser extension. I wasn't sure if you're trying to make this into a business o…

This is fun, thanks for sharing! Is there any way to run his and include our private repo contributions to count the code written for a typical job?

Would you care to share how does this app work under the hood? I think the hacker news audience would be more interested to understand that then to use the app per se haha. Do you …

Agreed! This dilemma could be solved if college was much cheaper. Another commenter mentioned his annual tuition in Italy was about 2k euros which is unheard of here in the states.…

hey, author here thanks for the valid feedback -- I'm still trying to figure out what I want to do with my blog and definitely got carried away with SEO/Growth Marketing tips I've …

Could you say that for all engineering graduates at the majority of universities (even the bottom 50%)? I know plenty of people who had internships and were effectively employed a …

I like the idea! Maybe it shouldn't be only college or nothing else but rather a mix of college + an industry specific bootcamp OR more co-op or shadowing programs that could bridg…

He seemed like a genuinely nice dude who came from humble background who tried to improve his life situation but failed to do so, but at the same time you're right there could be s…

Wow that's the first time someone has said that (other than my immediate friends and family lol), so thank you! Mind if I ask what in particular you liked? I am interested about ce…

Dang that's a tough road to persevere through especially in '08. How did you get your big break?

My immigrant parents ingrained in me that if you work hard and get an education and a degree that you'll be set for life, which is what I now know as just part of the equation. My …

Yeah I originally wrote this a while back and recently saw that press on twitter and HN. It's still the best example I've got so far, do you know of other programs that are doing a…

While I don't have any advice for this particular situation, I'd encourage you to diversify your online business presence into a domain that you own (e.g. a website) with a direct …

I found this article to be pretty enlightening about the nature of of the software engineering job market, which should help you figure out what companies can afford expensive deve…

After the experience of meeting the Uber driver with an degree in actuarial science unable to apply his education it shattered my rose colored glasses about how education today is …