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As a solo developer, I decided to offer phone support
Original EnglishI spent 4 years working customer support, technical support and service desk gigs before I got a chance to enter software development (and now DevOps).
Ask HN: What is the best code base you ever worked on?
Original EnglishThe only cruft of the project is the types I’m using, the interface of the code could be improved with generics
Ask HN: Inherited the worst code and tech team I have ever seen. How to fix it?
Original EnglishIn order to get support, we started very small with it as a "20% project" for some of our engineers.
Show HN: Rem: Remember Everything (open source)
Original EnglishWhen allowed I use a tool called Manic Time that (in the paid version) does this.
“Fast Kernel Headers” Tree -v1: Eliminate the Linux Kernel's “Dependency Hell”
Original EnglishThe method I used was to first add macros to all memory and register references.
Only 90s Web Developers Remember This (2014)
Original EnglishSadly, after I fixed the Chromium bug, I decided the server-side image map sucked and I wrote the JavaScript anyway.
Never Say WordPress When Selling a Web Design Project
Original EnglishThere may be no upfront cost, but there is certainly a cost involved in on-going maintenance, security, expandability and flexibility.
Ask HN: CS papers for software architecture and design?
Original EnglishOne story: When I was at FB, I happen to know that a team of size S conducted X experiments in 6 months (I can't …
Why Ruby on Rails still matters
Original EnglishAnd it wasn't static: We because peoples connections were mostly so slow, we used a CGI that shelled out to ping to estimate connection speed, …