The best way to learn
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“The best way to learn is to just go out and make stuff, collaborate with people who are better than you at different things, and experiment.”
“That’s what I’ve found, at least. Just be around people who are awesome and learn off them. Trade ideas around and try stuff.”
“Everything I do, I’ve learned from friends, collaborators, people I look up to, and personal experiments. Just going out and trying stuff.”
— Noel Berry, aka @NoelFB
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Abstracting away correctness
I’ve been banging the same drum for years: APIs must be carefully designed.
This statement doesn’t resonate the same way with everyone. In order to really understand what I mean by “careful API design”, one has to have experienced both ends of the spectrum.
But there is a silver lining - once you have experienced “good design”, it’s really hard to go back to the other kind. Even after acknowledging that “good design” inevitably comes at a cost, whether it’s cognitive load, compile times, making hiring more challenging, etc.