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I No Longer Need StackOverflow

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Re: I No Longer Need StackOverflow

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Post by wfunction »

Fuxy wrote: post #18
wfunction wrote: post #15

It's not always a question of "needing" something, it's a question of whether you spend 5 minutes searching for the answer or 50 minutes, or 5 hours. It's a tool. Use it.

Convenience is good but i have to agree with him on this one. Understanding the technology in a deeper way is a lot more useful in the long run. And once you understand it answering other questions you may have gets a lot easier and arguably that 5 hour investment in the beginning may be a bargain. He spends 5 hours to understand it first you spend 5-10 minutes on each question and you may run into dozens if not hund…

Easy solution:

1. Look up the first 60 questions on StackOverflow. That amounts to 5 hours you would've spent on just the first one.

2. If you still have more questions, spend another 5 hours learning the ins and outs of the darn thing.

Problem solved: now you're not sacrificing latency for throughput.

Re: I No Longer Need StackOverflow

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Post by samizdatum »

I no longer need the Internet.

My hamster chewed through a CAT cable last week; it took me three days to notice, so complete was my Zen immersion in creating a period-accurate replica of the first Galilean telescope, using only Haskell lenses.

When it finally dawned on me I had attained a sophistication that transcended the internet, I felt the inessentials fall away from my craft in an instant, and I was left in an affectless state of pure, actualized creation.

Now, don't get me wrong, I'm not saying the Internet isn't a great tool- I remember when I, too, used the Internet on a regular basis, daily even, and perhaps even relied on it. If you have no idea about anything whatsoever, it can be a fantastic resource. But when I want to know something, I don't look up the documentation, or download the source code. I am the source code, the documentation, the alpha build, the omega build. The Seraphic gatekeeper of the NANDs. The bit stops here.

So I ask you- are you ready to unplug? Because I already did.

Re: I No Longer Need StackOverflow

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Post by V-2 »

"Instead of asking StackOverflow if an API exists or a library has a particular feature, I read the docs instead."

That's what you're supposed to do :) Ask the question only after you do the homework, not INSTEAD of it

Re: I No Longer Need StackOverflow

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Post by dhfjgkrgjg »

Good for him, he decided to make an investment and learn how to use his tools. He will now be more confident, comfortable and proficient going forward.

Slackoverflow - emphasis on the slack, is just there as a crutch, dont end up being a paint-by-numbers programmer!

Re: I No Longer Need StackOverflow

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Post by vijucat »

Hmm, that's a superb piece of self-promotion. Most experienced developers make the cross-over from needing SO to contributing answers on SO, but it never occurred to me to write about it. I envy the marketing chops this dev acquired in the process; it can make a huge difference to your salary / career.

Re: I No Longer Need StackOverflow

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Post by andreasvc »

barrkel wrote: post #11

Now you've finally matured into the kind of developer who can ask interesting questions - the type that are not easily answered by studying docs or source code. Sometimes because you're not asking the right questions, sometimes because your problem is obscure, sometimes because it's a little bit "subjective" - but above all, it should be interesting to other people who also know how to read docs and source.

So ... the type of question that gets rejected on StackOverflow.

Re: I No Longer Need StackOverflow

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Post by err4nt »

vijucat wrote: post #27

Hmm, that's a superb piece of self-promotion. Most experienced developers make the cross-over from needing SO to contributing answers on SO, but it never occurred to me to write about it. I envy the marketing chops this dev acquired in the process; it can make a huge difference to your salary / career.

Really? It came across very arrogant and elitist to me. The piece seems to presuppose how I write code and that always rubs me the wrong way.
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