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I've found
Hot take: if Linux did become the defacto desktop OS it would quickly be flooded with for-profit closed source software and a user base primarily interested in outcomes and ease of use, and not the OS itself. Traditional Linux users would become a marginalised minority and Linux
@mariia__t
It’s a good book. But I’d suggest treating it like a repository of wisdom rather than - what some do - a rule book.
The bit that makes you a good software engineer is building the experience and perspective to appreciate when (and when not) to insist on using an approach,
The truth is that if PowerShell was made by a random person in Nebraska it would be the hottest property in shell technology, but because it's a Microsoft product it gets mostly ignored.
@ziademarcus
That’s kind of the point. People won’t care about that. The same way the avg Mac user doesn’t care about BSD, and the average Android user doesn’t care about the Linux kernel. It’ll be normie o’clock.
@KenMacLeod20
Yes of course. And that simply emphasises my point: Most Android users don’t care about the Linux kernel in their phones. Android is a normie consumer landscape.
@SuburbanTugTime
Most of the Linux users I interact with seem to spend most of their time “doing Linux” and telling people they “do Linux”. Maybe it’s a developer thing but that’s the overriding impression I get.
@planticnap
Yeah but... adults only behave like adults in front of children, at work, and at weddings and funerals. The rest of the time they're just big kids with no bed time.
@sweatystartup
@ZubyMusic
This depends a lot on what he does day-to-day. He has 2 kids and a partner. There is wealth beyond money that comes from being fully present with the people in our lives. Nobody ever wished they spent less time with their kids but there are plenty who are so obsessed with money
For those who are familar with bash. I found this sort of thing useful as my shell experience is mostly from *nix.
The commands look verbose, but the console integration is really good, including argument completion.
There's a fine line between cloud computing and clown computing. Make sure your team can:
* Code locally
* Verify locally
* Run end-to-end locally
Your Cloud-focused CI pipeline should be a formal verification that the work you pushed from your desktop is correct. If you have
Anybody else here just building things with appropriate tools and not give a flying frog about nailing their colours to a mast re: OOP vs functional, framework vs framework, clean code vs evolutionary design, modular monoliths vs microservices, etc. etc.
I literally spend most
@t3dotgg
People joining computer programming courses who have never coded is a bit like somebody turning up to mechanic school never having had their hands oily. It is unusual. I dunno what the beef is tbh.
I reckon my 40s were my peak tech decade. 50s are kinda dull. Can’t seem to find anything I actually find interesting anymore. Curious if this is a post-2020 slump caused by lockdown fatigue (surely should be over that by now?), the dullness of wfh, wrong job, same sh*t different
I’ve worked remotely for 12 years and I have to disagree.
People need to not project their home life onto others.
I have an office at home and when the door is closed M-F 9-5 nobody comes in. I also have headphones and do most of my focus work to relaxing music. Vastly better
I graduated CS in mid-90s. As a contractor I've had a placement every 1-2 years on average. So that's a lot of jobs and screening. I have been asked to prove my degree once, and that was in 2022.
As for my degree. There are parts of it that form fundamental knowledge. But the
been doing this for idk how long now. have never once been asked what degree i have. it’s funny how it’s always the ones with degrees trying to push that it has any kinda of relevance.
Here's why I'm not worried:
If "a Devin" really does deliver on the marketing (that'll be a first) then it's going to make our essential core skills even more valuable because history has proven that non-technical people are generally unable/unwilling to handle the mental
@loftwah
Jurassic Park was pretty realistic. As least in the following:
* underfunded
* understaffed
* lack of risk mitigation
* lone wizard / no oversight
* poor incident management
Anybody who has a standing desk and have been using it for over 3 months, what's your 3-month review? For example, how often do you stand what's an 8-hour day like?
If you also have a walking platform, how is that going?
@jakubtomsu_
To be fair, it is example code from documentation and there’s some significant code at the end of the example to release resources. Sometimes verbosity conveys information better and this is arguably true in this case.
@RCBakerRealtor
@GayBearRes
That’s because when we grew up all of our old people were drafted into wars and we respected them for that. Old people now are not the same and frankly deserve a bit of a shakedown from time to time. Most of them were fucking in fields and taking drugs at the age our old people
@anerdguynow
I always upgrade behind the curve. Same case for ~19 years and then I upgrade bits and pieces as I need them, always behind the curve. I’ve never missed not having a kick-ass expensive PC.
Let's replace this:
"Wow look at me! Nobody else can do this! I am such a rockstar!"
With this:
"I'm such a rockstar that anybody can pick up my code and work with it. I put my effort into simplicity and ease of communication."
@KevinBankston
@Google
AI assistants are the modern always-on-top splash screen. Nobody asked for them, nobody wants them. Only the product team like them.
@Mark_Butler_MP
You forgot to mention that adult ex-smokers are now being forced to purchase substandard products from an effective pharma-cartel at 5-10x the price with flavours and strengths that are cigarette-aligned and pose a huge risk of forcing people back on the smokes.
I have over 30 years experience on high profile projects. I can point to products on that I’ve worked on, and point to news events related to projects I’ve worked on. From big name .com projects, national and international household names, moments in time,
@Rothmus
This suggests that the middle of the road is smartest, which I think is demonstrably incorrect. Maybe flatten that curve a bit and give more credit to the people left and right of centre.
@MadiSP4321
I don’t have any tips for the ladies, but I do have some tips to pass to the men who will be scrolling the comments:
After a few months with somebody you will eventually start to recognise early signs that your partner is pre-menstrual. Symptoms differ but you’ll figure it out.
@peteralexbizjak
I suspect that if it did happen there would be bigcorp distros that provided the sort of "corporate comfort" that MS and others offer for a fee.
I once worked with an SME/BA who had a math degree. He would take the requirements and “solve” them for a single user (using Excel) and then write his spec in mathematical notation. He was adamant that he had done all the work and that all the “coders” had to do was “turn the
Think I'm going to have to do some functional programming. Tempted to stay in the .NET ecosystem and do some F#. What would be a good reason to venture elsewhere?
Me: refusing to acknowledge a skill because I’ve only used it for a year and haven’t yet shipped to multi-million dollar project with it.
Guy in my mentions: calling themselves an expert after a two-hour tutorial and a to-do list.
A great way to measure a prospective employee's maturity is to ask them their option of C#. Don't stop at the first response though (it'll be like the quote), press them a little and see where they go. You'll find some people remain shallow while others will take you on a journey
You’ll never learn to play guitar by watching great guitarists. At some point you have to put in the hours and develop skills through repetitive practice. Programming is the same.
@grepmoney
I've embedded it into a desktop application so that it ran in the same process space as the application and gave me full access to examine the underlying data structures of the application. Very useful for on-site support of works in progress and beta apps.
I also use it for
@ProfMarkMaslin
Do you have a larger data sample so that we can see this incontext? Also, as a professor at ucl (according to your profile) you might not want to misuse a term like "superheated" as it devalues your message.
The coding part of my job is about 80% thinking and 20% typing and mouse twiddling. One thing I really like about WFH is that I don't have to do the thinking part sat at a desk.
@IterIntellectus
There has to have been a sweet spot where we were comfortable in small self-protecting groups and managed to live maybe ~30 years of absolute bliss of open air, sunshine, and hunting and eating together. How many days lazing in the sun with a full belly surrounded by your kin