Code Words
Learning and science
programming publication
SHOW HN2014
How HN took it
10 positive, 11 neutral or asking, 1 mixed, 13 critical, out of 35 comments about the project. Thread score +0.04.
Idea: 3 for, 6 againstExecution: 0 for, 7 againstDocs: 4 for, 0 against
The thread, comment by comment
Each row is a top-level comment and its replies, in HN's order. Select a cell to open that comment on HN.
positive neutral or mixed critical about another commenter or something else the maker
What HN said
What people liked
Curated content cuts through programming noise
From 1 comment
I like curated content. In fact a lot of my reading about programming now comes from things like ruby/python/html/javascript/open source/etc. weekly email lists. The internet has…
dkarapetyan on HN
Articles such as functional programming intro are well written
From 2 comments
I really like the approach taken in the introduction to functional programming article.
therealdrag0 on HNDan Luu's article about transitive equality and floating point numbers is pretty amusing.…
akanet on HN
Objections
Robert Lefkowitz article on object debugging is poorly argued and novice-level
From 2 comments
> - https://codewords.hackerschool.com/issues/one/why-are-object... > In all seriousness, this is one of the best articles I've ever read. I couldn't agree more with the author.…
seanmcdirmid on HN> imperative (or functional) programming Indeed, this is enough to stop reading. Implying that two pretty much opposite concepts are one and the same thing — especially when…
krick on HN
Tone of criticism in thread is dismissive and ad hominem
From 3 comments
This kind of nasty reply puts me off writing blog entries, and really turns me off the industry as a whole. I am so disappointed, it's possible to be constructively critical; the…
blergh123 on HNOne thing I think we could have done better with Code Words is added short bios. Bios add context, which is lacking here. Here's R0ml's bio from 2006[^1]: r0ml is an software…
davidbalbert on HNI don't think you should keep your opinions to yourself. However, when you present your opinions with sarcasm and ad hominem attacks, you are bringing down the conversation to a…
daemonk on HN
Requests
Add an RSS or Atom feed
From 1 comment
This looks interesting. Is there an RSS/Atom feed available? (I didn't find one, but I could've missed it)
daviross on HN
Add email subscription
From 1 comment
Looks great! It would be nice if I could subscribe by email.
morninj on HN
Add short author bios
From 1 comment
One thing I think we could have done better with Code Words is added short bios. Bios add context, which is lacking here. Here's R0ml's bio from 2006[^1]: r0ml is an software…
davidbalbert on HN
Questions
Is the author a novice or experienced programmer
From 2 comments
> - https://codewords.hackerschool.com/issues/one/why-are-object... > In all seriousness, this is one of the best articles I've ever read. I couldn't agree more with the author.…
seanmcdirmid on HN> a bad article written by someone who I guess must be a novice who thinks he knows something now but will look back on this 5 years later and cringe The article's author appears…
thaumaturgy on HN
Alternatives named
Weekly programming email lists
From 1 comment
I like curated content. In fact a lot of my reading about programming now comes from things like ruby/python/html/javascript/open source/etc. weekly email lists. The internet has…
dkarapetyan on HN