Brain waves have always felt like a mystery. You learn some psychology, some neuroscience, a bit of neuroanatomy. And then totally separate from all of this, you know that there are things called “brain waves” that get measured with an … Read more
Previously published as a PDF Code Review Handbook: Code Review Basics How do you do a code review? Typically, I get an email from bitbucket or Github saying “Adam added you as a reviewer on ‘SMB-1182-larger-buttons’”. This is probably the … Read more
Abrahamson, E. [2009]: ‘Necessary Conditions for the Study of Fads and Fashions in Science’, Scandinavian Journal of Management, 25, pp. 235–39. Alexander, J. M., Himmelreich, J. and Thompson, C. [2015]: ‘Epistemic Landscapes, Optimal Search, and the Division of Cognitive Labor’, … Read more
Written by Dale Weiler Last updated Tuesday, September 10th, 2022 What is Odin # For those unfamiliar, Odin is a systems programming language that is more conservative in its design than other newer programming languages such as Rust, Zig, and … Read more
Ask HN: What tone to use in code review suggestions? 19 points by zorr 1 hour ago | hide | past | favorite | 26 comments When writing suggestions in code reviews I have used all of these forms: * Should … Read more
The 50 most-reviewed writers in the history of the New York Review of Books (blue=they contributed) Since its 1963 founding, the New York Review of Books has been considered a bit clubby. Richard Hofstadter’s quip that it ought to be … Read more
When it comes to code reviews, it’s a common phenomenon that there is much focus and long-winded discussions around mundane aspects like code formatting and style, whereas important aspects (does the code change do what it is supposed to do, … Read more
People think they lack motivation, what they really lack is clarity – James Clear, Atomic Habits Code review innocently asks a staggering question: “does this code look good to you?” It’s not even clear how to start to answer this … Read more
Happy New Year, everyone! It was exactly two years ago that it first became publicly knowable—though most of us wouldn’t know for at least two more months—just how freakishly horrible is the branch of the wavefunction we’re on. I.e., that … Read more
