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What I've Learned So Far as a Programmer

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Re: What I've Learned So Far as a Programmer

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Post by olegkikin »

Sir_Cmpwn wrote: post #45

The most important lesson I've learned is simplify . Simplify everything. Simplify your problem. Simpilfy your approach. Simplify your architecture. Simpilfy your data model. Simplify your build process. Simplify your release process. Complicated things break. Simple things also break, but a lot less often.

The problem is "simplify" means different things to different people. For some it's write everything in vanilla JS. For others it's install libraries for everything, write the least code.

Re: What I've Learned So Far as a Programmer

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Post by mikulas_florek »

petters wrote: post #43
mikulas_florek wrote: post #33

Earlier quoted context omitted.

When I was on the front page of HN, IIRC it meant about 5k visits in an hour. How can such a low number kill a webpage... Or do other on the front page experience much higher traffic?

I also got to the front page and saw similar, low numbers that were trivial to handle. I suspect they can get much higher.

I doubt they are higher judging by the number of comments and votes.
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