February 2012
14 posts
“Humans are hungry. Inside us there is a shriveled, slimy, disgusting turd of a...”
– Captain Awkward, #190: The Sandwich Means “I Love You”: A Valentine
"That was your Holy Book? My bad." →
NY Times: “Koran Burning in NATO Error Incites Afghans for 2nd Day”
How was this a “NATO error”? Unless I’m missing something, the article doesn’t seem to answer that question.
“There is another important topic to communicate about a procedure—how it handles...”
– Kent Beck, Smalltalk Best Practice Patterns, “Method Comment”, p. 41
(Emphasis mine.)
@brynary's Law of `lib/` →
Also known henceforth as The MyTurtleFaceSpace Rule
I recommend any code that is not specific to the domain of the application goes in lib/. Now the issue is how to define “specific to the domain”. I apply a litmus test that almost always provides a clear answer:
If instead of my app, I were building a social networking site for pet turtles (let’s call it MyTurtleFaceSpace) is there a...
“Parents may worry that their infant may be more prone to injury at the...”
– Wikipedia, you just made me feel so much better about having a kid someday.
“And if you can stand me sounding even crazier, here is this: making money from...”
– Jonathan Coulton on the MegaUpload takedown