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by jdlyga 3y ago
Qt Widgets was a pleasure to work with. It's very well documented, well structured, and easy to extend with your own Widget classes.
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by jdlyga 3y ago
Sure, OKR's can help keep multiple teams aligned on business and product goals. And that's an advantage that's too big to ignore. But the problem with OKR's is too often, they're handed down by well meaning people
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by jdlyga 3y ago
Google needs to update their playbook. A publicly available demo goes a long way. Google of all companies shouldn't be coming off as the dinosaur when it comes to generative AI.
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by jdlyga 3y ago
Firefox needs to focus all their effort on making a good web browser first . If the browser is slow, has a clunky interface, or lags behind on features, then people won't use it. Mozilla focus way too much of their attention on priv
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by jdlyga 3y ago
The efficient market hypothesis taken down another peg
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by jdlyga 3y ago
The main issue with Fediverse is the vast majority of people don't know what it is. And I would suspect that most readers of Hacker News only know about Mastodon. The Fediverse needs the same kind of evangelical missionaries that mad
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by jdlyga 3y ago
One of the biggest misconceptions in programming is that coding in C++ is nightmarishly hard. I’ve been working in C++ professionally for close to 15 years (though my current role is Python). I’ve done graphics, UI, backend systems, low lev
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by jdlyga 3y ago
Sure, for simple scripts, math, and research, types aren't needed and dynamic typing is excellent to have. But when you have complex code that was normally written in C++ and Java in Python, where it's more concrete and mechanica
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by jdlyga 3y ago
What differentiates this from Raindrop and Pocket?
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by jdlyga 3y ago
Are we subjecting ourselves to the sunk cost fallacy with Wayland? It's been "almost ready" for 6 or 7 years at this point.
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by jdlyga 3y ago
I tried New Coke when it was re-released for Stranger Things. It really is a lot better than Coca Cola Classic. It's a shame that it failed.
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by jdlyga 3y ago
What a coup for Microsoft. Regardless of what happens, Microsoft has got to work on their product approach. Even though it uses GPT-4, Bing Chat / Microsoft Copilot is atrocious. It's like taking Wagyu beef and putting Velveeta ch
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by jdlyga 3y ago
I'm an introvert, but it feels very isolating working from home by yourself day after day. I also live in a 2 bedroom apartment, and my office is a gigantic 52 story building with free coffee, events occasionally, and plenty of space
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by jdlyga 3y ago
I remember when it was "console style rpg" and "pc style rpg". It just so happens that "pc style rpg" games started getting released on consoles too, and somehow took over the RPG label.
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by jdlyga 3y ago
The charge per install fiasco seemed like a last ditch effort. I have no doubt that Unity has been having financial issues for a while, and they were looking for a way to bump the needle.
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by jdlyga 3y ago
Verizon Fios still advertises in my building at an amazing 50 mbps. They have an old hookup from a decade+ ago when the building was first constructed. Meanwhile, our minimum cable speed available for purchase is 300 mbps. I still get co
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by jdlyga 3y ago
Beijing, Shanghai, Hangzhou, and most of the Chinese east coast are first class, first rate cities with a very high standard of living and modern infrastructure. You'd think you were in Japan, South Korea, or the US. It's really
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by jdlyga 3y ago
Don’t fall into the trap of thinking that Dell is high end hardware. The specs may be good, but it’s cheaply manufactured and frequently fails. And if you’re not a business customer, support is terrible.
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by jdlyga 3y ago
At least you get to estimate.
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by jdlyga 3y ago
This is the most unnecessary thing I've ever seen. I love it.
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by jdlyga 3y ago
You're preaching to the choir with Jira alternatives. For devs, Jira more often gets in the way than helps. We're ok with a minimal set of features. In order to really get traction, you need to sell PM's and leadership types.
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by jdlyga 3y ago
The RTO push for 3, 4, or 5 days a week for devs is simply unreasonable. The company I work for encourages (but doesn't mandate) 1 day per week, which works great for us. You can then spend more time helping junior coworkers, having
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by jdlyga 3y ago
WhatsApp had a blip of popularity in the US back in 2013, but people moved over to iMessage, Facebook Messenger, and Snapchat in the years since. I mostly blame the design, since WhatsApp was quite hard to look at for years. I get the fee
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by jdlyga 3y ago
Is it a bad sign that I thought of this first: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wine_(software)
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by jdlyga 3y ago
This is the framework used for Gravity Circuit, the Mega Man X inspired game that came out last month. It’s one of the best games of the year, by the way. I’ve been interested in exploring this framework. Glad to see it’s gotten attention o
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by jdlyga 3y ago
RTO after 3.5 years isn't a return from temporary working habits. Many big companies have structured their teams around not needing to be co-located. RTO is like transitioning from the cloud back to on-prem. It is a complete realignmen
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by jdlyga 3y ago
What made AOL truly great was instant messaging and chat rooms and focus on "connecting people". They had the vision totally correct, but the implementation details wrong. They should have transitioned from an ISP to a social med
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by jdlyga 3y ago
We are excited to introduce the AWS Elastic Icon Identifier, a service designed to simplify your AWS Management Console navigation by quickly identifying AWS service icons. This service offers Icon Recognition, enabling you to instantly ide
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by jdlyga 3y ago
I love getting MFA prompts constantly and getting locked out unexpectedly so much that I can't wait to use it for my personal life too!
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Back in 2010, most devs were using Java or C++. As any C++ dev will tell you, setting up 3rd party dependencies takes forever especially on Windows. In comes Python with its simple yet powerful core language features, batteries included ph

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