@AleCx04 there are some use cases. FP higher order function. This example returns a function whose prototype is set to an anonymous class. Before React Hooks HOC's "higher order components" were all the hype, those used a similar mechanism

CLI = portable, unified and callable on remotes.
Other devs look at me like I'm a git wizard but if they made the same one-time effort to experiment with and memorize the most useful commands and combine them in sequences they could do more advanced git ops faster and with confidence

Y not simply have them set up docker runners? Can't be that hard can it? (spoiler: been through this last year, it is worth the effort)

Just came here to fact check my gut feel that a post with so many I<ActualName> interfaces was going to be about C#

A good soldier doesn't always make a good captain or the other way around. Use their abilities to the best possible extent but within their capacity. Relativize. Going through the same situation right now so just sharing what works best for me.

I hate how technical profiles always seeking better tools need to level down to non-technical profiles always going back to their comfort zone.

Fuck Windows, Teams (ESPECIALLY Teams), Skype, Office 365, Sharepoint and Outlook.

@electrineer yeah she still has ABP, we're going to switch her over tomorrow

I have the feeling that Google shows me more and more commercial results as years go by, so DDG all the way

The same CMS hooks told React hooks: we have very little in common and your choice of name is unfortunate and confusing

Try with metalsmith.js:

1. Work on metalsmith project, add the plugins you need and leave out anything you don´t.
2. Leave alone for 5 years
3. Come back after 5 years: it still works (as proven by nodejs.org until 2023 a.o.)

Disclaimer: I maintain it.

Commitment to stability, no framework lock-in, and yes you can combine it with any tools or framework of your choice

My thoughts whilst reading the Next.js 14 blog post (for your convenience: https://nextjs.org/blog/next-14)

YAGNI YAGNI YAGNI

I just need to build a sustainable cottage and you bring me plans for the Burj Khalifa

I still use Notepad++ for fast loading large data files, quick edits to config files, and for detecting stuff like NUL chars.

My ex-PM once typed a URL starting with P on his personal laptop whilst screen sharing shared screen and guess which search suggestion came up hahaha. It was just a fraction of a second and I was the only one who noticed xD

@aviophille completely agree but I believe the chances of that happening are below 0 =/

Also, ofc, tobacco is not in the consumer price index, so all smokers take a hit (every year). I take issue with the specific devaluation of creative software work vs for ex a news article. This was also dubiously legally argumented but it is clear software devs were discriminated against simply because it was the biggest group of benefactors that cutting them off would bring a 75million euro to the govt budget.

To give you a more concrete idea about IT: function parameterization would not be qualified as creative work, but creating a new component from scratch would (hence max 25%)

@lorentz @saucyatom Inflation adjustment does continue through a consumer-price index (this was introduced for job market competitivity vs neighbouring countries, I think it´s even frowned upon by EU), but you still lose purchasing power for an entire year if the inflation started in January (this happened with the Russia-Ukraine war starting)

Fiscal measures cf company cars and intellectual property were introduced to stimulate resp. job growth and attract creative profiles in a country where the tax burden is insane (near 40% for salary and 33% for company gain, + 21% VAT on each service/product sold).

The tax exemption on software IP is only applied to a max. of 25% of your gross wage and was granted on a business-by-business (and even by employee profile) case in court processes that could last up to 2 years. The current government cancelled all running grants (so even if the grant was given by the state until 2026, they just retracted it).

At the lowest level IT optics, non-binary would be quantum: a lot of attention with zero practical impact on our daily lives, but may eventually matter in the future with enough investment. The difference being in IT there is a cash incentive.

A bit higher level it could be like a "troolean": a boolean with a potential NUL or undefined state. Tends to be the least interesting or "prefetal" state.

I never thought about it from that point of view. Smart move to get all the developers behind the idea promoting encapsulation and portability. Commercial entities definitely have an outsize impact on the W3C & ECMA-standard. See for ex https://cdt.org/insights/...

Where I live, even with the SEPA system, banks do near-instant transfers to other accounts under the same bank, but across banks it takes 1-3 workdays (so if you do the transaction on Friday evening, it will probably only arrive next Tues/Wed. BNP Paribas affiliate banks are the slowest in my experience

I worked on a GDPR-related project (providing transparency from state to citizens) and a bonds trading platform for a bank.

Was highly motivated for the former, and felt completely out of touch and uninspired by the latter. I just couldn't identify with the value it presumably provides to a very select number of people. And it even led to me leaving the project, that much of a deal-breaker it is.

Please add a link to the burger flippin' community 😄

I found most of this really interesting to read, but I wonder technically what kind of solution you were aiming for, as in: how "swappable" should game engines be? Are you thinking of an API, CLI, UI or all of that?

FWIW I've implemented some things of which you spoke in another context using: docker base image management (<platform+major_ver>/<software>/<software_major_ver>), with a CLI to scaffold & generate Dockerfiles & use Gitlab CI pipelines for release & test automation and as UI triggers. Could a combo of svc SaaS + git + scripting/build tools achieve your aim?

Is it a micromanaging software architect? I'm familiar with the species

Technical info & maintenance procedures definitely in the README/ docs folder, design in some SaaS like Figma or Zeplin, and project docs on Confluence. Cross-referencing allowed

You can import my Draw.io FontAwesome library for flexible icons in your draw.io mockups: https://github.com/webketje/...

Also draw.io can do basic prototyping interactivity with layers and links and json and tags + it has a Confluence integration (if you're using Atlassian stack)

Our previous PM got "ousted" (rightfully so), so it can be done. But it did take him almost obliterating the project with excessive spending, a lot of bullshit, disrespect towards other team members and escalation to higher mgmt to get there.

My parents-in-law still use a Windows Vista desktop with a chrome browser version from like 6 years ago. A lot of web-apps just don't work but at least no auto-reboots on forced Windows updates, I guess?

We also have a perfectly fine iPad 2 which is unusable. Apple should allow old models to install the latest OS-compatible version of an app

Ventured into a few MMO mobile games over the past year and they usually keep me engaged for a month or 2. But then the pace gradually slows down until you are forced to pay to ease the grind or quit. And you discover there's whole clans of players who have found a way to rig the game in their favor or make money out of it by building up progress and reselling accounts. And that's when I go - I'm done wasting my time on this sh*t. Only to try another game a few months later xD

I love that, it feels like exploring a giant minecraft cave & figuring out how to navigate it

, said @shovethisrant
You're not alone. We all fucking hate something

How vague do you like your problem description?
@ttomovcik: yes

At this point I'd guess it's probably a silly oversight, never encountered it and been using Firefox for years, maybe an extension? Or some feature that is not supported/ API that follows an earlier spec in different browsers..