The Grug Brained Developer (2022) • Hacker News Board

Re: The Grug Brained Developer (2022)

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Post by 12_throw_away » Tue, Jun 17, 2025, 9:01 PM UTC

This has by far the best discussion of the visitor pattern I've yet to come across.

Re: The Grug Brained Developer (2022)

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Post by debois » Tue, Jun 17, 2025, 9:04 PM UTC

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Re: The Grug Brained Developer (2022)

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Post by anthomtb » Tue, Jun 17, 2025, 9:05 PM UTC

So many gems in here but this one about microservices is my favorite:

grug wonder why big brain take hardest problem, factoring system correctly, and introduce network call too

Re: The Grug Brained Developer (2022)

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Post by sodapopcan » Tue, Jun 17, 2025, 9:05 PM UTC

_shantaram wrote: post #10

ChrisArchitect wrote: post #7

might be some good points in here but it's sooo hard to read.

https://reidjs.github.io/grug-dev-translation/ :) (no affiliation, I enjoy the original and wish for it to reach as many people as possible)

RIP phone readers.

Re: The Grug Brained Developer (2022)

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Post by anthomtb » Tue, Jun 17, 2025, 9:08 PM UTC

ChrisArchitect wrote: post #7

might be some good points in here but it's sooo hard to read.

I like it. Grug is grammatically incorrect but concise, which forces my Big Brain to step back, allowing my Grug Brain to slowly absorb the meaning of each word.

Re: The Grug Brained Developer (2022)

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Post by poidos » Tue, Jun 17, 2025, 9:08 PM UTC

This is, I think, my favorite essay about building software. The style is charming (I can see why some might not like it) and the content is always relevant.

Re: The Grug Brained Developer (2022)

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Post by butterlesstoast » Tue, Jun 17, 2025, 9:09 PM UTC

Professor Carson if you're in the comments I just wanted to say from the bottom of my heart thank you for everything you've contributed. I didn't understand why we were learning HTMX in college and why you were so pumped about it, but many years later I now get it. HTML over the wire is everything.

I've seen your work in Hotwire in my role as a Staff Ruby on Rails Engineer. It's the coolest thing to see you pop up in Hacker News every now and then and also see you talking with the Hotwire devs in GitHub.

Thanks for being a light in the programming community. You're greatly respected and appreciated.

Re: The Grug Brained Developer (2022)

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Post by arturocamembert » Tue, Jun 17, 2025, 9:09 PM UTC

> given choice between complexity or one on one against t-rex, grug take t-rex: at least grug see t-rex

I think about this line at least once a week

Re: The Grug Brained Developer (2022)

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Post by dekhn » Tue, Jun 17, 2025, 9:10 PM UTC

It took me decades to learn these lessons on my own.

many, many shiney rock lost to agile shaman!

Re: The Grug Brained Developer (2022)

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Post by idlewords » Tue, Jun 17, 2025, 9:10 PM UTC

PaulHoule wrote: post #2

Content 1, Style 0 Thinking you are too smart leads to all sorts of trouble, like using C++ and being proud of it. If you think your intelligence is a limited resource however you'll conserve it and not waste it on tools, process and the wrong sort of design.

The style is the most charming part of this essay.