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I've been reviewing PRs on GitHub for a few years now and it feels primitive. For one, looking at diffs alone makes it hard to spot issues like modifying a function signature breaking the function on another file. Are…

I'll start with two: The Pragmatic Programmer, A. Hunt & D. Thomas, and Test-Driven Development by Example, K. Beck. They don't have to be applicable in every situation, but the principles last well over the years, and…

I'm reviving an old site and I'm looking to revamp analytics. My primary concern is that many browsers today are already blocking them as tracker scripts. For context, it's a meditation app where people log in, meditate…

I have a fairly cramped home office. I realise I'm much more productive in large open areas despite no monitors or mechanical keyboards. I don't actually move into these areas, I just sit/stand at my desk much of the…

Asking here not just for tech expertise, but because HN itself is not far from what I like. Basically, I want to make a community for writers, as in an actual community and not a gathering of strangers. Reddit: Dying,…

For context, the codebase I'm working on is a big ball of mud. Normally, I can map code in my head. But a lot of it is unintuitive, and there are pockets of repeated and hacky code. Boundaries are strictly written in…

It's clear in parts of Asia and Australia that there's a shortage of tech talent. Friends in UK have also reported it. Recruiters are getting pretty damn aggressive these last two months. Is this the case in other…

I find I spend a lot of time procrastinating on the bits that are frustrating to deal with. For example, I try to make a little change that should take 10 minutes, but it ends up taking hours, and I procrastinate even…

I've tried googling the answer to this, and what surprises me is that there's no tips to relaxation. If I followed the tips written out there, I would wake up at 4 AM, meditate, go for a run and a swim, get your best…

Stack Overflow isn't working anymore. Technical questions are met with a condescending "What have you tried?" or "This is a duplicate." It feels like one of those customer service centers where people are trying to hang…

Now we're familiar with CPUs doing serial processsing and GPUs doing parallel processing. There's a 2008 TED talk about the left brain doing serial processing and the right brain doing parallel processing, and what…

Let's say I want certain kinds of data - traffic, GIS, jobs, income levels in an area, crop prices, etc. Are there marketplaces for this? Is there a way for me to know if a startup has data for sale? I know a lot of…

To quote Paul Graham: "In the OO world you hear a good deal about "patterns". I wonder if these patterns are not sometimes evidence of case (c), the human compiler, at work. When I see patterns in my programs, I…

I work from home. I make enough money to work about 10 hours a week so I often work 10 hours a week. The rest of the time, I don't really do anything. "Nothing" can range from hours on Stack Overflow, spending 4 hours…

I'm looking for a kind of chat room to idle in with other freelancers. I would like the social presence of similar people, but co-working spaces don't suit me. Ideally not a forum or reddit subgroup - I want to just…