Everything I googled in a week as a professional software engineer
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HN comment orderOn the list of things I always Google, is how to create a symbolic link under Linux. I just can't figure out a way to remember what comes first; the source or the destination. The man pages add to the confusion by calling the "source" the target. So, the rule of thumb I now follow is cp or mv semantics.
I think we don’t remember the things because we know they are at the reach of our fingers. This is based on my experience with driving. I used to drive car every other week from the city where I live to my hometown (230km give or take). I did the route several times for few years - and still I never could remember which exit to take on specific places. Then I decided to drive without navigation. It took few…
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- Total points
- 1010
- Total comments
- 475
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Every submission
| Date | Title as submitted | By | Points | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019-09-03 | Everything I googled in a week as a professional software engineer | robin_reala | 4 | 0 |
| 2019-09-04 | Everything I googled in a week as a professional software engineer | yarapavan | 2 | 0 |
| 2019-09-06 | Everything I googled in a week as a professional software engineerFirst breakout · Best thread | _quhg | 745 | 378 |
| 2021-12-19 | Everything I googled in a week as a professional software engineer (2019)Latest 20+ point return | mooreds | 259 | 97 |