All programming has its foundation in the fundamentals of logic, problem analysis and planning. Taking time to understand the problem at hand and designing the simplest but most effective solution is far more critical than fancy techniques, new technologies or being a rockstar with syntactically terse code magic. Learning to write solid and logical code that can be easily maintained gives you a strong foundation to build on. It will enable you to become language agnostic and not rely on libraries or frameworks to accomplish tasks. The best programmers I have worked with were the ones who could avoid using a complex algorithm or adding more dependencies on the technology stack by simply approaching the problem from a different angle. Sure it's a lot of fun to show off your ninja coding skills, but ultimately you will find it difficult to understand and maintain your old code a year or two down the road. There is a downside to becoming highly disciplined, however. I reached a point where my coding discipline has made many things very routine and it can get dull and boring at times. The skills pay the bills, but when you get to that point is when you need new hobbies to stretch your brain.

Yes, but only after you have developed a foundation to build on. An additive and reinforcing skillset is far more productive than a piecemeal and chaotic one.

Found the lazy but efficient porn collector.

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Don't forget the embedded and single board computing platforms. Can we get /v/raspberrypi, /v/arduino and /v/microcontrollers on the list?

Don't be proud of how clever you are in your code. Clever code is often the most fragile code and a nightmare for others to maintain. Learn to manipulate the feature, bug or requirement so you can code it simply rather than making some clever abomination that saved a few lines of code. Also learn the fundamentals of software architecture so you can reduce or eliminate dependencies on frameworks to make things happen. Always analyze and think before you code.

I could not agree more. Frameworks, technology stacks and toolchains are trendy to talk about to get imaginary developer points IRL, but none of this stuff is really new or innovative. I have grown so weary of Jr. devs trying to sell me on the latest framework or language when they offer so little substance over style. The fundamentals of software engineering have changed little over my 25 years in the trenches and a solid foundation of good practices can render most fad technologies useless.

Dynamic Development

In Visual Studio 2015, we take advantage of dynamic compilation to provide a streamlined developer experience. You no longer have to compile your application every time you want to see a change. Instead, just (1) edit the code, (2) save your changes, (3) refresh the browser, and then (4) see your change automatically appear.

Back when I started programming in ASP (what we call ASP Classic now) in the late 90s this is what we had. All we needed to do was save and reload a page and it was there. I realize it's not the same thing as this, but it strikes me as a funny feature in today's development world. It gives me the same LOL feeling as watching Steve Jobs stand on the stage in 2010 telling us how amazing the (original) iPad was because you can load any wallpaper you want for the background of iOS. Lolwat? I was like "what year is this?". I guess I'm a dinosaur programmer now because I don't understand what went so wrong with technology. For a long time we anticipated having technology that would allow us to communicate with audio and video instead of typing everything we want to say in text. Now audio and video are everywhere and we are excited about texting instead. I don't get it. I'll spare you the rest of my technology ravings. /greybeardrant

This Greasemonkey user script is pretty basic. It uses the currently minimal Voat API to get a user's account creation date, link and comment contribution points. I use this Reddit Enhancement Suite feature often to know how long a Redditor has been on the site and I miss it here on Voat. It helps when dealing with trolls and spammers. If you choose to use it, hoering over a user name in a subverse or post will add a tooltip with the basic account information. Apparently the frequency limit of the GetUser API is set kind of low, so if you check too many accounts per minute/hour/day you might run out of requests for your IP. So far it has not been a problem for me, but YMMV. Below is the source code if you wish to peruse it and make sure it is safe.

EDIT: okay, Voat didn't like me pasting the code on this. Will try something different then...