Why thin clients will always lose in the end
Test run of my repos modification script: < 10 seconds “Live” run of my repos modification script: > 10 minutes The difference? Tests are done on a local clone and the live run is done against a server sitting out on the WAN. You should have seen how long it took when I was doing…
There comes a time…
When coding a largish application from the ground up there comes a time when things look bleak. This usually happens shortly after the application becomes too complex to hold the whole thing in your memory. Either the levels of abstraction get too disorienting or, if you’ve foregone abstraction, keeping all of the “meaningful indexes” straight…
Woo hoo!
I get to do some actual development work! As in, build something from scratch! Using patterns and stuff. This happens so rarely in a primary support role that when it does it is cause for celebration.