Episode 210: 204 RR Limerence with Dave Thomas

Ruby Rogues

• Episode: Episode 210: 204 RR Limerence with Dave Thomas
• Website: Ruby Rogues
• Feed URL: https://feeds.feedwrench.com/RubyRogues.rss
• Duration: 01:14:39
• Published: 2015-04-22 15:00

02:37 - Dave Thomas Introduction

• Twitter
• Blog
• The Pragmatic Bookshelf

04:17 - How Dave Got Started in Programming

06:34 - Tools and Constraints

• “An Enthusiast’s Problem”?
• Is the focus on tools a form of cargo culting?
• Leadism Over Chosen Technologies and Its’ Effect on Innovation
• Switching Tools and Making Excuses

19:29 - Limerence

• Love and Limerence: The Experience of Being in Love by Dorothy Tennov
• Irrational Interest and Defensiveness

28:54 - Ruby = Happiness: Does it Hurt?

31:00 - Tools and Falling in Love with Tools

• Fear of Falling Behind; Fear of Irrelevancy
• Different Tools for Different Contexts

35:08 - When Do You Learn? When Do You Train? (Not Falling Behind)

38:01 - Choosing Similar Tools and Technologies vs Choosing Different Tools and Technologies

• Gulp => Grunt => Browserify Example
• Pragmatic Thinking and Learning: Refactor Your Wetware by Andy Hunt

43:36 - Relationships and Identities

46:08 - Looking Forward vs Looking Back (Knowing Your History)

• Resources, Curriculum:
  • Structure and Interpretation of Computer Programs - 2nd Edition (MIT Electrical Engineering and Computer Science) by Harold Abelson (SICP)
  • Smalltalk Best Practice Patterns by Kent Beck
  • Types and Programming Languages by Benjamin C. Pierce   
  • The Art of Computer Programming by Donald Knuth (Series)
• Communicating Sequential Processes (CSP) Brainstorming Example

01:01:48 - Is the rampant use of social media hindering the learning of big ideas?

• Self-Curation = Key

01:08:15 - How You Learn a Language / Decide You Like a Language

• Sudoku Solver
• Markdown Parser

Picks

Slack (Dave)
Why Does E=mc2? (And Why Should We Care?) by Brian Cox and Jeff Forshaw (Dave)
Philly Emerging Tech Conference  (Dave)

 

Special Guest: Dave Thomas.