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Corgibytes
Company blog · corgibytes.com/blogprogrammingcareer
Corgibytes is the company blog at corgibytes.com, writing about programming and career. Since 2016, 15 different Hacker News readers have linked it 19 times, most often “On Getting Older in Tech”. The last post was in 2022, but the archive is still widely read.
Too few sampled comments (8) to say how often HN recommends it.?
Why HN links it
Linked for posts on developers still coding after 40, technical debt, refactoring against the red bar, and makers versus menders. Commenters mostly cite them as sources, and one recommends the makers-versus-menders article.
Summarised by Claude from a sample of 8 HN comments that link here. Each comment is marked recommending, critical or neutral (citing without judging); how this works.
Old Code. New Tricks. Corgibytes specializes in using software remodeling techniques to tame legacy codebases.
Most-linked posts?
- On Getting Older in Tech3 people · 4 mentions · first linked 2016-12-09
- Developer Differences: Makers vs Menders2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2021-04-01
- /careers/2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2016-08-15
What Hacker News says?
I'm 57 and I "Can't Stop Coding" as I'm still having too much fun. Whenever I stop having fun... I change programming jobs. I wrote about this in a blog post ( http://corgibytes.com/blog/2016/12/06/getting-old-er-in-tech... ) that was widely read. I will say, however, that I have seen a lot of developers become obsolete mostly because they stayed with the same company (and programming language) for too long or ignor…
Comment linking /blog/2016/12/06/getting-old-er-in-tech/
on “Software Developers after 40, 50 and 60 Who're Still Coding”Submitted On Getting Older in Tech as a story · 499 points
HN discussionI'm 57 and I "Can't Stop Coding" as I'm still having too much fun. Whenever I stop having fun... I change programming jobs. I wrote about this in a blog post ( http://corgibytes.com/blog/2016/12/06/getting-old-er-in-tech... ) that was widely read. I will say, however, that I have seen a lot of developers become obsolete mostly because they stayed with the same company (and programming language) for too long or ignor…
Comment linking /blog/2016/12/06/getting-old-er-in-tech/
on “Software Developers after 40, 50 and 60 Who're Still Coding”Submitted Starting a journey with Clojure and ClojureScript as a story · 5 points
HN discussionOne of the things that I like to anecdotally measure is how long a similarly complex change takes. Over time, if it takes longer, then you're likely suffering from tech debt issues. If you're able to turn things around so that it starts getting done faster, then it sounds like you're starting to turn things around. On the missed deadlines issue, that reminds me of a blog we posted a while ago about why we stopped es…
Comment linking /blog/no-estimates/productivity/customer-service/estimates/operations/consulting/software-remodeling/2016/03/04/complicated-vs-complex/
on “Technical debt as an opportunity to accumulate technical wealth”Submitted Developer Differences: Makers vs Menders as a story · 2 points
HN discussionIt was interesting. Too bad the company profiled doesn't really value the developers--if you look at their careers page, they pay 110k for lead devs, and 90k for senior devs: http://corgibytes.com/careers/ . I respect them for stating it up front and I know they are 100% remote, but those salaries seem a bit low to me. But that's just ad hominem. I think working code is almost never worth a rewrite. See "Things you…
Comment linking /careers/
on “Technical debt as an opportunity to accumulate technical wealth”Submitted MenderCon 2020 – a virtual conference focused on software modernization as a story · 2 points
HN discussion> We noticed that men constantly asked for WAY more than women when applying, so we decided to take the salary negotiations off the table to make it easier for everyone. [0] So I'm being punished because some people don't ask for what they're worth? I would consider applying for the senior position but it's less than I make now. This policy means I have to either 1) take a pay cut; 2) punch above my weight and apply…
Comment linking /careers/
on “Technical debt as an opportunity to accumulate technical wealth”Submitted Dude, Where's My Code? as a story · 2 points
HN discussion> I reckon fitness could become a factor in interviews Interesting. Another HN post a while ago mentioned they fought any ageism by being physically fitter than those younger than them - racing the younger ones up the stairs of the building without breaking a sweat. Actually, here's the blog post, On Getting Old(er) In Tech by Don Denoncourt: http://corgibytes.com/blog/2016/12/06/getting-old-er-in-tech... "A year or…
Comment linking /blog/2016/12/06/getting-old-er-in-tech/
on “Ask HN: Ever faced difficulties pivoting your job or career later in your life?”Submitted Quest for mediocrity as a story · 2 points
HN discussionI do the same thing, either when refactoring test code or when I'm adding tests after writing the implementation. I've heard the manual approach referred to as "refactoring against the red bar"; see https://corgibytes.com/blog/2016/09/20/refactoring-against-t... .
Comment linking /blog/2016/09/20/refactoring-against-the-red-bar/
on “Mutation Testing: A Tale of Two Suites”Submitted Install Fonts on Your Mac from the Command Line with Homebrew as a story · 1 points
HN discussionThis article on makers versus menders highlights the differences between those who prefer greenfield and those who don’t pretty well: https://corgibytes.com/blog/2015/08/14/makers-vs-menders/
Comment linking /blog/2015/08/14/makers-vs-menders/
on “Software Engineers Hate Code”Submitted Empathy-Driven Development Defined as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted What can we learn from the Ship of Theseus about software development? as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted Bridging the Technical/Non-Technical Divide as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted How Corgibytes uses journals to help developers communicate more effectively as a story · 1 points
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