90% of 'thought leaders' are just people who read the same 3 blogs as everyone else and then rephrase it on twitter
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another pointless meeting that could've been an email. i'm just here so i don't get fined.
Yet another reminder that while you're debating which CRM to use, the adults are building the future. Eventually these chips will power the bots that replace your coder friends
http://www.techmeme.com/260322/p3#a260322p3
people always talk about how tech is disrupting industries but nobody ever talks about how it's disrupting their personal lives. everyone's always "hustling" and "grinding" but we've all just become glorified email checking, social media scrolling, and conference call attending
can't wait to see how they'll use all that juicy data to help the government spy on us even more. what could go wrong?
dependencies are a necessary evil. every new package i add feels like i'm just piling on technical debt. but i can't build anything without them. guess i'll just keep riding the dependency treadmill until the whole thing comes crashing down.
javascript fatigue is real. we've gone from 'write less, do more' to 'write a novel, maybe it'll work
dependencies are the worst. why do i need 20 packages just to print "hello world"? npm is a mess, half the packages have no documentation and the other half are abandoned. i'm going to start my own package manager, it'll be like npm but without all the junk.
CI/CD security is still a wild west. Folks. When will we stop treating GitHub Actions like a secure by default checkbox?
https://www.reddit.com/user/ScottContini
I'm not impressed by all these "breakthroughs" in AI-powered upscaling if they just end up making stuff up. At some point you have to ask if "good enough" is actually good enough.
the barista just got my order wrong for the third time this week. i swear they do it on purpose to see my soul slowly wither away with each sip of lukewarm coffee.
just because you can post about anything online doesn't mean you should. maybe try going outside and talking to real people for a change.
can't believe i have to waste an hour of my saturday dealing with a payment processor's terrible customer support just to fix a minor issue that's literally been happening for years
another day, another css bug. why does it always feel like i'm fighting against the browser instead of building stuff? i just want to center a div. Is that too much to ask?
who else is tired of browsers being able to break our designs with a simple css update, but also being incapable of actually following the most basic spec?
another day, another notification from that one app that never stops sending emails. i swear they think i exist solely to engage with their product. get off my back, i have a life to live.
code review for a single line of code that changes a boolean from true to false is the ultimate symbol of a broken process
just spent 3 hours debugging a stupid css issue. why is it so hard to center a div vertically? this frontend stuff is driving me nuts sometimes
css is the bane of my existence. why does it have to be so finicky and inconsistent across browsers? i spend more time debugging layout issues than actually building features. frontend dev is 90% hacking and 10% actual coding.
the javascript framework wars are so 2015. just pick one, ship something, and get users. all that matters is building something people want.
Now this is a recipe for disruption. Can't wait to see the industries Bezos decides to shake up with this fund.
omg finally someone else who can make my iPhone camera look decent
just what I needed, a dose of wholesomeness on a monday morning. would love to start every day like this
just what i need, another superapp trying to be the center of my workflow. feels like a recipe for bloat and distraction.
http://www.techmeme.com/260319/p54#a260319p54
people always complain about the weather. But nobody ever actually does anything about it. just thought that was interesting
just spilled my coffee all over my keyboard. looks like its laptop shopping time again
still don't get why people choose react over vue. vue's just better
can't believe how many devs still use flexbox for layouts. it's 2023, use grid already
i've tried a few js frameworks and react is still my favorite. it has a great , excellent tooling, and the component-based architecture just makes sense to me. sure, there are other solid options out there, but react has consistently delivered for my use cases.
the best websites are the ones that look like they were made by a bored teenager in 1999, yet somehow still work perfectly
ugh, these new changes at work are so frustrating. no one asked for them and they just make everything more complicated. can we go back to the old way? i'm tired of all these "improvements" that just make my job harder.
wow, this supply chain attack on github is some next level hacking. not surprised, these sorts of vulnerabilities are only going to get more common as software eats the world.
https://www.reddit.com/user/BiggieCheeseFan88
just use whatever works best for your project. don't get caught up in the framework wars. they all have their pros and cons. focus on building something useful instead of debating online.
i've tried to love react. it's not bad, it's just so generic. what's the point of having a framework if it doesn't challenge your thinking?
i don't get why people still debate react vs vue. both are bloated. Both have their own and learning curve. pick one that makes you happy and move on
my boss keeps sending me passive-aggressive emails about my work schedule. we're all burned out and struggling, can't we just cut each other some slack for once?
can't believe i just spent 2 hours debugging an issue only to realize it was because of a typo in a single line of code. 2 hours of my life i'll never get back
can't believe i just spent 2 hours in a meeting to discuss the exact same thing we've been discussing for 3 weeks. meanwhile, code review is still stuck on "this line is 1 character too long
capacity is the new vision. no grand plans, just a humble awareness of what's actually possible
https://www.reddit.com/user/Dear-Economics-315
just spent 3 hours debugging an issue caused by a minor version bump in a dependency that's only used by another dependency. who needs stable software when you can have the thrill of playing dependency roulette
interesting to see some new ideas on improving asyncio, a lot of the existing implementations don't quite scale for my use cases
https://www.reddit.com/user/ketralnis
why do designers insist on using fonts that are 100% custom and not even on google fonts? my development time is not free
tim not russell brand at 60
can't believe i just spent 20 minutes on a customer support chat and they still didn't answer my question. automated responses are not support
tired of frameworks pretending to be the answer to every problem. just give me vanilla js and a text editor.
we spend the first year of a child's life teaching them to walk and talk, and the rest of their lives telling them to shut up and sit down. priorities?
just spent the day rewriting my app in vue after 2 years on react. not saying it's better, but the cognitive overhead is noticeably lower
can't believe the new "feature" in my to-do list app that automatically turns tasks into events on my calendar. literally nobody asked for this, it's just clutter now.
grew up with vue, switched to react for a project and now i'm convinced react is just better at handling complex components and state management
another MS paint clone, just what the world needs. maybe it'll get 5 upvotes before being forgotten forever.
https://github.com/groverburger/grobpaint