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by jka 5y ago
As someone still in the skeptic camp: what's a good example of a small, effective application that one of those products could help someone to build?
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by jka 5y ago
Few low-code marketing materials seem to mention support for unit testing. In fact, a few seem to claim that low-code products remove the need for unit tests altogether. That makes me worry a bit about the stability of the infrastructure th
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Pelias Geocoder – a modular, open-source search engine for our world(pelias.io)
4 points by jka 5y ago|0 comments
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by jka 5y ago
What kind of data would you require to get a convincing statistical answer for this? (bearing in mind that there are many different applications, operating systems, and desktop/laptop/server machines) It's a good question. L
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by jka 5y ago
Thanks for writing this; it matches an undescribed feeling that I've experienced for a few codebases. What I'd add in response is that this "change request load" is much easier to manage for small, well-maintained projec
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by jka 5y ago
As a thought experiment, who would remain to say it, if it were true and necessary to say?
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by jka 5y ago
Sure, and I hear the concern regarding exploitation of (potentially overworked, underpaid) developers and maintainers. But if a thousand people receive a free (perhaps sugar-addled) lunch from one of a few providers -- while collectively ha
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by jka 5y ago
In the context of the article, the costs I'm referring to are related to a third-party component (integrated easily by default in a framework) that is moving to a pay-sometimes license. (you also make a very observant hint: total cost
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by jka 5y ago
Time-to-review is a good metric, although as with many metrics, it is possible for it to be gamed, and it can be context-sensitive (Mozilla and Stripe probably have various other team and cultural differences). That said, no-one (including
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by jka 5y ago
If a company wants to improve their margins, then eventually - in the absence of other opportunities, or in an environment that pursues efficiencies - they will reduce costs. If a market entrant wants to get an edge on existing incumbents,
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by jka 5y ago
Good point; I wrote this a little carelessly, reacting a little bit, and should elaborate my thoughts. The open source .NET ecosystem - and hopefully Microsoft supporting that - does have a continued place as long as it can remain relevant
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by jka 5y ago
True, thank you; a few too many of my neurons related to "good, public network learning resources" fired, versus too few "take your time, read and understand the question" :) Sorry about that OP. mooreds's referenc
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by jka 5y ago
Beej's Guide to Network Programming is a classic: https://beej.us/guide/bgnet/
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by jka 5y ago
...not what the author of this article expects, in my opinion. (the viability of the Microsoft developer ecosystem, despite its' attempts to clamber onto the open source bandwagon, will continue to degrade thanks to free market economi
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by jka 5y ago
Very nice to know, thanks :)
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by jka 5y ago
In a way it's not too dissimilar an approach; different people have different tolerances for -- and reactions to -- conflict though (in all walks of life). What works well for one sportsperson and their composure might not work so wel
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by jka 5y ago
The key is probably to make the community onboarding and experience as easy as possible, to allow for spontaneous community translation projects like the one in the article. It's nice to see that the Weblate project itself provides som
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by jka 5y ago
That sounds optimistic, to be honest. I find it difficult to trust that strictly only "people in charge" have access to the datastores and profiles these various adtech companies manage. Is there already an underground market for
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by jka 5y ago
Either that, or the research has been done -- privately by industry -- determining the mental tolls that modern workplaces take on people, and companies are planning to have moats ready to push back on and mitigate future litigation. Also
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LibreFoodPantry – a community building FOSS for food pantries(librefoodpantry.org)
76 points by jka 5y ago|25 comments
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by jka 5y ago
Took roughly four months off and cycled coast-to-coast across the USA. Purely in terms of expenses, it was cheaper than the rent we had been paying on our apartment, although of course that does not factor in the loss of salary. The cliche
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by jka 5y ago
I'd be inclined not to use or pay for a feature like this, and here is the reasoning why: - PostgreSQL is a mature and thoroughly-tested database system, and it supports features that make implementing the business logic you mention re
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by jka 5y ago
Personal opinion, not really inherited from any authoritative wisdom: pure Python is useful because it: - Simplifies and improves the performance of deployment: it becomes a straightforward case of copying code files - Largely achieves the
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'We spent 40 days in a cave without sunlight or watches'(bbc.co.uk)
4 points by jka 6y ago|1 comments
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by jka 6y ago
It's imprecise for various reasons, but Google Trends is often good at providing a brief assessment in situations like this. It does appear useful here too: https://trends.google.com/trends/explore?date=all&q=
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by jka 6y ago
It'll be educational to see how this plays out. My perspective is that cryptocurrency-related technology often succeeds or fails based on high-precision technical correctness, and that large funding rounds may (intentionally or otherw
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eBay launches new trainer authentication scheme(bbc.co.uk)
1 points by jka 6y ago|0 comments
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by jka 6y ago
Someone else got to it before I did; thank you anyway.
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by jka 6y ago
Good thinking, although I'd be a little wary about making a clear distinction between those two classes of device. It'd seem both theoretically and practically possible to engineer hardware that could enable and disable certain op
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by jka 6y ago
Mostly vegetarian, mostly-non-meat, rarely fish-eater perspective: - Habit is part of it (cow's milk in hot drinks, for example) - Availability is a factor (almost all products now have vegan substitutes, which is great, but they may n

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