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so how are you, uh, posting on the internet right now?

by vpzom 7y ago

sdegutis 7y ago
I'm a software consultant, but I can do most of my work offline. When I need internet for my work, I go to the local library during ordinary work hours (9-5pm) and use their free wifi. Most documentation that I need is available offline in Dash (or Zeal for Windows) and I can download that and whatever else I need while at the library. It's a lot easier than I thought it would be.
- caro_douglos 7y ago
  This reminds me of the days when I downloaded webpages to a palmpilot...for “offline” use
- Kye 7y ago
  Consider getting into their Friends of the Library program, or whatever they call it. That helps fund them beyond what they get from taxes. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Friends_of_Libraries https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Friends_of_Libraries
  - sdegutis 7y ago
    I think they're surviving well enough. What I am interested in, though, are the public library board meetings that they hold monthly, open to the public. I can't imagine what kind of things they discuss, and I'm thinking of attending one just to find out.
    - Kye 7y ago
      This seems like a good question to ask one of the librarians.
- copperx 7y ago
  What kind of consulting do you do, if I may ask? I assume something unrelated to web applications? Working on a web app with a thousand dependencies, even if working on the backend, would be terribly frustrating and almost impossible, I believe.
  - sdegutis 7y ago
    Mostly React.js and Node.js, and I use NPM to install dependencies while I'm at the internet, and they still work when I go offline since they're downloaded. The hard part is dealing with live APIs, but fortunately these can be recorded while online and replayed when offline, which seems like a good practice anyway during development.
    - copperx 7y ago
      > The hard part is dealing with live APIs, but fortunately these can be recorded while online and replayed when offline, which seems like a good practice anyway during development. Cool. How do you do this?
      - sdegutis 7y ago
        Just record the important parts of an HTTP request using your server software, such as Node.js, save them to disk, and replay them on matching subsequent requests when offline mode is enabled. Or use a high level library that already does this; I'm looking into yakbak[0x00]. [0x00] https://github.com/flickr/yakbak https://github.com/flickr/yakbak

so how are you, uh, posting on the internet right now?

by vpzom 7y ago

so how are you, uh, posting on the internet right now?

I'm a software consultant, but I can do most of my work offline. When I need internet for my work, I go to the local library during ordinary work hours (9-5pm) and use their free wifi. Most documentation that I need is available offline in Dash (or Zeal for Windows) and I can download that and whatever else I need while at the library. It's a lot easier than I thought it would be.

caro_douglos 7y ago
This reminds me of the days when I downloaded webpages to a palmpilot...for “offline” use
Kye 7y ago
Consider getting into their Friends of the Library program, or whatever they call it. That helps fund them beyond what they get from taxes. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Friends_of_Libraries https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Friends_of_Libraries
- sdegutis 7y ago
  I think they're surviving well enough. What I am interested in, though, are the public library board meetings that they hold monthly, open to the public. I can't imagine what kind of things they discuss, and I'm thinking of attending one just to find out.
  - Kye 7y ago
    This seems like a good question to ask one of the librarians.
copperx 7y ago
What kind of consulting do you do, if I may ask? I assume something unrelated to web applications? Working on a web app with a thousand dependencies, even if working on the backend, would be terribly frustrating and almost impossible, I believe.
- sdegutis 7y ago
  Mostly React.js and Node.js, and I use NPM to install dependencies while I'm at the internet, and they still work when I go offline since they're downloaded. The hard part is dealing with live APIs, but fortunately these can be recorded while online and replayed when offline, which seems like a good practice anyway during development.
  - copperx 7y ago
    > The hard part is dealing with live APIs, but fortunately these can be recorded while online and replayed when offline, which seems like a good practice anyway during development. Cool. How do you do this?
    - sdegutis 7y ago
      Just record the important parts of an HTTP request using your server software, such as Node.js, save them to disk, and replay them on matching subsequent requests when offline mode is enabled. Or use a high level library that already does this; I'm looking into yakbak[0x00]. [0x00] https://github.com/flickr/yakbak https://github.com/flickr/yakbak