Nulls, Procs, and Impostor Syndrome

This time we’re talking about problems with nulls, stored procedures, and impostor syndrome.

Link to Episode 43’s Full Show Notes:
https://www.codingblocks.net/episode43

Are programmers drawn to complexity?

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Great Comments on last episode’s show notes:
https://www.codingblocks.net/podcast/episode-42-command-repository-and-mediator-design-patterns/
Great feedback from Wesley Bakker:
Games galore!
- Dice Tower Con – Do programmers love arbitrary complexity?
- http://www.c-jump.com/
- Overwatch! Steam sale! OMG!
- http://masteroverwatch.com/heroes

Arbitrary dates vs NULLs in relational databases (thanks Steve!)
Can be faster, and cause less errors – but it’s nasty!
Queries in procs vs in the code
- Just use a framework?
- Proc it, so you can pawn it off on someone else!
Only 1.5% devs responded as preferring front-end work! wow!
Pixels matter – we joke about “only moving something two pixels” but we want no need people that care about the pixels
Awesome things in CSS:
- Mario! https://codepen.io/M_J_Robbins/pen/NPRGjP
- MarioKart! http://thingsinjars.com/lab/CSSKart/
Where to log and why
- It’s big, it’s heavy, it’s wood
- https://youtu.be/RTrAVpK9blw
Impostor syndrome
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Impostor_syndrome
- Is it the field, or the people who join the field?
- Women are particularly prone
- 23 minutes to get back on task! http://www.fastcompany.com/944128/worker-interrupted-cost-task-switching

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