Dapp.Org

A back to basics lifestyle brand

[cody lindley @codylindley]

This is likely my favorite and the most important quote about creating software, EVER!.

[Programming Wisdom @CodeWisdom]

"Any fool can write code that a computer can understand. Good programmers write code that humans can understand." - Martin Fowler

[Alan @alandipert]

it's incredible that in the span of a few yrs mozilla invented a PL and re-invented a modern browser with it, and apparently *succeeded*. hacking greenfield is one thing, but what they did with firefox is unprecedented

[every_jorendorff @jorendorff]

@alandipert Long-time Mozillian here. Nobody expected this exact outcome. From the inside it looks almost like luck—but it wasn't. The lessons I see are:
- invest $$$$ in R&D a decade before you need it
- hire PhDs
- take on long-shot projects in parallel
- retain your engineers

[every_jorendorff @jorendorff]

@alandipert - invest in dev tools & infrastructure
- your product is MUCH better when your prioritize correctly
Rust was not the only important piece. Improvements in profiling (perf measurement) played an equally important role.

[Kurt Vonnegut @Kurt_Vonnegut]

The most daring thing to do with your life is to create stable communities in which the terrible disease of loneliness can be cured.

[SwiftOnSecurity @SwiftOnSecurity]

I think my main problem with Linux is how it sympathizes the minds of our young people to the international communist cause.

[GonzoHacker @GonzoHacker]

Refinance your technical debt with a new layer of abstraction

[Sarah Mei @sarahmei]

The more I do software, & read the old papers & new blogs, the more I realize that our history is this series, repeated ad infinitum:

[yan @bcrypt]

i remember the days when people still programmed in low-level languages such as untranspiled javascript

[Programming Wisdom @CodeWisdom]

"Every great developer you know got there by solving problems they were unqualified to solve until they actually did it." - Patrick McKenzie