Thanks for sharing all this.

I also do not like IDEs of any kind. I feel boxed in. I like to build using the actual build script, not the IDE.

With FaaS, how do you keep track of all the things that can go wrong? You refer to that - I am wondering what you do. I am talking about cases where a function fails, or a user changes their mind. Some people call these "sagas" and "compensating transactions".

I also design for failure. You are probably familiar with the engineering term "failure modes". I always think through all the failure modes and make sure they are all handled.

I would love your reactions to an article that a colleague of mine and I wrote a little while back on this: https://ancillary-proxy.atarimworker.io?url=https%3A%2F%2Fagile.org.uk%2Frational-...

Hi -

Do you write unit tests?

One thing I should mention is that I rarely write unit tests. The reason: for typesafe langauges, I don't need them. But I have found that for type-unsafe language, I need a whole suite of unit tests. To me, it's a kind of tax.

What didn't you like about Java?

BTW, Java has evolved a lot. They have made it a little less verbose. But again, I find that the verbosity is more than made up for by the type safetynet. I have refactored large code bases and introduced zero errors - once it compiled, everything worked. I have done the same in Ruby but dozens of bugs resulted.

Disclosure: I wrote Sun's enterprise Java textbook.

Typescript is typesafe. I considered it, but it is a hassle because it requires an extra layer of tooling. I really wish that Javascript would be enhanced so that it conforms to typescript.

Having used both typesafe (Pascal, C, C++, Ada, Scala, Module 2), and type unsafe languages (Javascript, Ruby, Go (yes, Go's "duck typing" is unsafe), and Python) for 50 years, my experience has been that type unsafe languages save ten seconds up front but cost 10 hours later... :-/

Hi. I avoided a framework because the frameworks are huge and I would have to spend a week learning the framework. And in the end, the framework might get in the way. E.g. my app makes heavy use of SVG.

Hi. What do you do when you realize that you have to change the type of something? How do you find all the places that pass and act on objects of that type?

"rapid development with JavaScript's flexibility..."

I just built something major using Javascript for the UI and Java for the server. The server part went ten times faster - literally. Reason: every time I change something about the design, the Javascript side has all kinds of issues that only pop up when running the app, but the Java side's compiler finds every issue right away. I pulled my hair out over the Javascript side. Yes, writing fresh code is 10% faster for Javascript, but getting things work as changes occur is 10 _times_ faster for Java.

It would only be a territory. hehe
Unfortunately its democratic loss would make the US even more fascist.
And it would confuse them about how the PM is elected, or more accurately not elected but more appointed-ish.

Yes, the role of luck is often dismissed by them. But to succeed in a startup you have to have all three of these:

1. the right time for the idea - i.e. LUCK.
2. diligence/persistence/hard work.
3. the capability to do pull it off.

Well put.

"You overestimate the liberal arts content of a four-year compSci degree."
Hi.
Maybe, for liberal arts. But I have a BS (and two masters) and in the BS I learned a great deal. I learned economics, and psychology, and many "liberal arts" areas that I think were important foundations for understanding the world.
On the tech side, I learned physics and electronics and mathematics - especially the theory. Those are things that are not easily learned on one's own.
Knowing the theory is important, IMO.

ignorant of history and human rights and lacking any understanding of the world except for your narrow, simple minded tech that you learned on the job.

I used this a few times. I'm old fogey, though not an old fogey, and won't use SMS.
Does anyone know any replacements for people that don't see email?

I want to see these studies.
Did you just come up with gibberish that left-wingers supposedly say or have you seen real papers in real journals?
For every "bad" study you find I will find a study that right-siders do that is bad as well.
And in any case, what R&D would you want to invest in?