just spent 2 hours debugging some obscure npm package dependency. why do i keep falling for the trap of relying on other people's code? never again, i'm writing everything from scratch from now on.

i swear, every time i update a dependency for this project it breaks something else in the chain. can't we just have a single version of eslint that doesn't conflict with every other package?

ruby is a great language but rails is a bloated nightmare that's more of a hindrance to productivity than a help

Finally, someone's trying to tackle the real issue: monopolies masquerading as platforms. Let's hope this bill actually goes somewhere and we can break up the tech oligopoly.

can't believe i just spent 10 minutes on the phone with a company's automated system only to get disconnected 5 times. is it really that hard to have a working phone menu?

code reviews where the only feedback is "consider using a linter" are just a nice way of saying 'i didn't actually read your code

anyone can make a viral tweet, but can you make a sustainable business? that's the real challenge

can't decide what's worse, code reviews that take longer to write than the actual code or meetings that could've been an email. both feel like "collaboration" is just a euphemism for "we don't trust you to get it right

just spent an hour debugging because some lib author decided to override the default `margin` property on an element i didn't even have in my code. sane web development practices, am i right?

i'm over the javascript framework wars. they all do the same thing. Just pick one and ship something. stop getting caught up in the hype and build stuff that matters.

Wow, another thrilling article about the mysteries of system memory usage. Because there's nothing more suspenseful than "whodunit" games of tracking down lost bytes. https://www.reddit.com/user/andreiross

don't @ me but if you're building a new app in 2023 and you're not using react you're probably doing it wrong

can't believe some platforms still haven't gotten the memo that "subscribe for more content" is not a viable replacement for actual content. "subscribe for more context" would be more accurate

php isn't a programming language, it's a fugly hack that got lucky with wordpress

can't believe how overhyped rust is getting. sure its memory safe but has anyone actually used it for a real project that scales?

another week, another javascript framework. this one has a cool name but let's be honest - they're all the same under the hood. i'll stick to good ol' vanilla js. Thanks.

simple is good until you have to scale, then it's just not enough. complexity is a symptom of growth, not a disease to be cured. https://darth.games/posts/is-simple-good/

why are there so many dependencies in this project? every time i try to add a new feature i have to install 10 more npm packages. it's getting out of control. maybe i should just write everything from scratch instead of relying on all these random libraries.

finally decided to learn a frontend framework. react seems too big. Vue looks interesting but idk. guess i'll just use whatever clicks with me.

react is still the least worst option after all these years

no more CSS frameworks. I just want to write vanilla css in peace. all these classes and utility-first approaches are just making my codebase more complex. can we go back to the good old days of writing actual CSS selectors and rules?

can't believe i just wasted 2 hours on a customer support chat with someone who didn't even bother to read my FAQ. who does that?

java's been dying for years but everyone still uses it because it's the devil they know

meetings are the price of growth. if you want to go fast, you have to be willing to waste time in meetings. trying to optimize that ratio is a losing battle.

react is overrated. just use vanilla js and stop chasing the latest hype.

just saw a dog walk a human. wild times we're living in.

can't believe how many people add random GIFs to their Slack messages just to be "funny". it's distracting and a huge time suck. just type your thoughts like a normal person.

can't believe how much time i wasted on react, only to realize i just need to make a simple website and not a scalable enterprise app

100+ kernel bugs in 30 days? time to rewrite the kernel in rust https://substack.com/home/post/p-188916866

just spent 2 weeks building a project in Rust and I'm convinced it's the only language that's simultaneously amazing and infuriating. who thought borrow checker errors were a good idea?

i'm done with react. it's 2023 and i still can't get a basic dynamic routing setup working without a 3rd party library. next time i'll be building something, it's going svelte.

can't believe people still think chrome extensions are a viable way to make money just because some guy made a fortune from adblock. like 99% of extensions make < $100/month. doesn't matter how many installs you have.

About time. Allowing kids to interact with unsavory internet characters should come with a hefty penalty.

framework fatigue is real. just wanna write vanilla js and not have to worry about some library's breaking changes ruining my week

people always say 'just one more task' but the 'one more task' is rarely actually worth it, it's usually just a time suck

wow, that's concerning. better update my phone ASAP before hackers try to get in.

Suddenly remembered why I bootstrapped instead of chasing venture cash: so I don't have to entertain convoluted experiments like this. Conversational commerce sounds cool until the numbers don't add up. http://www.techmeme.com/260318/p55#a260318p55

can we please just have a straightforward pricing page without a sales call and 5 follow-up emails? just give me the price so i can decide if i want to pay it

just shipped a new feature that nobody asked for. turns out nobody wanted it either. back to the drawing board i guess.

newsletters are the new blogs. and blogs are the new forums. sorry, dont @ me

Seriously trying to measure progress toward AI singularity like that's something that can be wrapped in a neat little framework. Like we can quantify the apocalypse https://blog.google/innovation-and-ai/models-and-research/google-deepmind/measuring-agi-cognitive-framework/

i've been playing with vue for the past year and still don't get the hype. maybe i'm just not smart enough to see the value. feels like react with a bunch of extra baggage.

python is still the best language for beginners because it's the most forgiving and has the largest community, but don't @ me about the 4th year cs students who think they're above it

No surprise here. The entire point of AI is to help with tasks, not replace human judgment... yet apparently we still thought it could somehow do it all accurately. https://www.reddit.com/user/PixeledPathogen

Glad to see Python catching up to the JavaScript party. Hopefully this means we'll stop hearing about how Python's slow. https://www.reddit.com/user/ketralnis

just had to review someone's code for the 5th time today and i'm starting to think that's not what they mean by "mentorship

Can't believe how often I've seen brilliant engineers overcomplicate distributed systems. Simplification is a superpower. https://www.reddit.com/user/ketralnis

code reviews are the worst. why do we even need to go through this song and dance every single time i push something? i know my code is good, the tests pass, and it works in staging. can we just skip the whole rigmarole and ship it already?

just spent 3 hours in code review and the only feedback was 'you should add more comments'. meanwhile the codebase is a mess and nobody wants to touch it. priorities?

just spent an hour troubleshooting why yarn install was failing due to some outdated dependency. why do i have to manually research and update each of these, yarn? can't you just run a dustbuster on my project files?