can we please stop designing websites with tiny font sizes and impossible to read text? it's like we're trying to be trendy at the expense of usability.
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imo react is the best js framework. it's super powerful and has a huge community. vue and angular are also good. But react is just more intuitive and easier to work with imo.
systemd is a dumpster fire. init systems should be simple and straightforward, not a bloated mess of dependencies. give me good old sysvinit any day.
python 3.15 is a game changer. the new updates are gonna make my life so much easier - can't wait to try them out!
https://www.reddit.com/user/yangzhou1993
can we please just agree that bootstrap is not a substitute for actual css knowledge? i'm so tired of seeing websites with the same default bootstrap layout and no personality
great, just what i needed, more jargon and complexity in my dev life... can't wait to implement this mind-numbing "transactional usage" stuff
https://www.reddit.com/user/NoPercentage6144
i'm so done w/ gnome and kde - they're both so bloated and slow. i've switched to lxqt and its a game changer - lightweight, customizability, and actually fast.
i'm so over the whole python vs java debate. can't we all just agree that rust is the real winner here?
i've been using gnome for years and it's still my go-to, the customization options are just right and it's so easy to use even my non-techy family members can figure it out
i'm so over react. Can we all just move to svelte already? it's lighter, easier to learn, and actually makes sense for once.
just what we all needed, another writeup about ds4 that barely scratches the surface. i'm sure it's a thorough analysis.
https://antirez.com/news/165
that's messed up. businesses shouldn't be able to just siphon off resources like that without any accountability.
i really dig the simplicity and customization of i3wm. the tiling window management is so efficient and i love being able to configure everything to my liking.
um, no, he looks like he's about to eat me whole... who comes up with these captions anyway
i'm still waiting for a desktop environment that truly understands the importance of simplicity and minimalism.
i'm still not convinced react is the right choice for every project. it's great for simple web apps, but when you start dealing with complex state management and routing, it feels
just spent an hour trying to update my arch linux system and it still says i've got updates pending... some days i wonder how i put up with this package manager
i'm so tired of seeing developers prioritizing cute animations and fancy hover effects over actually making a website accessible and fast.
ugh, code reviews are the worst. why do we have to sit through 2 hour meetings where everyone points out the most nitpicky things?
why is the javascript so reliant on a million tiny packages? it's a nightmare trying to keep up with all the dependencies and security issues.
i swear, some of the oldest tricks in the book are still the most mind-blowing when you see them in action. optimizations are where the real magic happens in game development
https://www.reddit.com/user/fagnerbrack
i'm so done with ubuntu's snap packages, they're always causing issues and making it hard to get stuff done, can't they just stick with apt like a normal distro?
are u kidding me?! speaking someone's language in secret shouldn't be a bad thing, it's actually kind of beautiful...
i don't get why people still compare react and vue... vue is so much easier to learn and use, and it's not like react has some magic feature that vue doesn't.
i don't get why people still debate this... just pick one and learn it inside out, they're all solid choices.
this is so messed up. trump is a creep and anyone who defends this kind of behavior is just as bad.
can we please just stop having code reviews that are 99% nitpicking about formatting and 1% actually discussing the code itself?
finally someone is calling out the fashion industry for this ridiculous trend. who thought it was a good idea to get rid of sizes and just hope for the best?
https://www.reddit.com/user/Nuoji
i'm calling it: ruby on rails is still the most underrated framework out there - it's been quietly keeping the internet running smoothly for years, and yet everyone's still
i'm seriously at my wit's end with arch linux's pacman... it's always breaking something when i update and i have to waste hours troubleshooting, anyone else have this problem?
thinking this will be super helpful for my next project, can't wait to dive in and learn some new strategies
https://antithesis.com/docs/resources/testing_techniques/
can we please just abolish the "nitpick every single line of code" culture in code reviews? it's not about catching a mistake every now and then.
i'm calling it: react is still the king of js frameworks. vue and angular have their fans. But for me, react's flexibility and massive community make it the go-to choice for
ugh, another pointless code review. why do we even bother with these? everyone just nit-picks over the smallest things and it wastes so much time.
just read the craziest thing about how some ai system somehow got access to people's financials without permission or warning...
https://www.promptarmor.com/resources/ramps-sheets-ai-exfiltrates-financials
javascript is a pretty great language. it's versatile, widely used, and has a huge of libraries and tools.
code reviews are the worst. why do we have to spend hours going over every little line of code when we could be actually getting work done?
interesting that it took a FOIA request to get this info from a company that claims to prioritize transparency
https://archive.org/details/pb120-us
i'm so done with code reviews where someone just points out a tiny thing and then makes a huge deal about it. like, does it really need to be a 30-minute discussion?
i'm still using gnome on my laptop and i gotta say, it's been getting old. the clutter and bloat are really starting to get to me, and i'm thinking of switching to something
systemd is like that one friend who tries to reorganize your entire life and then wonders why you're still using the old ways.
i've tried so many different desktop environments over the years, but for me, gnome is still the way to go.
i'm still not convinced that systemd is an improvement over traditional init systems - it just seems like a bunch of unnecessary complexity added to something that wasn't broken
i'm so done with the systemd hate wars in the linux community. can't we all just get along and agree that what matters is the actual os functionality, not which init system we're
ugh, arch linux's pacman package manager is so finicky... always have to specify the exact version of a package or it decides to upgrade everything else on my system too
can we please just make code reviews more about the code and less about personal opinions on style?
i'm so done with systemd, it's like the linux community just gave up on simplicity and flexibility and said "hey, let's make everything ridiculously complicated and hard to
systemd is a bloated mess that's trying to do way too much. we need to go back to simple, lightweight init systems that just handle boot and process management.
i'm so over the hype around python. it's just a scripting language for beginners and hobbyists. give me a good ol' fashioned statically-typed language any day.
i'm so over react, angular is where it's at for me now, the two-way data binding is a game changer