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dhoerl | 5 years ago | on: Cscope: A developer's tool for browsing source code

OMG I used this in the early 80s - first time I’ve seen it mentioned in 30 years!

dhoerl | 6 years ago | on: iCab: Alternative Browser for macOS

I remember!

dhoerl | 6 years ago | on: Ask HN: Best Office Chair?

I had an old Staples office chair and started having terrible Piriformis pains in my hip - I think it was a broken spring pushing on the hip but who knows.

I kept reading about different chairs, and as many have mentioned, the most important aspect for programmers is to move around and get up from time to time.

I ended up trying a "SONGMICS Standing Desk Chair, Adjustable Height Ergonomic Standing Stool", which I got from Amazon.

Trust me, you won't sit in one position all day, and my butt does get a bit sore when I sit for 2 hours, but after a week the hip issue disappeared, and its been nine months now and I'm satisfied with it.

The one aspect of this particular stool is that it pivots a bit so you can option to shift some weight onto your feet.

Not that I don't dream of a comfy captains chair (I did read and archive this discussion), but its an option you might want to consider.

dhoerl | 6 years ago | on: Regexp to validate email addresses according to the RFC 822 grammar

My project https://github.com/dhoerl/EmailAddressFinder constructs a rfc5322 compliant regex by building up small verifiable pieces. You can option comments up to an arbitrary depth. There is a test suite from another interested party that this regex succeeds 100%.

dhoerl | 9 years ago | on: An Open Letter to Phil Schiller and Apple Developer Relations

Brilliant!

dhoerl | 10 years ago | on: Ask HN: Best way to learn 'modern' C++?

Bjarne's book on C++ - the newest - is pretty good IMHO.

dhoerl | 10 years ago | on: It's Impossible to Validate an Email Address

I added a comment to the authors article. You can construct a regex to process every valid email address except those with nested comments (a feature no one in the real world ever used): https://github.com/dhoerl/EmailAddressFinder

dhoerl | 11 years ago | on: Ask HN: Programmers Above 50, Is It Possible to Have a Career Past Your 50s?

I'm 64 and doing iOS development full time, and get hit on by recruiters all the time, so I guess the answer is yes. But you will find huge negative bias due to age (many companies desperate for iOS talent will ignore you - ask me how I know this.)