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An inspiration engine for ideas
Ideas have a bad reputation. They're a dime a dozen. They're worthless unless implemented.
prog21.dadgum.com • Get Good at Idea Generation
First, one must perform perfectly. The computer resembles the magic of legend in this respect, too. If one character, one pause, of the incantation is not strictly in proper form, the magic doesn't work. Human beings are not accustomed to being perfect, and few areas of human activity demand it. Adjusting to the requirement for perfection is, I
... See moreFrederick P. Brooks Jr. • Mythical Man-Month, Anniversary Edition, The: Essays On Software Engineering
Who are your top 5 programmers of all time and why?
Mine:
1. Fabrice Bellard (ffmpeg, tinycc, quickjs)
2. John Carmack (doom, quake)
3. John McCarthy (lisp, father of AI, invented GC, timesharing)
4. Linus (linux man)
5. Dennis Ritchie... See more
zack (in SF)x.comKnuth once said, "premature optimization is the root of all evil." He was describing software, but this applies to many areas.
Don't spend months optimizing $2k/mo AWS spend, or automating tasks that aren't very time-consuming.
When resources are limited, focus on what matters.
Leo Polovetsx.comProgramming Concepts
Daniel Wentsch • 1 card
Now, did we dominate the mid-range microcomputer business? That’s for us to argue in the years to come, but over the next quarter we’ll know whether we’ve won ten new designs or not.