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by fhd2 2y ago
That's still valuable though: For problem validation. It lowers the table stakes for building any sort of useful software, which all start simple. Personally, I just use the hell out of Django for that. And since tools like that are al
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by fhd2 2y ago
It's quite possible to host a "normal" WP installation with custom themes and plugins on WordPress.com (on the more expensive plan), I've done it a few times. But as much as I want to like it, I can't wholeheartedly
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by fhd2 2y ago
I can understand the attitude, but personally I don't second it. I think the better question is: Do you care enough to divert some time away from building your product? Some folks might be really motivated by not going with Google Work
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by fhd2 2y ago
Perhaps it's not about whether there's regulation in place, but about how afraid LI is of it being enforced?
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by fhd2 2y ago
Yes, sorry, that was a strawman, didn't quite realise it. On that point, I _do_ believe that there are too many humans. I'm certainly not in favour of taking any drastic measures against that, but in the long run, I think we'
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by fhd2 2y ago
You said what I wanted to say 600x more efficiently :D
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by fhd2 2y ago
That seems to get a bit philosophical. Are you not gonna use your laptop ~8 hours a day thanks to generative AI? If you still do, that part is constant. Are you gonna get less done in those 8 hours? Probably. Is it good for the environment
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by fhd2 2y ago
I've been working primarily from home for 12 years now, and I can absolutely understand these feelings. I don't think I'd enjoy it at all if I didn't have so much family and loved ones around, just sitting in an apartmen
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by fhd2 2y ago
I'd say that market exists, but is kinda invisible. I've been looking around for a junior with a passion for Common Lisp, but I have _no_ idea where to find one, especially in Germany (job's remote, but I'm currently not
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by fhd2 2y ago
I sometimes feel like playing the piano :D But the UX is better than you'd think, there's packages that show you what options you have for what key to press next, and the sequences are generally quite logical (e.g. CTRL-x followed
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by fhd2 2y ago
Well, I'm not sure they're NGOs per the US definition, the concept doesn't translate all that well (I'm in Germany), but publicly funded projects essentially. I was personally just part of Prototype Fund, a German thing
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by fhd2 2y ago
Yeah exactly, it's a bit like chasing a local maximum. The sibling suggestion, gollum, looks very promising for this, a git backed web based wiki with org support.
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by fhd2 2y ago
You already got a bunch of answers in different directions here, I suppose what you could clarify is: Do you want to leave the industry (i.e. no longer be involved in software creation in any capacity) or just move away from writing code? I
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by fhd2 2y ago
That looks pretty spot on, thank you!
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by fhd2 2y ago
Well, for one, it's a bit of a hassle. Constantly thinking of commit messages and stuff, but maybe I'm overly dramatic there. On top of that, it would be nice to at least navigate the contents read-only without Emacs. We use GitLa
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by fhd2 2y ago
Dang, I thought this could cover my use case. At my (small but slowly growing) company, we use a git repository with a bunch of org files as our wiki. It works OK, but I can't see that grow very much. Also not particularly excited abou
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by fhd2 2y ago
Have you tried LinkedIn? From my anecdotal evidence, AI experts are the largest group there right now. Irony aside, finding an expert for anything is difficult. Not because they don't exist, but because there's a lot of charlatans
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by fhd2 2y ago
Love the approach! I was ready to see "yet another Lisp", which is cool, but not something I'd readily use. Expanding and improving things that already exist can be harder and less fun than starting a fresh thing, but it&#x27
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by fhd2 2y ago
That's similar to my thinking. It seems we're still (or again?) in an age where an incredible amount of software is being written to validate value propositions and business models. Does anybody need something like this? Does anyb
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by fhd2 2y ago
Sure thing! Also happy to just provide access to the repo as-is, just write if interested. But it's 20% duck tape and prayers, still.
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by fhd2 2y ago
I'm working on a command line billing/invoicing system. I couldn't deal with the ones I've tried (too heavy on UI, too difficult to automate stuff with). So far I just use it for my company billing, but it's quite d
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by fhd2 2y ago
Absolutely! But I also see a fourth option: Just make an exception. Just because you make exceptions doesn't mean your system sucks. If you make exceptions most of the time, it probably does, but I had to make them rarely. It doesn&#x2
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by fhd2 2y ago
I generally didn't pay pay seniors all _that_ much more than the juniors. And I happily hired people >60 in the past. It's not linear, it someone has 10 years, 20 years or 50 years experience, they're in the same senior ra
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by fhd2 2y ago
Exceptions exist. Sometimes I might want to hire someone with a lot of experience who doesn't provide value relative to that, I can still do it, but be very transparent about that with them. Experience in itself is valuable regardless
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by fhd2 2y ago
I find this incredibly hopeful. I love programming. But I'm a CTO. My job is to make sure business goals are met through tech - not the other way around. I'm OK with this, but part of me always found it sad. Now, if you add the po
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by fhd2 2y ago
When I ran bigger companies in the past, I gravitated towards defining whether someone is entry level, junior, mid level or senior _entirely_ based on experience measured in time. And their salary was a function in which that was the primar
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by fhd2 2y ago
No, not really. I'd say it's more about the spirit than the letter of the law.
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by fhd2 2y ago
Yeah, maybe that was a bad example, I just meant that the government has certain goals for society and uses regulation to steer the market towards meeting them. Historically, that stuff was put in place for factory workers in the industrial
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by fhd2 2y ago
> A company having a monopoly in the regular market doesn't really matter for employment: if you're terrible to your employees, it's not your customers you have to fear, it's the employees. They will leave and no new
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by fhd2 2y ago
I've skimmed the comments, but I didn't see any passionate advocacy for copyright laws. If there's rules we all need to comply with, it can be upsetting to see others proudly not do it and get away with it because they'r

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