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    Chris Moore

    chrismm.com · Personal blog · on HN since 2015

    Chris Moore, a web developer, writes about code readability, cognitive load, maintainability and why software estimates fail.

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    What HN says

    HN gives no opinion on the posts in the comments given; they mostly show up in freelancer job-seeking posts that link the site.

    Stats for nerds
    16HN people shared it
    64linked in comments
    2Kstory points
    Apr 2019last shared
    2016people per year2019

    Top posts on HN

    1. 1
      How to reduce the cognitive load of your code
      5 people · 323 points · first shared 2016 · 232 comments on HN
    2. 2
      Project delays: why good software estimates are impossible
      2 people · 317 points · first shared 2016 · 108 comments on HN
    3. 3
      Writing good code: how to reduce the cognitive load of your code
      1 person · 317 points · first shared 2017 · 182 comments on HN
    4. 4
      Simple Ways of Reducing the Cognitive Load in Code
      3 people · 301 points · first shared 2016 · 195 comments on HN
    5. 5
      How to use your full brain when writing code
      2 people · 220 points · first shared 2016 · 72 comments on HN
    6. 6
      How terrible code gets written by sane people
      1 person · 206 points · first shared 2017 · 144 comments on HN
    7. 7
      The other kind of JavaScript fatigue
      1 person · 71 points · first shared 2016 · 94 comments on HN
    8. 8
      You Can't Do Software Estimates at All
      2 people · 49 points · first shared 2015 · 33 comments on HN
    9. 9
      What “full stack” really means to the job market
      1 person · 40 points · first shared 2016 · 53 comments on HN
    10. 10
      The other kind of JavaScript fatigue
      3 people · 31 points · first shared 2016 · 8 comments on HN

    What HN people wrote when they linked it

    • SarasaNewsJan 2017

      SEEKING WORK, Argentina, remote only

      I've got some free time and I'm looking for new projects or full-time work in web development.

      I've been developing software for over 15 years, web backend and frontend, and freelancing for 2 years.

      My front-end experience is in AngularJS, jQuery, Babel (ES6 & 7) and on the back-end in PHP, Java and MVC frameworks such as Spring MVC/Boot, Laravel, CodeIgniter and Symfony. I have experience in writing bash scripts, continuous integration and unit testing.

      I'm in Argentina and looking for remote work only.

      Send me a message: http://chrismm.com/contact

      Twitter: https://twitter.com/christianmaioli

    • dkopiApr 2016

      While definitely great proof of:
      1. The author knowing a lot of the language's functional features
      (permutations, mapping, zipping, filters)
      2. How powerful functional programming is when solving problems

      I find this type of code an anti pattern of how good code should be.
      This solution has a high "cognitive load" imho:
      http://chrismm.com/blog/how-to-reduce-the-cognitive-load-of-your-code/

      I'd much rather see a 15-20 line solution that's clear and readable, than a 4 line solution that I have to reverse engineer.

    • innerspiritApr 2019

      SEEKING WORK | Buenos Aires, Argentina (GMT -3) | REMOTE ONLY

      JS/PHP freelancer with 17 years of web dev experience, freelancer since 2014. I'm an expert in Laravel/Vue and know my way around React, NodeJS, Angular, WordPress, Drupal and CodeIgniter.

      Website: http://chrismm.com

      Email: mmchristian@gmail.com

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