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As a javascript/typescript dev of ~15 years I'm growing increasingly sceptic of the languages. It's definitely easy and flexible, but I find that there's an incredible amount of pitfalls that even senior developers run…

Inspired by the European Alternatives initiative: https://european-alternatives.eu/categories My non-us based company wants to remain with our current provider, but we want to be realistic with the current political…

I woke up this morning to a mountain of newsletters in my primary inbox that I did not sign up for. A lot of them were for "earn money by surveys"-websites, but some were job listing pages and I even got some from…

The Macbook Pro is, in my experience at least, the standard equipment for developers, especially those working on web development. Now that Apple has decided to leave x86 behind in favor of ARM - what can we expect as…

A big theoretical question here. I like the convenience of login in with facebook or google, but I feel strongly that my online identity shouldn't be so tightly coupled with a for-profit company. I want to cancel my…

I work at a bank in a country where english isn't the first language. As interest has historically been low all our products are only available in our first language. We're now seeing raised interest from customers who…

Hi HN. I'm having a bit of a hard time. Since Aug 2015 I've been studying to get a bachelors in computer science. The first year was a base technical year to get my math skills up to par and since august this year I've…

Hey guys, I've recently been offered a development position at a (kind of) newly founded startup. Before I go ahead and accept, what are the questions I should be asking to make sure that I don't get myself in a bad…

Hey guys, I have a question. I'm currently working as a front end developer at a brand agency in Stockholm, Sweden. The work's fun and varying in difficulty - sometimes it's brand websites, sometimes it's prototypes and…

Google's Dart has been around for some time now, and even though I've heard a lot of different things about it, I'm yet to see an actual large-scale project outside google using it. Hence the question; What do you think…

Base info: I'm a front end dev born in the early 90's with three years experience. A lot of older dev's that I've worked with have told me that best practice often includes making sure that the site is usable even if…

Hey guys. I'm a junior frontend dev and I'm currently planning/building a Admin Panel boilerplate for situations where there's not enough time/resources to create a custom one for your client. It's html, css and basic…

Ok, so here's the background info: My girlfriend wants to move to San Francisco to study and she wants me to come with her. I wouldn't mind, since the US pay is better (and the taxes are lower) compared to sweden, where…