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by grugdev42 6mo ago
Because they don't offer the most basic service... virtual machines. Not everyone is making serverless JS web applications! Most of the time, people need a Linux server they can SSH into. Cloudflare don't offer this, so I continue
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by grugdev42 6mo ago
You missed out point five. 5. Implement infrastructure monitoring. Assuming you're on something like Ubuntu, the monit program is brilliant. It's open source and self hosted, configured using plain text files, and can run scripts
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by grugdev42 8mo ago
It's a handy skill to have if you interact with Linux machines. You'll need to edit files sometimes, and Vim (or Vi) is usually present. I don't think I've seen an install without it. The basics (opening files, writing,
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by grugdev42 8mo ago
The car version of this stopped being produced 15 years ago. Old petrol Toyotas and Hondas met your criteria. And the back catalogue of parts is huge and supported for a long time. Modern cars aren't built as well. Maybe the modern non
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by grugdev42 8mo ago
There is only so much damage a human assistant can do. But an AI assistant can do so much more damage in a short space of time. It probably won't go wrong, but when it does go wrong you will feel immense pain. I will keep low productiv
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by grugdev42 8mo ago
Web dev based answer: I know it's cliche to say it, but most of the tech debt I've seen is on the frontend. Most backends are relatively simple. Just a DB with lots of code wrapping it. But even the worst backends are relatively s
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by grugdev42 8mo ago
Maybe I'm not the target market for this, but how hard is it REALLY to manage a RDBMS? Any Linux distro can have MySQL or Postgres installed in less than five minutes and works out of the box Even a single core VPS can handle lots of q
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by grugdev42 8mo ago
Came here to see if anyone would make a reference to the Yggdrasill. I was not disappointed! Hyperion is a great read for anyone looking for their next scifi book BTW. :)
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by grugdev42 8mo ago
Why do frontend developers eat lunch alone? Because they don't know how to JOIN tables.
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by grugdev42 8mo ago
Brilliant! Did anyone else ramp up all the settings to try and fill the screen with snow? I saw a cool "bubbling" effect. Some of the air gaps by the trees would bubble up as the snow pilled on.
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by grugdev42 8mo ago
It's been a while since I did these, but I used to charge $1k to get it set up, then $500 per year to keep it going. I will say I was very cheap though. But I made my money on quantity. I would do two a month on the side of a full time
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by grugdev42 9mo ago
Well the first point is don't ask for payment after the work is done. No one will pay because you've already solved their pain. You're in a weaker position at that point. Tell them how much you charge before you start work an
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by grugdev42 9mo ago
You might laugh, but selling cheap marketing websites is an easy $10,000. Selling ten $1,000 websites to small businesses is easy. It isn't fun or exciting, but it works. It's 50% sales, 30% chasing people, and 20% building. Find
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by grugdev42 9mo ago
I would (respectfully) challenge this idea. :) I'm not certain adding more complexity (which comes with the more powerful solutions you've suggested) will help things right now. Cron is such a basic tool, it really shouldn't
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by grugdev42 9mo ago
It sounds like you have four separate problems: --- 1. Being sure your cronjobs ran Use a heartbeat monitoring system like this: https://uptimerobot.com/cron-job-monitoring/ Append their URL to ping after your cronjob.
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by grugdev42 9mo ago
Critical thinking DOES suggest that Google have the means, motivation, and opportunity to nefarious things for profit. Thinking that everything Google produces might not be positive is NOT jumping into conspiracy theories.
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by grugdev42 9mo ago
I just don't get it. Why is this needed? But I have no doubt there is a play happening here. Probably it will change over time to make gathering data easier? Or something else that makes Google money.
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by grugdev42 9mo ago
I know GitHub Actions won the war, but I think Bitbucket Pipelines are much nicer to work with. They just seem simpler and less fragile. But almost every company uses GitHub, and changing to Bitbucket isn't usually viable.
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by grugdev42 9mo ago
Idiocy? Lots of new pastimes involve climbing up, diving off, or jumping between very tall things. Usually with some sort of recording/streaming device strapped to the hobbyist.
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by grugdev42 9mo ago
Better is subjective, but I will say: Bootstrap seems to create less CSS soup, but more HTML soup. And Tailwind vice versa. For an admin panel or something back office, I agree that Bootstrap seems simpler. But for something user facing and
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by grugdev42 9mo ago
For anyone who is interested in this sort of thing, I can recommend this book: Next of Kin: My Conversations with Chimpanzees by Roger Fouts Absolutely brilliant!
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by grugdev42 9mo ago
Serious question, what is gained from this move? Why would a government care? Are rooted phones really that much of a problem? Surely most people running a rooted phone are tech enthusiasts. Cybercriminals will just use regular phones bough
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by grugdev42 9mo ago
It heavily depends on how the jabs are used. If purely used as an appetite suppressant, then of course people will put the weight back on as soon as they regain their appetite. People get lulled into a false sense of security that their die
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by grugdev42 9mo ago
I can't see how this could go wrong at all! ;)
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by grugdev42 9mo ago
Neat! What's your language and framework?
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by grugdev42 9mo ago
This might sound crazy, but cronjobs which send emails! A simple email reminder will suffice for most things. Assuming you have good employees, they just need gently prodding. :)
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by grugdev42 9mo ago
I assume you are concerned with keeping your children safe? If so, whether the computer has an internet connection is much more important than the OS. I would rather have my children use Windows offline, rather than Linux online. There is s
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by grugdev42 9mo ago
The variety in design is so inspiring. No constraints... just do what looks cool.
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by grugdev42 9mo ago
My condolences. Reminds me that life is short. We should all be thankful and make the most of what we have.

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