cousin_it comments on Near and far skills - Less Wrong

20 Post author: cousin_it 19 October 2009 01:16PM

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Comment author: cousin_it 21 October 2009 08:19:45AM 0 points [-]

BTW, if you have a lot more knowledge about programming than you need for your current work, why not look for a more challenging job or project?

My projects are challenging in other ways, programming just isn't the limiting factor any more.

Comment author: Wei_Dai 21 October 2009 12:37:06PM 3 points [-]

Ok, that makes sense. Also, one problem with knowing a lot about programming is that you can easily write code that nobody else can understand or maintain.

What kind of projects are you working on? Do you have a personal homepage that you can share? (And why doesn't this blog let users put their homepage links on their user pages?)

Comment author: cousin_it 21 October 2009 01:59:15PM 0 points [-]

I'm the sole frontend developer for http://kosmosnimki.ru and http://openphotovr.org , as well as other stuff that isn't so well-known.

Comment author: thomblake 21 October 2009 02:06:23PM 0 points [-]

Tangent: you should see about optimizing http://kosmosnimki.ru for loading speed some more. I assume you're familiar with Yslow for firebug?

Comment author: cousin_it 21 October 2009 02:10:39PM *  0 points [-]

Yes, I am. Maybe we should do that. But we aren't global, and it's fast enough for Russia :-)

ETA: does OpenPhotoVR load fast enough for you? I.e., is it a Russia problem or a hosting problem?

Comment author: thomblake 21 October 2009 02:23:01PM 0 points [-]

OpenPhotoVR doesn't seem as resource-intensive, though I haven't played with it much. In general, I haven't noticed any Russia problems.

Comment author: cousin_it 21 October 2009 02:25:36PM *  0 points [-]

Thanks! Will investigate with the hosting provider tomorrow.