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by magicink81 4y ago
I've been using Next.js for years to deploy static sites deployed to Github pages as well as experiments. It is quite simple and keeps my code organized.
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by magicink81 4y ago
I wish I had read Gabor Mate MD and Gordon Neufeld's book "Hold on to your kids" Here's Chapter one from the book on their website: https://drgabormate.com/book/hold-on-to-your-kids/hold-on-to..
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by magicink81 4y ago
Your position at a job dealing with friction is much more common than the opposite case. If you're interested in learning and growing, here are some opportunities you may find in your new role: 1) Cultivate an attitude of optimism and
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by magicink81 4y ago
I'm sure I'm not the only one in the audience interested in more details about how the specific team you may be talking about was organized to come together, operated, and evolved. Great to hear about the key role of designers bei
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by magicink81 4y ago
Jonathan Stark is a thought leader / coach / writer / blogger etc that has been beating the drum on time-based pricing vs value-based pricing. He helps software engineers and others get off the time-based model and transition
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by magicink81 4y ago
For readers looking for ideas about exactly how software can go so much further than paper, I recommend this now classic essay by Bret Victor, Magic Ink: http://worrydream.com/MagicInk/
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by magicink81 4y ago
The schooling system is designed to fail the expectations of those who think its purpose is to educate people, and succeed in full-filling other purposes. If you're curious about what those other purposes might be, I recommend reading
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by magicink81 4y ago
Great to see Wardley Mapping used as a tool for developing situational awareness. Here's a video of Simon Wardley introducing it: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2IW9L1uNMCs And for all the details here's a book:
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by magicink81 5y ago
I recommend this lecture series: https://www.buildingbeauty.org/nature-of-order-lecture-serie...
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by magicink81 5y ago
These two comments make me think that a careful study of Conway's Law, its implications, and related understanding of people's behavior when organized to work together may actually be the most important knowledge for software arch
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by magicink81 5y ago
Christopher Alexander passed away a few weeks ago on March, 17 2022. If you're looking to read more about his life's work I recommend this overview https://dorian.substack.com/p/at-any-given-moment-in-a-proce.
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by magicink81 5y ago
The "utopia" part is a jab at fantasy thinking, lacking practicality, and most likely leading to poor outcomes. "Utopia" is generally used in a derogatory way by people who consider themselves practical.
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by magicink81 5y ago
They are attributing it to a pattern of claims and declarations regarding one's own beliefs and desires that so-called progressives in places like SF and Berkeley make, which directly contradict their behaviors. Here's a great exa
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by magicink81 5y ago
+1 had a fun Node Knockout experience many years ago making a game with 3 friends. We had a game artist / sound designer, and two engineers with chops on the front-end and back-end.
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by magicink81 5y ago
Next.js has had nested routes since version 6. Not sure I see the difference in what Remix is offering? https://nextjs.org/docs/routing/introduction#nested-routes
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by magicink81 5y ago
More than madness, this seems like evolution, learning, and standing on the shoulders of giants.
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by magicink81 5y ago
I'm curious what do you think is missing from Next.js that would make it better at connecting to databases and backend APIs? There is a bit of evidence that people are building heavily used web apps with Next.js that connect to databas
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by magicink81 5y ago
"Negroponte’s vision was an architecture machine that would turn the design process into a dialogue , altering the traditional human-machine dynamics." https://eliza-pert.medium.com/1973-a1b835e87d1c
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by magicink81 5y ago
Speculation: She's a spook (or working with spooks), and this is a public part of a negotiation taking place between FB and "the establishment" aka deep state Feds who want greater access to FB data, and greater influence and
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by magicink81 5y ago
My God yes, we have been warned. But have we listened? And have we told everyone? Is Arendt, specifically Origins, required reading at a majority of public and private universities in the US and Europe? Let alone government high schools, an
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by magicink81 5y ago
For an elegant "Cliffs Notes" version of Origins, I recommend this recent book by Grasso published in 2020: Reading The Origins of Totalitarianism in 2020: A Short Guide to Mass Movements and Ideology - Daniel Grasso https:/
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by magicink81 5y ago
At least the kid is learning about marketing.
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by magicink81 5y ago
> "In a popular YouTube video from a few years ago, for instance, astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson claims that America’s problems stem from the increasing inability of those in power to recognize scientific fact. Only if people be
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by magicink81 5y ago
Ahem, need - at least from our leaders. It may be that creating certainty amid uncertainty is itself the core of leadership. The stories we are most certain of are the ones we use to run our lives, to make decisions, and take action. One he
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by magicink81 5y ago
Limited edition Byte Magazine cover illustration prints are still available: http://tinney.net/
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by magicink81 5y ago
Design is misunderstood, often by designers, and it seems like you also may have some misunderstandings based on your assessments of what should designers do (vs what they do). Based on your comment it sounds like the designers you work w
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by magicink81 5y ago
> "Facebook is an accelerant." What is the shape of evolution? Many believe the shape of evolution to be a line of deterministic "progress" with a forward and a backward movement that may be accelerated. Maybe evoluti
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by magicink81 5y ago
Thanks for the link... Read about Skate After School and made a donation. Great interview! http://4plymag.com/SAS/
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by magicink81 5y ago
You're not too late. Do it! You'll learn more along the way. You don't need to be first, you just need to be good.
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by magicink81 5y ago
If you haven't already, I recommend reaching out to Edrizio and the team at Arcus (formerly Regalli) - they are YC alum https://www.arcusfi.com/

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