alex_lav

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by alex_lav 3y ago
If you'd like mediocre and/or simple enough software, sure!
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by alex_lav 3y ago
For you. Because you're new at it. Also "Front End" and "Back End" are about as terrible of terms as one could come up with to describe the areas of work. It's like acting like building a house requires two job
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by alex_lav 3y ago
Yeah sometimes it becomes clear founders forget the purpose of a company is to make money/turn a profit and not just to repeatedly raise money and be famous. I have worked at a company that forgot this. It feels kind of surreal sometim
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by alex_lav 3y ago
The “everyone should learn to code” trend is just a cheap attempt to lower software wages. Most people shouldn’t learn to code, it can be challenging for very very little gain. I think our society would be better off if we replaced this man
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by alex_lav 3y ago
If you're in a situation where someone is suggesting applying an off-the-shelf process like Scrum or SAFe, you've already lost. > 3. We prohibited laptops in meetings. We had to stand. We passed a ball around to keep everyone p
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by alex_lav 3y ago
> Through this understanding I am able to come to the conclusion that it bad. I've not commented on whether it's good or bad. I'm commenting about the apparent surprise at their behavior. > Did Hashicorp's action b
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by alex_lav 3y ago
> There is a difference between "making money" and "capturing the entire thing because our growth-addled brains cannot conceive of not allocating all of the money to us". I feel like this post suggests a misunderstan
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by alex_lav 3y ago
> They wanted $$money$$ Did this forum forget why for-profit companies exist recently?
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by alex_lav 3y ago
HashiCorp is really not doing hot lately in terms of headlines
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by alex_lav 3y ago
> Oh, this is a good idea re: "pricing"; right now it's on the homepage under the section "Flexible plans built for every brain". Thank you for this—will be adding today. I appreciate you accommodating my reques
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by alex_lav 3y ago
Obvious and transparent pricing is a requirement for services I sign up for, and the fastest check for services that align with that requirement is cmd+F. As a consumer I'm obviously entitled to measure services however I'd like.
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by alex_lav 3y ago
> Our pricing: $115/mo. for Essentials plan (15-min weekly sessions), $230/mo. for Standard plan (30-min weekly sessions), $345/mo. for Immersive plan (45-min weekly sessions); all plans additional 30% off first month, HSA
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by alex_lav 3y ago
A single tweet with no substance making a highly charged claim.
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by alex_lav 3y ago
The comments on this topic are sub-reddit quality. You're right, they have multiple dev teams for everything you'd think they would. It's a real shame how far the quality of posts have gone on this site.
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by alex_lav 3y ago
So many tools just for one website
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by alex_lav 3y ago
It's funny how COVID and vaccines instantly turn any conversation (even here) into kind of...mindless bias flailing? Many of these comments are A.) Antivaxx propaganda, B.) Whining about cancel culture.
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by alex_lav 3y ago
Just your average Scala function signature. Also yes it is awful.
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by alex_lav 3y ago
> Sure, those statements (just use an existing library) are what you'll do in practice especially as a beginner. I think it's really not about "beginner" vs. "expert", but moreso about the specificity of you
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by alex_lav 3y ago
Such a silly idea.
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by alex_lav 3y ago
Guessing at the price of fake money. Certainly this is good.
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by alex_lav 3y ago
> What? why? how? Same stuff as everywhere. Mice, keyboards, printers, displays > I'm a Software Engineer with 7 years experience, but I've been out of the game for a while now. I also have not touched windows in 8 years, an
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by alex_lav 3y ago
> Honestly, I just didn't realize people in 2023 were still spending time just to get the basic built-in functionality of a consumer computer to work. On every single OS, from every single vendor, both prebuilt and custom. And this
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by alex_lav 3y ago
Sure, and I've spent hours and hours and hours working with various aspects of MacOS and Linux to get various commonly used pieces of technology to work. What do you think you're proving or disproving by this comment?
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by alex_lav 3y ago
Since you asked a yes/no question without any added conversation: No.
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by alex_lav 3y ago
It's funny, "How do people get work done with <insert any OS>" type arguments are real and valid for literally every OS. The bar is on the ground in terms of ease of use and consistency.
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by alex_lav 3y ago
> how should I demonstrate skills? Your list is correct. Any/all. Open source everything and if you make a game engine, make games in it. > is engine programming less exploitative? Depends on how you mean. Working in the games in
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by alex_lav 3y ago
I’ve been unable to “Mark as read” in GMail for two years now.
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by alex_lav 3y ago
> If you are writing lisp all day, well, list are your most common. That's the thing though. _Any data structure is fine_. Say anything!
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by alex_lav 3y ago
> Why's that? Communicating about work is a core part of work. > Aren't these basic knowledge items almost always able to be left unspoken Nope. > "I'm blanking on the term, but you know, the thing you can build
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by alex_lav 3y ago
If you think the wellbeing of local residents is bad with wind power, wait till you hear about climate change...

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