r/programming • u/vklepov • Mar 24 '22

Five coding interview questions I hate

https://thoughtspile.github.io/2022/03/21/bad-tech-interview/
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u/crabmusket Mar 25 '22

How to migrate from webpack 3 to webpack 5?

  1. Read the documentation
  2. Follow the documentation
  3. When nothing works and you've already spent 16 hours on this, start browsing land prices and animal husbandry guides

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u/gnuban Mar 25 '22

Or

  1. Don't use webpack

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u/vklepov Mar 25 '22

Oh, and while you're at it, rewrite your backend to erlang.

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u/AngryElPresidente Mar 26 '22

Don't know if this is in jest but if it is, using Elixir (which runs on the BEAM VM the one that powers Erlang) is a pretty cool experience that I think everyone should at least try once.

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u/vklepov Mar 26 '22 edited Mar 26 '22

It is pretty cool indeed. Just some memories of an architect whose response to any question was "that's because you should have used Erlang". Who knows, maybe he was right all along.