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Dmitrii Kovanikov

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Dmitrii Kovanikov

@ChShersh

Dysfunctional Programming account #1. Senior SWE. I write C++ for money. ex-Haskell, ex-OCaml. All opinions are my own.

London, UK

Joined October 2013

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Dmitrii Kovanikov
@ChShersh
Apr 14
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Dmitrii Kovanikov
@ChShersh
Jul 4, 2024
It annoys me so much that a web browser became the best PDF viewer app
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Dmitrii Kovanikov
@ChShersh
Oct 4, 2025
Today I submitted my resignation at Netflix. They rejected it. Apparently, you can’t resign from a company you don’t work at.
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Dmitrii Kovanikov
@ChShersh
May 9, 2025
Amazing things are happening on LinkedIn
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Dmitrii Kovanikov
@ChShersh
Jul 25, 2024
I had been using Ubuntu for 10 years. Last year, I applied to Canonical for a job to develop Ubuntu itself in Rust. Before the interview, they asked me to write a 20-page essay about my life, aspirations, philosophy and whatnot. Anyway, this is my desktop now.
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Dmitrii Kovanikov
@ChShersh
Sep 30, 2024
Computers have insanely better CPUs and much more RAM nowadays, yet they feel slower than 20 years ago. I used to think it happens because computers do more useful work. Turns out, better hardware is more forgiving to crappy coding practices.
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Dmitrii Kovanikov
@ChShersh
Sep 23, 2025
Day in the Life of a Senior SWE at Bloomberg
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Dmitrii Kovanikov
@ChShersh
Oct 13, 2025
Software Engineers are not paid for writing code. They’re paid for solving problems. The faster you accept this, the better your life and career will be.
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Dmitrii Kovanikov
@ChShersh
Sep 24, 2025
You won't believe how much my life has changed in the last 24 hours after publishing this clip
Dmitrii Kovanikov
@ChShersh
Sep 23, 2025
Day in the Life of a Senior SWE at Bloomberg
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Dmitrii Kovanikov
@ChShersh
Aug 11, 2025
Strong men create C++ C++ creates good times Good times create weak men Weak men create Python Python creates hard times Hard times create strong men
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Dmitrii Kovanikov
@ChShersh
May 9, 2024
A gifted kid who won a math competition now writes JIRA tickets for a living
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Dmitrii Kovanikov
@ChShersh
Sep 6, 2024
A Senior Engineer in Europe earns less than a Junior Engineer in the US
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Dmitrii Kovanikov
@ChShersh
May 11, 2024
I’m on a Zoom call with a developer. They decide it’s better to show the code to explain their point. They open Emacs with the default theme and no syntax highlighting. It was at this moment I realised that I’m talking to a tech wizard.
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Dmitrii Kovanikov
@ChShersh
Mar 15, 2025
Duplicating code is fine
Rounak
@rounak_O1
Mar 15, 2025
What’s a piece of programming advice that completely changed how you code?
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