Top 5 DEV Comments from the Past Week

This is a weekly roundup of awesome DEV comments that you may have missed. You are welcome and encouraged to boost posts and comments yourself using the #bestofdev tag.

How many software developers does it take to screw in a lightbulb? The community supplied the punch line. None more enjoyed than @jackharner's contribution:

Jack Harner 🚀 • May 30 '19

1 developer and a 3.4 Gb node_modules folder.

@steveblue offers a nice list of concerning signs in response to What are some red flags to look out for in the first few weeks of a new dev job?:

Stephen Belovarich • Jun 1 '19 • Edited on Jun 1 • Edited

• team members limit and dismiss tried and tested ideas
• you’re not promptly getting paid
• the team isn’t diverse
• code isn’t formatted
• code isn’t tested
• team process is waterfall
• scope creep is routine
• no one cares about UX
• you aren’t on-boarded
• when you load the app it takes a long time to render the view ( team doesn’t care about performance )
• no ones talking about any new projects on the horizon ( no growth )

Can you tell I’ve been a contractor? 👨‍💻

Replying to If the World Wide Web were re-created today with no legacy dependencies, how would it be different?, @stegriff chimes in with an interesting tidbit:

Ste Griffiths • May 31 '19

Tim BL always said that he regretted making URLs complicated (scheme, domains, and path) and not fully hierarchical. That if he were to get a do-over, instead of https://dev.to/ben/post we would have https/to/dev/ben/post. Just thought I'd throw that in as an interesting fact :)

I really liked this thread — What's your coding origin story? @nikolicstjepan talks about something that I'm sure a lot of fellow gamers turned programmers can relate to:

Nikolić Stjepan • May 31 '19

As a kid I played games on PC a lot. They (parents and the rest of the family) said that I was addicted and that being on the PC will never bring anything positive in my life. I said that I will one day earn for living using PC, they laughed...

@david_j_eddy provides their answer to What is your favorite interview question? I use this myself and it's a great way to get the conversation flowing:

David J Eddy • May 28 '19

"Do you have any questions for us?"

This is the gateway for me to start interviewing them. Culture, expectations, leadership principles, priorities, organization goals, etc, etc.

An interview is a two way exchange; when I'm done it feels like it as well.

See you next week for more great comments ✌

Comments

[Jack Harner 🚀]

Thanks for the love!

I'd like to thank my dad for instilling in me such a dry sense of humor & my girlfriend for putting up with it.

[Peter Kim Frank]

Congrats to @jackharner , @steveblue , @stegriff , @nikolicstjepan , and @david_j_eddy for making the list this week!

[Stjepan]