Randall Bennett randallb

As I've done more code reviews at Justin.tv, I've started to notice a pattern. When I get a diff and I have trouble keeping focused because it's just that boring, this is a sign that the code is pretty much ready to go into production. This isn't to say that the code should be repetitive; repetitive code is not boring. I imagine it might be boring if I read it, but the instant I see the same pattern more than once in the code I just make a note to refactor it and move on. So a really repetitive code review actually is one of the more interesting ones to read - if you don't find noticing repeated patterns in code fun you're probably not a programmer. A really boring code review has very little obvious repetition.

Another thing that often makes a code review interesting is implementing a new generic abstraction. Personally, I love generic abstractions. New kinds of iterators are a particular favorite of mine, because they allow you to so cleanly separate what you do to each item from how you find each one.

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You might have seen a video explaining how buying likes from Facebook can actually hurt your ability to reach your audience. It's true: Click farmers spend hours trying to like pages for which they'll never engage. And, savvy social media analysts note the less people engage with your posts, the lower in priority Facebook will rank your posts, and fewer people will see them broadly. Then, if you want anyone to see your posts, you wind up paying Facebook to promote posts to people who've already asked to see your content. Not a fun situation.

@pauliooj on rails:

"It's sort of like this... Imagine you want to travel to Mars. First you ask a C-style programming environment, and get the answer: "Sure you can. You should compute an optimal trajectory. And get enough liquid oxygen to use as fuel, obviously. And build a launching pad... Preferably near the equator. And a few other things." Then you ask a Rails-style environment. The answer is: "Mars? Yeah, that's easy. You should go to Times Square at 1.34 am on a Wednesday and wear a purple hat with black dots. An alien ship will pick you up there and take care of the rest.""

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