I wouldn't trust/believe a programmer who isn't ashamed of something they've done. In an embedded system, I couldn't think of a nice way to check for the start+end dates for daylight savings time, so I just hard-coded…
I mixed up the meanings of "debit" and "credit", and wrote a credit card processing app that ended up PAYING $75K to our customers instead of charging them. I'm still not sure how this bug slipped past the bank's tough…
Traipsing around botanical gardens with my laptop sounds divine, but what if I need (yes, need) a multi-monitor PC and wired network? If adjustable sitting/standing desks are all the rage nowadays, how about cubicle…
My prob wasn't really about being lost in parenthesis; I had an editor with bracket matching. My prob was the "inside-out" thinking that LISP requires. It's tricky when you're coming from a BASIC/PASCAL/C background.…
I got great grades in college, but could never wrap my head around LISP (Lost In Stupid Parentheses). For anything non-trivial, I cheated and handed in somebody else's work. There, I said it.
Yay, I don't have to use ctrl-K codes like the original TP3 editor!
I wouldn't trust/believe a programmer who isn't ashamed of something they've done. In an embedded system, I couldn't think of a nice way to check for the start+end dates for daylight savings time, so I just hard-coded…
I mixed up the meanings of "debit" and "credit", and wrote a credit card processing app that ended up PAYING $75K to our customers instead of charging them. I'm still not sure how this bug slipped past the bank's tough…
Traipsing around botanical gardens with my laptop sounds divine, but what if I need (yes, need) a multi-monitor PC and wired network? If adjustable sitting/standing desks are all the rage nowadays, how about cubicle…
My prob wasn't really about being lost in parenthesis; I had an editor with bracket matching. My prob was the "inside-out" thinking that LISP requires. It's tricky when you're coming from a BASIC/PASCAL/C background.…
I got great grades in college, but could never wrap my head around LISP (Lost In Stupid Parentheses). For anything non-trivial, I cheated and handed in somebody else's work. There, I said it.
Yay, I don't have to use ctrl-K codes like the original TP3 editor!