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by dlojudice 4y ago
would it be possible, for example, to access the standard decimal library of C# or Python via Javascript, thus not having to wait for the TC39 spec / implementation? [1] [1] https://github.com/tc39/proposal-decimal
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by dlojudice 4y ago
the problem is that a large amount of code produced is to support the accidental complexity of the software (let's call it infrastructure code) while the value generated by it comes from its essential complexity, that is, the applicati
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by dlojudice 4y ago
given the popularity of javascript, it's about time we had better native tools for dealing with numbers in general, but it seems like the discussion is very slow on this front. for instance, the decimal proposal is still at stage 1 [1]
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by dlojudice 4y ago
There seems to be a demand for developers who know the internals of Postgres to evolve and customize it given that it is being used, at different levels of abstraction/layers, by basically all cloud providers (AWS, MS, Google, etc) and
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by dlojudice 4y ago
> Prepar3D furthers the development of Microsoft® ESP™ while maintaining compatibility with Microsoft Flight Simulator X, allowing many thousands of add-ons to be used within Prepar3D. [1] Interesting. Microsoft ESP? First time I hear ab
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by dlojudice 4y ago
> higher level paradigms, DSLs or a language that provides such capabilities out of the box for these reasons Based on exactly this arguments that we created HerbsJS [1], a domain-first library to build microservices. While the essential
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by dlojudice 5y ago
> To me, I see the TypeScript tradeoff as coming with only marginal upside, in return for a large downside as described above. I've coded using static and dynamic types. C#, Java, Ruby, JS, etc. 20 something years doing it, mainly
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by dlojudice 5y ago
Great article! The properties described are definitely something I look for in the software I create. Also, I can see a lot of these properties in our open-source project, especially Domain-based. The work we are doing goes a lot in this di
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by dlojudice 5y ago
you might not love, but not to mention it's weird to say the least, after all UML was a way to visualize code and its abstractions. it could be said that it is another symptom of our field of study: things are forgotten very quickly.
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by dlojudice 5y ago
I thought it was https://ncase.me/loopy/ pro version. I would love if there was a pro version to better demonstrate or simulate feedback loops
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by dlojudice 5y ago
> My experience is that managers at the director level contribute very little to the actual progress of a project but do get a lot of the glory if it succeeds As already described in several books, the structure of the company or area ma
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by dlojudice 5y ago
cron running on only one server is unreliable and "high availability" cron is complex. So, it's unbelievable how no such solution existed before. It might not be the most elegant way, but having a centralized cron (just like
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by dlojudice 5y ago
maybe out of nostalgia, I always have Sublime installed on my computer. nowadays if i need a draft for a copy/paste or need to annotate something fast I use Sublime, which is always running. it became something like my advanced notepad
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by dlojudice 5y ago
Great article! Given the absence of libs / frameworks to help in the domain part of the architecture, we created Herbs [1], where our proposal is to shift the focus of developing a microservice from the infrastructure (http, DB, logs,
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by dlojudice 5y ago
Nicky is much more than a developer, creating beautiful projects to explain complex concepts. There are projects involving complexity concepts that are mind blowing
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by dlojudice 5y ago
I'm sure this mess could be avoided if instead of a doc only there would have a test suit exercising the implementation. This should be true for many foundations and their specs.
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by dlojudice 5y ago
> or computations can be done on the backend what if your backend is nodejs? decimals for JS are mainly needed on backend
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by dlojudice 5y ago
JS urgently needs support for decimals and thus be able to establish in sectors such as scientific and financial. as I said before, V8 + dynamic language + better math support = perfect environment for many applications out there
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by dlojudice 5y ago
for a moment I thought it would now be possible to call a serverless lambda function with excel being the runtime. I've been through scenarios where sophisticated calculations were done in excel by domain experts and then it was necess
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by dlojudice 5y ago
amazing product! i'm looking forward to test it
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by dlojudice 5y ago
well, it is already unsecured now by Windows 11 standards
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by dlojudice 5y ago
It is a great reason but could be optional for less powerful setups and a must for new ones.
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by dlojudice 5y ago
I didn't know SIMD was supported in WASM spec. Is it custom binary or they've improved WASM?
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by dlojudice 5y ago
I have been using and advocating Javascript for over 10 years. I believe language evolution like ES6 are more than welcome. However, I have the impression that the path taken by the committee and the new proposals do not bring great gains (
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by dlojudice 5y ago
JS urgently needs support for decimals [1] and thus be able to enter sectors such as scientific and financial. V8 + dynamic language + better math support = perfect environment for many applications out there [1] https://github.c
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by dlojudice 5y ago
Interesting content. But I wonder what the purpose of this type of content is related to Retool? Do you see these types of companies as threats or competitors?
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by dlojudice 6y ago
> Because in 2021 developer tools are fundamentally not profitable. Interesting... But monetization might not be the root of this since we have very sophisticated tools delivered as open source. The question then would be why the "d
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by dlojudice 6y ago
Does anyone know how different a Fuchsia program is from a Linux program? OS APIs, memory model, security model, etc.
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by dlojudice 6y ago
I tried to migrate a busy group of friends from Whatsapp to Signal but a few lock-ins emerged: - stickers (big one!) - if it was possible to import whatsapp stickers library it would be a big win - on whatsapp it's easier to share news
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by dlojudice 6y ago
Has anyone tried Keeper [1]? It seems to be feature complete, cross platform, etc [1] https://www.keepersecurity.com

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