beefbroccoli

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by beefbroccoli 5y ago
I've been a Linux user since 1995 and run Windows + WSL2 on my desktop machines. It's not too deep and pretty similar to why so many folks were drawn to Macs; a no brains just works GUI with the ability to launch a terminal and do
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by beefbroccoli 5y ago
If you want to remove a lot of unnecessary pain in your life, completely abandon the idea of mounting a host FS within a guest VM. Doubly so if they're different OS's/FS's and triply so if this a development VM.
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by beefbroccoli 6y ago
I think most developers would be happy with a Thinkpad, if it meant they could use Docker without pulling their hair out.
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by beefbroccoli 6y ago
Not quite. WSL2 dynamically uses resources as needed (`vmmem`), whereas a traditional VM requires allocating a fixed amount of RAM and CPU from the host machine.
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by beefbroccoli 6y ago
No. A minimal initrd + kernel is virtualized. Both Ubuntu and Kali are containers.
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by beefbroccoli 6y ago
The simple answer is that typically the software that keeps one tied to Windows is the type that wants/needs to be on metal. Hardware passthrough does exist and I only expect it to improve, but we're still a ways from reaching &qu
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by beefbroccoli 6y ago
I did. But I also have Windows machines, in which I use WSL2. Granted, I don't use GUI applications on them (or see much need to). It's actually quite nice to have a "real" linux instance available on virtually any Windo
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by beefbroccoli 6y ago
WSL2 uses it's own init system - only one kernel (plus a tiny initrd) is virtualized by hyper-v; each subsequent linux instance (distribution) is containerized. There's additional facilities that handle resource allocation dynamic
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by beefbroccoli 6y ago
Living in Middle of Nowhere, New Mexico I was actually pretty surprised by how well Google Maps has worked. It knows my dirt/gravel roads pretty well.
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by beefbroccoli 6y ago
You said earlier that "If the inconvenience of arguments troubles you, write a wrapper". That's precisely what a script like this is. A wrapper. I can run one simple, static command, similar to just about any build tool e.g
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by beefbroccoli 6y ago
It's unnecessary complexity for the user. As opposed to simply having the build instructions as `Run bin/build` you're suggesting "Run bin/build <project root>". But there's zero reason for requiring
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by beefbroccoli 6y ago
Yes, it is silly. You've just added extra complexity to a project for little to no benefit. If you decide to move the script you take the same steps as if you moved anything else i.e update the references.
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by beefbroccoli 6y ago
little one liners like that are arguably better implemented as aliases
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by beefbroccoli 6y ago
In many cases one might not want a full stand-alone program with arguments, usage and such. Rather a "script" i.e. something that can be simply executed to run a series of tasks. For example it's quite silly for a build scrip
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by beefbroccoli 6y ago
WSL2 is great if you treat like a linux system i.e. don't do goofy things like check out code on NTFS and work on it from Linux.
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by beefbroccoli 6y ago
People talk about idempotency, as if it's complicated because it's a 5 syllable word. if ! which sometool; then install sometool fi That's an idempotent shell script, in all it's simple glory.
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by beefbroccoli 6y ago
I revisit these tools every so often and I still don't understand how they're any better than simple shell scripts.
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by beefbroccoli 6y ago
Anyone else think this is just a clever ad for DigitalOcean?
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by beefbroccoli 6y ago
I knew a guy in high school (1997) who was talking about this thing called Linux. It was a super complex operating system and didn't even have a graphical interface. Our thinking was if we managed to install it we'd be geniuses or
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by beefbroccoli 6y ago
WSL2 has been a major game changer for me. Being able to isolate my work entirely inside the linux VM (with VSCode Remote) has eliminated 90% of my frustrations with developing on Windows.
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by beefbroccoli 6y ago
It always gets a groan out of me. They come across as self-serving, like big corporations that run commercials to talk about how great they are ('we here at widget company X care about Y'). In comparison, the charity-ware of vim i
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by beefbroccoli 6y ago
i've worked with way too many programmers who were great at math but couldn't match their shirt and pants.
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by beefbroccoli 6y ago
haven't had that issue for years with npm/yarn, thanks to lockfiles.
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by beefbroccoli 6y ago
Not sure. Maybe time to convert some classes to modules.
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by beefbroccoli 6y ago
In typescript I will for example make a class called 'Tools' with static 'free form' functions and no constructor. I do it just because it's easy to organize, import and call the functions. Is this bad?
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by beefbroccoli 6y ago
If I advocate for criminal activity and my advocacy is likely to produce said criminal activity, that speech is not protected.
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by beefbroccoli 6y ago
By the context it's clearly in response to others giving OP flak. That's why he put "real developer" in quotes, as a dig at anyone who might presume a "real developer" would have no use for this kind of solutio
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by beefbroccoli 6y ago
> Try to push as much logic as possible to the server. If the front end weren’t super complex, I would consider something like Phoenix instead which actually pushes everything to the server. Sometimes you don't have or don't wa
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by beefbroccoli 6y ago
I remember the 90's. It was the era of "Best viewed in X version Y".
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by beefbroccoli 6y ago
Git Bash on Windows. Things like this were always possible, but none of them made the install as quick and painless. This has been especially useful in Linux+Windows shops. You can simply state a requirement of "Windows users: Install

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