12/13 Why are many new hires today obsessed with Design Patterns?
\_ I think it's the CS fad/perceived silver bullet of the decade, much
the same way as OOP was supposed to solve everything in a decade
past. Lack of experience + impressionable young minds = sycophancy
-dans
\_ why are you up at 5:02AM? are you actually hoping your hardwork
will pay off if/when your company ever goes public?
\_ I'm up writing. I try not to pull two double-shifts in a row
for work if I can avoid it. -dans
\_ writing about what, startups? Like what Philip Greenspun
wrote a while ago?
\_ A bunch of things actually. At the moment, I'm
focusing on a talk I'm doing on the performance
benefits of JSON vs. XML for justin.tv's HackerTV
series in late February. I think the talk will be
titled: Rise of the Stupid Data Exchange Format:
JSON vs. XML, when all you have is a hammer, everything
looks like a nail. -dans
looks like a nail. I'm curious, what's your take on
Phil Greenspun? It's indisputable that ArsDigita
detonated in part due to severe mismanagement.
Nonetheless, based on his writing, Greenspun seems like
a pretty clueful guy. -dans
\_ dear dans: SHUT UP SHUT UP SHUT UP SHUT UP SHUT UP
YOU FUCKING MORON.
\_ Dude. You're really hostile. -dans |