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thr_ddv

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thr_ddv··on Programming languages going above and beyond
I'm not asking if it terminates, I'm asking when it does. After all it's not much use if the number overflows the universe.
thr_ddv··on Programming languages going above and beyond
>The compiler still cannot tell when our loops will terminate (yes, this is possible).

    while(n < busy_bever(10))
        n++
Tell me when my loop terminates.
thr_ddv··on Being “rockstars”: when software was a talents/creatives industry
The budget I have for hiring is tiny and no one on the board believes 10x engineers exist. The choise is between not shipping anything at all or having to deal with said talentless hacks who happen to know more than me about tool X but otherwise slow development to a crawl.

Turns out reading HN comments is not a good way to run a company. Who would have thought?

thr_ddv··on Being “rockstars”: when software was a talents/creatives industry
Because I'd sink the company I'm golden hand cuffed to if I said what I think about the engineers I have to manage. But I do think I'll be bringing in SAP timesheets to share my pain with everyone:

> We need to keep track of the time your spending on your opex KIPs. We can't pay your expected bonus if you don't.

thr_ddv··on Being “rockstars”: when software was a talents/creatives industry
The reason why we don't have rockstar engineers is because the markets been filled with talentless hacks who can't code their way out of a paper bag without a jira epic breaking it down for them.

I had the pleasure of pair programming with ye olde rockstar for two weeks and we added more value in those two weeks to the company than the rest of the team did in a year.

I'm the cto I should know.