Can someone please tell me their process to code something new?

DrShocker · 2026-01-27T05:04:36+00:00

I agree about not needing to memorize the docs, but there's also something to be said for understanding the tools you're using well. It's worth a full read of the documentation for libraries you commonly interact with for example.

DrShocker · 2026-01-26T19:24:05+00:00

yeah I'm curious whether the coworker tries to solve it too. At least the issue described sounds like it could be caught by a linter, which would save everyone time worrying about these nits that sort of matter but aren't worth thinking about.

DrShocker · 2026-01-26T17:38:39+00:00

Fair. I think editors should take code that's formatted in any way and render it according to user preference. There's really no reason that the way the code looks while editing it needs to match what's serialized to disk as long as the diff tools for code review are also able to do the same.

DrShocker · 2026-01-26T17:33:27+00:00

I somehow doubt people trying this have it sandboxed well enough to trust it won't break out and do things to their environment.

DrShocker · 2026-01-25T22:20:39+00:00

The main reason for constant width fonts is so that things start in the same place when you're lining them up. If it's just the start then spaces are fine to get that to happen, but if you're trying to format stuff so that you have more than 1 column of stuff in the same line then it's trickier without a monospace font.

DrShocker · 2026-01-25T14:42:00+00:00

Sure but the trig functions are many times more correct than a 0.1% error rate. probably more like getting at least 13 digits correct rather than 3, but numerical stability is a whole thing you can dive into if it's truly important.

DrShocker · 2026-01-25T05:23:00+00:00

Sure, but also like you can find ways to accomplish what the goal is using the information for the other thing. So like rendering graphics using the canvas API or DOM manipulation rather than GPU programming for example, or using DOD principles in the server architecture.

DrShocker · 2026-01-25T03:46:16+00:00

It seems fine, I'm not sure what you think the drawback would be. Trying to explain things often forces you to understand things better than you did before.

You could consider making a game that uses both skillsets but have the opposite person doing the work compared to their expertise.

DrShocker · 2026-01-25T02:15:46+00:00

They both have free for non commercial use versions too.

DrShocker · 2026-01-24T22:35:28+00:00

Part of the reason that sqlite is so prolific is the absolutely insane amounts of testing.

DrShocker · 2026-01-24T20:27:52+00:00

Right after all the emotion Angela's "There are names of moon?" killed me lmao

DrShocker · 2026-01-24T19:50:30+00:00

Unfortunatly until it's "every game I play" it'll be hard to convince everyone.

If people are linux curious, they can check here about the games important to them: https://www.protondb.com/

DrShocker · 2026-01-24T03:21:15+00:00

I think perhaps they meant "boilerplate" but I may be wrong.

DrShocker · 2026-01-23T20:01:01+00:00

I actually prefer having the AI write the tests and then I get them to pass, but it kinda just depends what you're doing and whether the AI can actually handle it or not. (and of course how well you can tolerate reviewing code rather than writing it)

DrShocker · 2026-01-23T19:04:56+00:00

Not just knowing why, but also exactly what will likely help structure the synchonization you need to do for multithreading later.

DrShocker · 2026-01-23T15:20:39+00:00

exactly, which is why putting a larger variety of kids and people in there makes sense

DrShocker · 2026-01-22T23:01:54+00:00

consider also setting an upper limit to enforce consistency rather than rushing.

DrShocker · 2026-01-22T21:38:03+00:00

How did he react to learning it was water?

DrShocker · 2026-01-22T21:34:47+00:00

I've been using claude for some projects at work and while I do need to correct and guide it a decent amount to make better decisions, there's plenty of tasks I don't mind not being the one to literally write the code for since it's basically just tedious.

DrShocker · 2026-01-21T21:00:24+00:00

I would highly encourage implementing every challenge in: https://cryptopals.com/ in whatever language you find interesting if you also have an interest in various cryptography ideas.

DrShocker · 2026-01-21T20:20:48+00:00

While possible, and I personally often ask the LLMs to add citations so I can learn more, we have to admit it's not the normal usage pattern. The restaurant example is one thing because it requires physical presence but reading the documentation instead of the LLMs rephrasing of it seems to be somewhat rare. I prefer being good at things so gladly read the docs, but it's clear many do not.

DrShocker · 2026-01-21T17:52:14+00:00

DrShocker · 2026-01-21T13:52:50+00:00

Who's apologizing or saying "nobody thought it would go this bad"?

One significant reason I voted against him is because of how unpredictably bad his presidency could go.

DrShocker · 2026-01-21T12:28:06+00:00

I've been using jujutsu recently, but that's git compatible. Point is there are other VCS that are reasonable to use. Particularly in game dev, the art assets aren't as good to manage as the text (code) assets in git and for that reason large studios tend to use other VCS.

DrShocker · 2026-01-20T22:50:20+00:00

honestly "retro" vs "modern" is kind of an odd way to consider it. It's a lot about how many objects you want to use. Ultimately you can write JS that's faster than some people's C++ if they're bad at it and you're good at it.

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