Fun fact: so are Rolex watches and so many other luxury nonsense products with a high price. Wear one on each arm. Travel via airplanes across borders. Sell the watches. Now you have a lot of untraceable cash. Fly back…
I'd imagine that, as people in poorer regions in the world get access to laptops, we'll see a big increase in free operating systems. Sure, you could crack Windows, but why would you? Windows 11 isn't really good, and…
They wrote you can be agile if you move to the cloud. Did you try that? I jest. But that's kind of the point. SAP is terrible by the nature of the beast. It's a closed off system with specialised developers who require…
I'm just wondering why these services need centralised hosting to begin with. Peer-to-peer networking isn't new, Blockchain as a tech could take care of decentralised but shared information. And I don't mean that a…
Most people who aren't rich are poor because they showboat.
Thanks for clarifying that. I stand corrected. It all makes sense from just the financial point of view. So that means it isn't going away any time soon, unless there's a huge backlash from consumers. Perhaps the best…
Touch screens are just their 60+ year old fossils deciding "that's hip, that's what kids want!" and probably their testing audiences responding more positively to images of flashy touch screens and shiny lights. Driving…
I've worked at an agency like that for a loooong time in my past. It's shocking that a website that looks like a cookie-cutter template that you could buy for $50 on websites like WrapBootstrap could cost a THOUSAND…
Eh. I'd be okay with making all the software in the world open-source. It's only a matter of time before we have computers powerful enough to reverse-engineer everything in a split second anyway.
Well, true. But that's the point, it saves you from having to do all the work. Copilot saves me from leaving my IDE for a large amount of situations. It saves me from opening a new tab (tab #1003) and Googling my…
Cats have their own opinions and are very self-reliant, dogs tend to be much more subservient. I don't like that last trait in anything or anyone. I have two Russian Blue cats, they are smart, fun, playful, and they…
It's easier to make a weapon that takes out a tank, than it is to make a tank that can defend itself to it. Javelin missiles are just one thing, but cheap drones with simple rockets on them should be able to take out a…
Well, sure. I think they were going with the wave of success and simply didn't stop. I've seen companies grow very self-indulgent because of their success many times over. The fun bit is that in the USA, you can (almost…
I started out web-development in 2001 (recently worked for Apple as a senior front-end engineer), and to me the 4 eras of JavaScript are: 1. Form alerts and confirms 2. Ajax, jQuery, and plugins 3. Frameworks, from…
Finally. I had a custom CSS plugin setup to do exactly this. Took me 3 minutes to figure out.
Yeah, it's a filter we actually got from management at one company. They were looking for specifically agreeable type of developers. It was a consultancy and they needed to put 5 more developers on one of their big…
My experience with problems that can't be solved with a Google search is limited. I tend to use existing technologies and I stick with an architecture that has been around for long enough to have proper support online.…
Nowadays, with 20+ years of experience as a software developer behind me, having worked for Apple, First American, Bloomberg, AT&T, Booking, Amazon, many startups, etc. my job interviews have never been easier. Before I…
If math was a programming language, all mathematicians would be fired for terrible naming conventions and horrible misuse of syntax freedom. Honestly, most math formulas can be turned into something that looks like…
I'm a seasoned front-end engineer (20+ years of experience, working closely with UI and UX designers, worked for the big names, etc.) and I recently had to enter an invoice into a system and I couldn't figure out how it…
I live and breathe CSS and have since its inception. Having interviewed job applicants of all levels for front-end positions I can only say, boy oh boy, most people seem to think CSS is arcane magic.
Yeah, most restaurant owners, regardless of the number of Michelin stars to their name, aren't rich at all. Nor are their top class chefs. You'd make more money working in IT and your hours are far less stressful. If…
Just because you can doesn't mean you should. Shit, for adding an array of objects with numbers just use a simple map/reduce instead of confusing future developers with your fancy curry. Whenever I run into a curry, I…
Designations. That's how. Some houses are built and intended to be rented out to people. These houses are constructed entirely by companies (or people) for that purpose alone. Other houses are meant to be for purchase,…
Fun fact: so are Rolex watches and so many other luxury nonsense products with a high price. Wear one on each arm. Travel via airplanes across borders. Sell the watches. Now you have a lot of untraceable cash. Fly back…
I'd imagine that, as people in poorer regions in the world get access to laptops, we'll see a big increase in free operating systems. Sure, you could crack Windows, but why would you? Windows 11 isn't really good, and…
They wrote you can be agile if you move to the cloud. Did you try that? I jest. But that's kind of the point. SAP is terrible by the nature of the beast. It's a closed off system with specialised developers who require…
I'm just wondering why these services need centralised hosting to begin with. Peer-to-peer networking isn't new, Blockchain as a tech could take care of decentralised but shared information. And I don't mean that a…
Most people who aren't rich are poor because they showboat.
Thanks for clarifying that. I stand corrected. It all makes sense from just the financial point of view. So that means it isn't going away any time soon, unless there's a huge backlash from consumers. Perhaps the best…
Touch screens are just their 60+ year old fossils deciding "that's hip, that's what kids want!" and probably their testing audiences responding more positively to images of flashy touch screens and shiny lights. Driving…
I've worked at an agency like that for a loooong time in my past. It's shocking that a website that looks like a cookie-cutter template that you could buy for $50 on websites like WrapBootstrap could cost a THOUSAND…
Eh. I'd be okay with making all the software in the world open-source. It's only a matter of time before we have computers powerful enough to reverse-engineer everything in a split second anyway.
Well, true. But that's the point, it saves you from having to do all the work. Copilot saves me from leaving my IDE for a large amount of situations. It saves me from opening a new tab (tab #1003) and Googling my…
Cats have their own opinions and are very self-reliant, dogs tend to be much more subservient. I don't like that last trait in anything or anyone. I have two Russian Blue cats, they are smart, fun, playful, and they…
It's easier to make a weapon that takes out a tank, than it is to make a tank that can defend itself to it. Javelin missiles are just one thing, but cheap drones with simple rockets on them should be able to take out a…
Well, sure. I think they were going with the wave of success and simply didn't stop. I've seen companies grow very self-indulgent because of their success many times over. The fun bit is that in the USA, you can (almost…
I started out web-development in 2001 (recently worked for Apple as a senior front-end engineer), and to me the 4 eras of JavaScript are: 1. Form alerts and confirms 2. Ajax, jQuery, and plugins 3. Frameworks, from…
Finally. I had a custom CSS plugin setup to do exactly this. Took me 3 minutes to figure out.
Yeah, it's a filter we actually got from management at one company. They were looking for specifically agreeable type of developers. It was a consultancy and they needed to put 5 more developers on one of their big…
My experience with problems that can't be solved with a Google search is limited. I tend to use existing technologies and I stick with an architecture that has been around for long enough to have proper support online.…
Nowadays, with 20+ years of experience as a software developer behind me, having worked for Apple, First American, Bloomberg, AT&T, Booking, Amazon, many startups, etc. my job interviews have never been easier. Before I…
If math was a programming language, all mathematicians would be fired for terrible naming conventions and horrible misuse of syntax freedom. Honestly, most math formulas can be turned into something that looks like…
I'm a seasoned front-end engineer (20+ years of experience, working closely with UI and UX designers, worked for the big names, etc.) and I recently had to enter an invoice into a system and I couldn't figure out how it…
I live and breathe CSS and have since its inception. Having interviewed job applicants of all levels for front-end positions I can only say, boy oh boy, most people seem to think CSS is arcane magic.
Yeah, most restaurant owners, regardless of the number of Michelin stars to their name, aren't rich at all. Nor are their top class chefs. You'd make more money working in IT and your hours are far less stressful. If…
Just because you can doesn't mean you should. Shit, for adding an array of objects with numbers just use a simple map/reduce instead of confusing future developers with your fancy curry. Whenever I run into a curry, I…
Designations. That's how. Some houses are built and intended to be rented out to people. These houses are constructed entirely by companies (or people) for that purpose alone. Other houses are meant to be for purchase,…