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1) Nobody has any idea what they're doing 2) If you think you know more than your manager – you are absolutely right 3) HN is 3 years ahead of mainstream, but 10 years behind the edge 4) React was made by an OCaml programmer 5) if you want to be that good, learn emerging languages (all of them) 5) don't optimize for money too soon, if you follow these instructions you will quadruple soon enough 6) Whatever your probl…
8) learn a statically typed language with a good type system
Even if you end up preferring mainstream language X, learning a language that makes you think in expressions rather than operations, and a language that makes you think in contracts rather than knowing the runtime state in your head, is invaluable for learning how to design, structure and maintain a codebase
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> They learn React/Vue/Angular/whatever, then seemingly decide everything they will ever build will use that framework, regardless of whether it's the right tool for the job. At least where I live, small businesses contract with agencies that develop React sites for them, and suddenly these non-IT companies are owners of expensive and hard to maintain websites that they don't, and shouldn't need to, know the first th…
Serious question: if the business just needs a static site, why are they paying tons of money for bespoke software engineering? Just use one of the millions of good-enough and free site builders out there.
But, yes, I've seen countless businesses for which something like Wix is perfect.
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> Your documentation doesn't need to be an SPA. Disagree with this. Having the entire documentation site working as normal on my browser when I have bad/no internet connectivity is extremely useful.
It really speaks to modern web dev culture when you can't imagine a way of viewing a document offline without running JavaScript.
Ironically, it uses tumblr, so the damn back button is captured (try getting back here). This is my fave: > Infinite scrolls are inhumane. People need to be able to reach “the end.” There are forms of eternal torment described in religious texts that are less mean.
I had posted this to my own blog at http://beesbuzz.biz/blog/2934-Advice-to-young-web-developers and it looks like it was the Tumblr auto-crossposted version that got submitted here. That's unfortunate. EDIT: I've updated the Tumblr version to make this a bit more clear.
1) Nobody has any idea what they're doing 2) If you think you know more than your manager – you are absolutely right 3) HN is 3 years ahead of mainstream, but 10 years behind the edge 4) React was made by an OCaml programmer 5) if you want to be that good, learn emerging languages (all of them) 5) don't optimize for money too soon, if you follow these instructions you will quadruple soon enough 6) Whatever your probl…
I like your list, but I’d suggest: 8) learn a statically typed language with a good type system Even if you end up preferring mainstream language X, learning a language that makes you think in expressions rather than operations, and a language that makes you think in contracts rather than knowing the runtime state in your head, is invaluable for learning how to design, structure and maintain a codebase
Hi, if possible, could the link please be updated to point to the original post at https://beesbuzz.biz/blog/2934-Advice-to-young-web-developer... ? The Tumblr automatic crosspost isn't really intended to be the canonical version, and I wouldn't mind getting a server load test while we're here. Thanks!
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That’s what rsync is for.
or wget, since rsync doesn't work with HTTP.
1) Nobody has any idea what they're doing 2) If you think you know more than your manager – you are absolutely right 3) HN is 3 years ahead of mainstream, but 10 years behind the edge 4) React was made by an OCaml programmer 5) if you want to be that good, learn emerging languages (all of them) 5) don't optimize for money too soon, if you follow these instructions you will quadruple soon enough 6) Whatever your probl…
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I had posted this to my own blog at http://beesbuzz.biz/blog/2934-Advice-to-young-web-developers and it looks like it was the Tumblr auto-crossposted version that got submitted here. That's unfortunate. EDIT: I've updated the Tumblr version to make this a bit more clear.
HN doesn't use markdown: https://news.ycombinator.com/formatdoc