The Delight of Development
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The Delight of Development
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#2I wish people would write blog posts about doing things they “love” without trying to underhandedly sell something.
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#3I wish people would write blog posts about doing things they “love” without trying to underhandedly sell something. If you liked this comment, hit that subscribe button and leave a comment and I’ll see you next time!
After reading a few sentences, it felt the same for me. I always feel alienated by blog posts that try to hide the fact they're an ad by pulling off a "hey, we're just like you" stunt.
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#4I love software development as a creative task. It means, I love it when I do create, that is, when I make something that is the fruit of my imagination.
Development is a nightmare for me when I have to develop someone else's (i.e. my company) idea. At that point, it's not creation anymore, it's execution.
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#5I wish people would write blog posts about doing things they “love” without trying to underhandedly sell something. If you liked this comment, hit that subscribe button and leave a comment and I’ll see you next time!
As soon as read "hacking" being used as a synonym for coding/development, I started to get angry. I still read it just in case I was wrong, just to end up being right, and angry.
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#6I think these types of reflections are generally important — “the unexamined life is not worth living” and all that. Thanks for sharing!
I was surprised by this sentence:
> My measure for a well tested system? One that lets you deploy at 5pm on a Friday before confidently heading to the pub for a few pints with the team that just shipped.
It feels... optimistic.
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#7I wish people would write blog posts about doing things they “love” without trying to underhandedly sell something. If you liked this comment, hit that subscribe button and leave a comment and I’ll see you next time!
As soon as read "hacking" being used as a synonym for coding/development, I started to get angry. I still read it just in case I was wrong, just to end up being right, and angry.
Depends on whom you ask. For many if not most computer people, "hacking" is synonymous to coding, and indeed something very positive.
In the public however, "hacking" is often more used synonymous to "cracking", which I find very unsettling and sad. At least there is nowadays some awareness that there is a different meaning to it. I guess that the word "hackathon" helped to change the public perception.
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#8I really like to hear more from people who don't care about coding or software development in general.
I'd assume the majority of developers is not doing coding at home, as long as they don't have to learn a new skill for their next job. They neither hate nor love coding, they tolerate it as a means to an end.
I also assume that those developers rise as much through the ranks as the love coding kind. At least that's my observation so far. Or to be more precise, I belive they more of the not loving kind rise through the ranks.
But it's rare hearing from them. They don't care too much about what they do at work, at least not as a trade, hence no blogging. And we all feel that it's unwise to be open about not being pashioned about your work.
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#9I wish people would write blog posts about doing things they “love” without trying to underhandedly sell something. If you liked this comment, hit that subscribe button and leave a comment and I’ll see you next time!
After reading a few sentences, it felt the same for me. I always feel alienated by blog posts that try to hide the fact they're an ad by pulling off a "hey, we're just like you" stunt.
Reminds me of the South Park bit:
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=z696bTiP8Ro
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#10I wish people would write blog posts about doing things they “love” without trying to underhandedly sell something. If you liked this comment, hit that subscribe button and leave a comment and I’ll see you next time!
As soon as read "hacking" being used as a synonym for coding/development, I started to get angry. I still read it just in case I was wrong, just to end up being right, and angry.
For a certain cohort that likely has a lot of exposure here on HN, "hacker" used to mean "good programmer" sounds perfectly normal.