brnewd

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   by brnewd 4y ago

   I think this has more to do with the kind of software you write in JavaScript than something inherent to the language or ecosystem. Often JS is used to write web related stuff targeting the browser or other api's which have a fast pace
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   by brnewd 4y ago

   I think it's mostly personal preference. I don't like significant whitespace, the type system, overall language ergonomics. It just doesn't fit my mental model. My point was more, if you have to use a language you don't
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   by brnewd 4y ago

   I think your issue is having to use a language/runtime you're not productive/happy in. I switched from PHP to Node.js of my own choosing and loved TypeScript everywhere and a Java like runtime vs a state less execution model
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   by brnewd 4y ago

   I use a stepper while working on my laptop, outdoor in the garden. When trigging a compilation/build I do a couple of situps or pushups. Standing up while working keeps me active and alert. I get more work done sitting down, but love t
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   by brnewd 4y ago

   I would love to swap Pulumi for Ansible, but it's cloud-only for the most part.
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   by brnewd 4y ago

   I'm still firmly in the Bootstrap camp. It's boring, well understood by the average website visitor. Allows for rapid development and thereby time to market. I tried Tailwind once, but found the added complexity not worth the trou
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   by brnewd 4y ago

   I think many love the promise of a distributed database, but in practice there is a real speed and feature set compromise to make.
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   by brnewd 4y ago

   Every now and then you get these horror stories. Is it time to round robin between multiple PSP's? I switched to daily payouts to prevent accumulation at the PSP level.
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   by brnewd 4y ago

   I paste in the url bar and copy again as clear text.
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    by brnewd 4y ago

    If you use high level abstractions like authjs, you better use the happy path or it becomes a time sink. I think for authentication and authorization, use single purpose, well established libraries like bcrypt and passport.js and write the
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    by brnewd 4y ago

    I use Node.js/TypeScript for all my scripting needs. Together with pm2 which can auto-generate a systemd service if it needs to run as a service on boot. Coming back to a strongly typed project / script is actually really benefici