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LA but really NY

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For people outside the industry, it may not be common knowledge, but one of the most famous bits of technical writing of all time, was Joel Spolsky saying that you should *never* rewrite an entire code base β€” 25 years ago. www.joelonsoftware.com/2000/04/06/t...

30.03.2025 19:55 β€” πŸ‘ 2837    πŸ” 867    πŸ’¬ 135    πŸ“Œ 56

Also you don't have to be Jewish to apply:

13.03.2025 02:33 β€” πŸ‘ 4672    πŸ” 2812    πŸ’¬ 29    πŸ“Œ 30

This is tragic. Anyone who was familiar with 18F knows those were some of the real heroes of government, who helped make government tech/digital services better for the public.

They were doing real work that DOGE pretends to do, but is too ignorant to know how to do.

01.03.2025 08:07 β€” πŸ‘ 3847    πŸ” 1044    πŸ’¬ 52    πŸ“Œ 19

18F, the federal government’s technology shop, was demolished by Musk’s team shortly after midnight. It was a cost-recoverable org, charging agencies for their expertise, using a consulting model. Its cost to government was negligible, its benefits huge. My team there once saved DoD $500 billion.

01.03.2025 14:25 β€” πŸ‘ 6333    πŸ” 2403    πŸ’¬ 91    πŸ“Œ 195

I took this advice and it was accurate

28.02.2025 13:51 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I was at this show. We borrowed someone's dad's car and drove up from Philly. It was an incredible show with a huge crowd.

04.02.2025 04:22 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

pretty crummy day to be a person with thoughts and/or emotions

20.01.2025 22:27 β€” πŸ‘ 879    πŸ” 86    πŸ’¬ 13    πŸ“Œ 3

I enjoyed final architecture way more than shadows of the apt. Better writing and less melodrama. Haven't read tyrant philosopher yet though

21.12.2024 16:01 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

To everyone in a similar scenario: the tactic my doctor's office has taught me is to ask, in writing, for:
1) the name, board specialty, and license number of the doctor making the determination the treatment was not medically necessary;

26.03.2024 02:16 β€” πŸ‘ 6899    πŸ” 2491    πŸ’¬ 1144    πŸ“Œ 355

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