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by darekkay 7y ago
> but I'd happily take some professional feedback Looks clean, I like it. But please use semantic HTML[1] for screen reader users (and SEO), e.g. `<section>` instead of `<div class="section">` and headlines ins
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by darekkay 7y ago
My blog/portfolio website: https://darekkay.com Mostly dev stuff, but also some general tips&tricks and an "adventure" section. Built with hexo static site generator. RSS included ;)
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by darekkay 7y ago
> If someone says: >> "We are building programs correct first, performant later. We will optimize it after it’s feature complete." > It actually means: performance would stay mostly the same, unless those people find s
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by darekkay 7y ago
This reminds me of a similar issue I've experienced. A colleague always put his jacket onto his chair. Almost every time he took it off, his monitor connection broke for a few seconds. This mystery was never fully solved, but our best
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by darekkay 7y ago
There is a GitHub repository that collects such debugging stories (this one included) [1]. [1] https://github.com/danluu/debugging-stories
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by darekkay 7y ago
Is there a platform for matching contributors with existing projects? I'm developing one of my projects[1] in public from day one, and I would love to collaborate with some people someday. Rcently, I was thinking about moving my privat
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by darekkay 7y ago
Here it is: https://m3u-editor.com/
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by darekkay 7y ago
I'm a skydiver. My guess (without knowing any details): while regular skydiving is rather safe, event jumps are much riskier. There's the unknown terrain, a usually much smaller landing zone, obstacles (trees etc). Low turns might
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by darekkay 7y ago
Did you really require UA sniffing, though? There are other methods for detecting IE11, both for JS and CSS.
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by darekkay 7y ago
To be fair, Edge has a good feature support (check caniuse.com). It would be interesting to know what the exact issues your app has with the browser. Otherwise it sounds more like your devs like to use some vendor-specific hacks and blame E
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by darekkay 7y ago
> In the future I'd like to add scripting support so that more complex game mechanics and rules can be implemented. You're probably aware of this library, but I highly recommend boardgame.io [1]. It also provides React componen
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by darekkay 7y ago
I'm always interested in board-based projects as I am developing my own[1] (although it's targeting a different use-case). Just a small note: The help page looks broken on mobile, the menu overlaps the content (Android, Firefox) [
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by darekkay 7y ago
Nice - a really long, detailed list of ideas. My dashboard project [1] is related to your item #5 (Life Engine), but it's a way to early state to be included on your list. Thanks for some new ideas. [1] https://dashboard.dar
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by darekkay 7y ago
> I've used GoAccess in the past, but didn't find it a good fit esp. since I prefer JSON logs. I don't know if it supports this Yes, GoAccess supports HTML, JSON and CSV: goaccess --output=json
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Would you survive a skydive with an emoji parachute?(darekkay.com)
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by darekkay 7y ago
Done: https://darekkay.com/blog/parachute-emoji/
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by darekkay 7y ago
Inspired by this, I have written a similar post regarding the "parachute" emoji [1]. [1] https://darekkay.com/blog/parachute-emoji/
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by darekkay 7y ago
View the HN comment section for some more examples (ants, trains,..). I feel inspired and will most likely write a blog post for the parachute emoji soon.
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by darekkay 7y ago
> An issue could be "Clean up/resolve all TODOs in module qux". but each of those comments on there own are rarely worth the issue on their own. In my experience, this doesn't work. How many story points does it take
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by darekkay 7y ago
Then it is not a TODO, it is a NOTE. Don't act as if it will be _done_ magically in the future. If I stumble upon a TODO, I won't fix it (because it will diasrupt my flow - the reason for the TODO in the first place). And if it is
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by darekkay 7y ago
3rd reason: Difference in the net income, i.e., the money after taxes, the cost of living, different insurance structure per country. The 100k in the US is not comparable to the same amount in Germany, without taking everything into account
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by darekkay 7y ago
> GoAccess is great and all, but static log analyzation =/= Google Analytics True, but this has some advantages as well - GoAccess logs _all_ requests, even when you disable JavaScript an/or use ad blockers. For my blog, I don&
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by darekkay 7y ago
Obligatory XKCD: Real Programmers. https://www.xkcd.com/378/
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by darekkay 7y ago
Static Marks [1], a tool I have written, fulfills at least 1 and 3 (and the OSS bonus). 2 could be achieved with HTTP Auth. But currently the tool is rather meant for techies, i.e., all bookmarks are maintained in YAML files and you have to
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by darekkay 7y ago
Thanks! I did not, but you might have a look at this cheatsheet: http://grid.malven.co/
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by darekkay 7y ago
When I was learning Flexbox, I've created a graphical cheatsheet [1] (based on another one) that I've printed out and put next to my computer. It helped me a lot back then. [1] https://darekkay.com/dev/flexbox
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by darekkay 7y ago
I'd like to mention my own tool: Static Marks [1] Recently, I have introduced it at work. All project bookmarks are maintained as plain text (yaml) in the project's git repository, so they can be adjusted by anyone (with Git knowl
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by darekkay 7y ago
I am using redux-starter-kit in one of my projects and I was curious about the "Redux Toolkit" package you mentioned. I have somehow missed the change of name, but I find it more fitting now. Highly recommended, even for experienc
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by darekkay 7y ago
It is up again. > [Monitoring] GitLab.com is now recovering. We found 2 last DB nodes which had not reverted their change. Apologies for the disruption. [1] [1] https://status.gitlab.com/
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by darekkay 7y ago
I've done something similar with my "yet another dashboard" project [1]. I'm developing it in public from day 1. [1] https://dashboard.darekkay.com/docs/

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