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Re: nvidia test

Gatacoma — Wed, 27 Sep 2006 21:55:21 -0000

What's a "nice way" of counting bits?

Re: a summer in washington

Gatacoma — Thu, 28 Sep 2006 19:40:01 -0000

Clever. Stupid and gutsy, but clever.

Re: I have lost my faith in humanity.

Gatacoma — Tue, 03 Oct 2006 22:45:07 -0000

An old saying I know goes: "When in trouble, when in doubt, run in circles, scream and shout"

Might help, might not.

Re: Microsoft interview

Gatacoma — Tue, 13 Feb 2007 21:42:50 -0000

Good entry, look forward to the next one (hopefully soon)

Re: 4am and stupid-angry

Gatacoma — Tue, 06 Mar 2007 13:40:57 -0000

Why is it always a dick?

Re: Independent Study - It Begins!

Gatacoma — Tue, 20 Mar 2007 11:54:21 -0000

Good luck, man. And I'm glad that you remembered the old Ronco saying, "Set it and Forget it"

Always good to see

Re: noah = angry

Gatacoma — Fri, 23 Mar 2007 19:58:03 -0000

An enjoyable read. I don't know why, but I always like your rants.

Re: it should be obvious how to use it

Gatacoma — Fri, 24 Aug 2007 10:11:43 -0000

I see your point here, and I also believe that code should be intuitive and obvious to the developer using said framework/collection/whatever.

I also find a good bit of truth in the likening of coding to other arts. I've always thought that, but I couldn't really articulate the thought in the manor that I wanted.

However.

I have an issue with this bit of text here (I don't know if HTML tags work here, but I'll try it):

You can’t always guarantee that, though, especially if you are writing framework code that will be used by millions. You don’t have the luxury of “I’ll just fix it later”, and nor should you. The second corollary here is that you should always take the time to do it right the first time, just as you should always take the time to do it the first time."

This seems to me that you're saying that people always have the time to do it totally right the first time.

While this would be ideal, I don't think many developers are given the chance to do it totally right the first time. Deadlines come and go, and sometimes you have to let something sub-par go. It's crappy, and it happens, but I doubt that anyone would do it intentionally.

Maybe I'm naive and think people as a whole would like to make their projects and work as of high a quality as possible.

Like you said, the things I code are my craft. I sincerely hate to let anything lacking in any way be released from me. The sad part is, which I'm sure you're familiar with, is that sometimes it's just impossible. Given enough time, I could take most any of my projects (at school or work) and make it better. However, that whole time thing is just so damn elusive.

I'm sure I'm preaching to the choir on this, and I'm completely sure it's all stuff you've heard and gone through before. I just felt that this should be said.

Re: Getting over the hump

Gatacoma — Thu, 22 May 2008 10:54:33 -0000

good to have you back, Noah

Re: Why I love Twitter

Gatacoma — Fri, 25 Apr 2008 10:52:29 -0000

But, are you a twitter shitter?