ivanmaeder
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Comment · 4 years ago
I use the same setting but with the "three finger drag" option.
It's similar but doesn't need a click to start the drag and another to end it. You just grab things with three fingers and move them; lift when done.
It also lets you select multiple whole words with the mouse: single tap quickly followed by holding three fingers and dragging.
Comment · 4 years ago
Great question, I will come back to see what ideas people have. Thanks for the Turing book suggestion too.
I have read lots of non-fiction books about programmers and engineers that have been very inspiring, they're just not technical: "Masters of Doom", "Blood, Sweat, and Pixels", "Coders at Work", "The Idea Factory", "The Soul of a New Machine", "Dealers of Lightning"...
Comment · 4 years ago
The bot's recommendations are good, although maybe not inspiring.
"Programming Pearls" might be an exception—there are some great real-life stories and problems to think through in that.
Maybe also "The Art of Computer Programming" but I can't speak from experience (I'm not ready to tackle that one yet).
Comment · 4 years ago
This might be relevant, it depends on the kind of project you’re building:
Comment · 4 years ago
For speed I'd look at Ruby on Rails.
The way it's been explained to me, Rails packages (gems) are like prefab bathrooms and kitchens. Compared to e.g., Node.js packages which provide things like "sink" and "tap" and "door handle."
E.g., in Rails there's a popular auth package that includes password reset and recovery functionality:
https://github.com/heartcombo/devise
Always a pain to build, and not something these popular Node.js packages save you from doing over and over again:
EDIT: It sounds like I'm picking on those packages. I don't mean to, just want to highlight the difference in philosophy between the Node.js and Rails approaches.