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Man accidentally 'deletes his entire company' with one line of bad code
Original EnglishObviously having actual backups and testing your code before applying it to production is good practice but I feel like doing system administration with root …
Size is the best predictor of code quality (2011)
Original EnglishThe difference was the features we picked were the only ones 80% of the customer base actually used.
Want to Build a Side Business? Just Buy Great Domain Name
Original EnglishAfter a few months I paid a cyber-squatter (if that is still the appropriate term) $1600 for the .com version of our name and I …
Becoming a contractor programmer in the UK
Original Englishthe agency but, so far having worked with about 8 agencies, I've not had any trouble being paid on-time in 12 years. …
Yahoo’s Engineers Move to Coding Without a QA Team
Original EnglishThey wouldn't do much but sign off on deployment at some point , yet bore no responsibility if shit hit the fan.
Ruby has been fast enough for 13 years
Original EnglishIt is the slowest combination in terms of code execution speed, but in terms of speed of development and developer happiness it Just Works (tm) …
Codebase Refactoring with Go
Original EnglishIt makes their live easier, yes, but they can do without.
Launch HN: Danswer (YC W24) – Open-source AI search and chat over private data
Original EnglishAssuming nothing is wrong with the setup, it is most likely because of how we prompt the LLM.
I used Apple AirTags, Tiles and a GPS tracker to watch my husband’s every move
Original EnglishI lost the notebook and had to go back, which was probably a $20k mistake in travel costs + not working on other projects.