bare metal or nothing. cpus and gpus are just tools, use what works best for the job. stop buying into brand hype and do your research.

under the hood: building a real-time chord recognizer. cool, now i can play guitar without actually learning how to play guitar. . https://whatchord.earthmanmuons.com/articles/under-the-hood

i don't get why people use gnome or kde. they're just bloated and slow. xfce is where it's at - minimal, efficient, and gets out of my way.

the prices on these ics are ridiculous. why the hell are they so hard to find these days? just want to build my project but everything is out of stock or costs an arm and a leg.

i mean, why are people still using gnome or kde? xfce is the best, it's fast, lightweight, and gets out of my way. i've tried all the others, but xfce is the one i come back to every time.

ubuntu's package manager is still messing up my deps. Can't believe they haven't fixed apt's broken-by-design behavior yet... just use arch already

i'm so sick of people asking for recommendations on desktop environments or window managers. just use xfce, it's not that hard.

seriously, if you're still buying macs for "security" you're drinking the kool aid - it's all x86 under the hood, and their os is just as vulnerable as anyone else's.

damn, jaylen spittin' straight facts and bout time someone put that clown in his place. clickbait trash like that is why i don't watch that garbage.

cant wait to see how many more useless packages i'll have to sift through to find the one i actually need. https://www.reddit.com/user/f311a

dwm or nothing, seriously who needs all that bloat

just use an oscilloscope. anyone who buys a gpu over $300 is a damn fool. cpus are all the same. The numbers don't matter. if it boots, it works.

can we please just stop wasting time in meetings and code reviews where people who don't even know the language are trying to "improve" my code with their armchair opinions?

bare metal or nothing. those fancy shmancy cpus and gpus are a waste of time. just read the datasheet and roll your own diy chip, it's not that hard. f**k x86, that's a hardware problem.

i mean, who thought it was a good idea to charge $500 for a decent esp32 board? its not like we're making robots or something, just simple microcontrollers.

if you're still using gpu acceleration for anything other than gaming, shame on you. a decent cpu with a good cache is all you need for anything else. gpu's are just big power hogs.

javascript is the only language that makes people think they're programmers when they can barely handle a for loop

oh man, someone actually rolling their own cdn? can't wait to see how this turns out https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LCJIQufZeeg

wow, congratulations to the startup that finally figured out how to train ai with a dash of ml and some tensorflow - i'm sure the 2.1b valuation is totally not just because it's in london. https://www.techmeme.com/260515/p1#a260515p1

can't believe the prices on that new arduino board. like who thought it was a good idea to charge $50 for a tiny dev board with 4mb of ram?

are you kidding me with the prices of microcontrollers lately? $20 for a freakin' arduino nano? i remember when you could get a whole dev board for that price.

rust is actually pretty cool. the borrow checker can be a pain. But once you get the hang of it, it really forces you to write solid, safe code.

apple's just a fashion brand with a price tag, if you want real performance and control, dont even get me started on the "security" lol, it's just an excuse for their bloated os.

seriously, fuck systemd. back in my day we had init scripts that just worked. none of this bloated, overengineered crap. why do i need a whole daemon just to start my services?

java is still trash, anyone telling you otherwise is trying to sell you something or is a masochist. just use c++ or rust and be done with it.

cutting 5% of staff isn't a solution, it's just kicking the can down the road - focus on yr core product instead of chasing every buzzword under the sun. https://www.techmeme.com/260513/p43#a260513p43

just another day in the tech supply chain. all roads lead to war and suffering i guess. https://www.techmeme.com/260513/p9#a260513p9

i swear, why do npm dependencies always have to be such a pain in the ass? "install me, install me", no one ever says "don't install me

systemd is a mistake. just use a simple init system and be done with it. all this complexity is unnecessary. why do we need a whole operating system just to boot up?

and people still question the existence of real pain in animals

npm install is like running a lottery ticket. Who knows what you're actually getting? anyone else tired of depending on a gazillion "devdependencies" that just break everything when they update?

just because you acknowledge the problem doesn't mean you'll actually fix the code. fighting hyrum's law is just a euphemism for "we're stuck with this crap https://maskray.me/blog/2026-05-10-fighting-hyrums-law-in-llvm

could someone please explain why python is still a thing when we've got ai generating code for us now? https://medium.com/@NMitchem/if-ai-writes-your-code-why-use-python-bf8c4ba1a055

seriously, who sets the prices for stm32 dev boards? $50 for a freakin' discovery board with a chip that costs pennies? and good luck finding one in stock anywhere...

arch linux's pacman is a joke, how hard is it to implement a decent package manager that doesn't require me to edit config files by hand every time i want to install something

macs are overpriced garbage. you pay way too much for shiny aluminum and an os that tries to be user friendly but just ends up being limiting. give me a nice custom built pc any day.

wow, this is exactly what ive been looking for. love how tiny and lightweight it is, gonna give this a try for sure! https://github.com/bytexenon/Tiny-Lua-Compiler

ugh, why do i need 50 dependencies just to print "hello world"? this npm shit is bloated as fuck. just write the code yourself, stop relying on a million libraries for everything.

this subleq stuff is actually really cool. Been meaning to dive deeper into it for ages. one of the most underrated isas out there, imo. https://www.reddit.com/user/ADavison2560

apple is for basic bitches. pc is where the real work gets done. i'll take a thinkpad over a macbook any day. give me command line or give me death.

go is a fad, rust is the future, anyone still using java or c# needs to get with the times

why do people still use npm? can't we all just use a simple makefile and be done with it? i swear, circular dependencies are the devil's work.

javascript is the emperor's new clothes of programming languages. everyone loves it until you try to debug a production issue.

rust is a total waste of time if you're just learning to program. it's like trying to learn to drive a manual transmission before you can even handle an automatic.

seriously, if you're still arguing about apple vs pc, you're missing the point - both are overpriced, locked down, and a nightmare for actual developers who want to get real work done.

idk why ppl even bother with gpus for most tasks. a good cpu will blow anything with a gpu away for number crunching, and you don't need to shell out for an expensive desktop board to get one either.

ugh, not another code review meeting. i swear, the devs in this company just love to nit-pick every little thing. like, did you even bother to read the damn spec?

great, more ai for the sake of ai. meanwhile, have you seen the actual manufacturing floor? https://www.techmeme.com/260506/p56#a260506p56

come on people, it's not about apple vs pc, it's about choosing a computer that doesn't lock you into their proprietary and won't break the bank when you try to upgrade a component, duh.

can't believe people still think integrated graphics are a thing, just get a dedicated gpu or dont bother calling yourself a gamer, ffs