Comments on: StackOverflow Sounds Pragmatically Postmodern http://push.cx/2008/stackoverflow-sounds-pragmatically-postmodern A tea-drinking web geek's coffee-flavored blog Tue, 12 Jan 2010 15:38:38 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: James http://push.cx/2008/stackoverflow-sounds-pragmatically-postmodern/comment-page-1#comment-87745 James Sun, 20 Apr 2008 05:11:05 +0000 http://push.cx/?p=313#comment-87745 Well, it's a proof of concept (and came out of a discussion on <a href="http://lists.ucc.gu.uwa.edu.au/pipermail/ucc/2008-March/014697.html" rel="nofollow">tech</a>-<a href="http://lists.ucc.gu.uwa.edu.au/pipermail/ucc/2008-March/014701.html" rel="nofollow">wanking</a>) - there's no protection against printing javascript at the moment for example. ikiwiki can use git as a backend (and actually calls itself a 'wiki compiler'), so a real implementation could use that, and run the code when you push to the wiki respository or something. Well, it’s a proof of concept (and came out of a discussion on tech-wanking) – there’s no protection against printing javascript at the moment for example. ikiwiki can use git as a backend (and actually calls itself a ‘wiki compiler’), so a real implementation could use that, and run the code when you push to the wiki respository or something.

]]> By: Peter Harkins http://push.cx/2008/stackoverflow-sounds-pragmatically-postmodern/comment-page-1#comment-87744 Peter Harkins Sun, 20 Apr 2008 04:21:17 +0000 http://push.cx/?p=313#comment-87744 It's a nice trick, but I think a dcvs like git, mercurial, or darcs would serve you better. It’s a nice trick, but I think a dcvs like git, mercurial, or darcs would serve you better.

]]> By: James http://push.cx/2008/stackoverflow-sounds-pragmatically-postmodern/comment-page-1#comment-87743 James Sun, 20 Apr 2008 03:51:17 +0000 http://push.cx/?p=313#comment-87743 At first, given the name, I thought it would include code that looks and works ok at first, but includes subtle bugs. Actually, it probably will. Now, a <a href="http://codewiki.ucc.gu.uwa.edu.au:180/" rel="nofollow">CodeWiki</a> is where it's at. At first, given the name, I thought it would include code that looks and works ok at first, but includes subtle bugs. Actually, it probably will. Now, a CodeWiki is where it’s at.

]]> By: Jeff McNeil http://push.cx/2008/stackoverflow-sounds-pragmatically-postmodern/comment-page-1#comment-87725 Jeff McNeil Fri, 18 Apr 2008 17:58:06 +0000 http://push.cx/?p=313#comment-87725 I've had the same thoughts with regards to 'Google Programmers.' Before they could Google, they would simply cut-and-paste straight out of the MSDN collection or some other such vendor provided guide. I've always wanted to run a couple of small experiments. A group of programmers is going to measure productivity in some manner - function points, KLOCs, hours - something. It would be interesting to take a baseline over a couple of weeks and then block Google access from the developer workstations. I'd love to see how the productivity drops once the crutch has been kicked out. I'd expect between 35 and 50 percent personally. I’ve had the same thoughts with regards to ‘Google Programmers.’ Before they could Google, they would simply cut-and-paste straight out of the MSDN collection or some other such vendor provided guide.

I’ve always wanted to run a couple of small experiments. A group of programmers is going to measure productivity in some manner – function points, KLOCs, hours – something. It would be interesting to take a baseline over a couple of weeks and then block Google access from the developer workstations. I’d love to see how the productivity drops once the crutch has been kicked out.

I’d expect between 35 and 50 percent personally.

]]> By: Peter Harkins http://push.cx/2008/stackoverflow-sounds-pragmatically-postmodern/comment-page-1#comment-87724 Peter Harkins Fri, 18 Apr 2008 15:40:13 +0000 http://push.cx/?p=313#comment-87724 Thanks, I fixed the typo in my <em> tag that was causing that. The historical spelling of "humours" seemed appropriate as the concept hasn't been taken seriously since before Noah Webster decided to "fix" English spelling. Thanks, I fixed the typo in my <em> tag that was causing that.

The historical spelling of “humours” seemed appropriate as the concept hasn’t been taken seriously since before Noah Webster decided to “fix” English spelling.

]]> By: Anonymous http://push.cx/2008/stackoverflow-sounds-pragmatically-postmodern/comment-page-1#comment-87723 Anonymous Fri, 18 Apr 2008 15:28:06 +0000 http://push.cx/?p=313#comment-87723 Just two quick corrections-in my feed reader, it has an em before the word good in the last paragraph, so it says: "<emgoodprogramming" and unless you're British, humors doesn't have a U. :) Just two quick corrections-in my feed reader, it has an em before the word good in the last paragraph, so it says: “<emgoodprogramming”

and unless you’re British, humors doesn’t have a U. :)

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