The little things
Jun. 28th, 2005 01:45 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
jack*sigh*
I spend half a day debugging, and what was the problem? The debugger was running in the simulator (which doesn't work) not the board. That was the problem *last* time too. It would be more efficient to check that first every time, together with a couple of common flaws. But I always think "I'll remember, no-point fixing it."
In addition to doing profiling on programs, I should do profiling on me. If I spend 80% of the time debugging, I need to write code more carefully. If I spend 50% of the time looking things up I need a better reference system. If I spend too long typing I should c&p common commands.
If I keep my flat tidy (three days and counting it's been left in a suitable-for-mum-queen-katie-or-george state) it's a lot less work to clean it, because a swift wipe suffices for washing up. Why don't I do this?
I could go on (preventive maintence vs. repairs) but I've already had to remove my "one-liner" tag, so I'll stop :)
I spend half a day debugging, and what was the problem? The debugger was running in the simulator (which doesn't work) not the board. That was the problem *last* time too. It would be more efficient to check that first every time, together with a couple of common flaws. But I always think "I'll remember, no-point fixing it."
In addition to doing profiling on programs, I should do profiling on me. If I spend 80% of the time debugging, I need to write code more carefully. If I spend 50% of the time looking things up I need a better reference system. If I spend too long typing I should c&p common commands.
If I keep my flat tidy (three days and counting it's been left in a suitable-for-mum-queen-katie-or-george state) it's a lot less work to clean it, because a swift wipe suffices for washing up. Why don't I do this?
I could go on (preventive maintence vs. repairs) but I've already had to remove my "one-liner" tag, so I'll stop :)
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Date: 2005-06-28 04:02 pm (UTC)Very
Very
Very.
It's why I rec her to people and avoid her myself. I may well get the book :)
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Date: 2005-06-28 04:04 pm (UTC)*That's* what I need more, a site geered to explaining things to geeks, because I do "15 min tidying" things a lot better when they come with a convincing rationale :)
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Date: 2005-06-28 04:07 pm (UTC)