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by rochak 1y ago
I'd say it is more about how esoteric LaTeX extensions/plugins felt like when I picked it up (I was just getting into the field back then). I am sure that now, after years of experience, I would be more open to give it a shot agai
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by rochak 1y ago
I remember having to learn LaTeX to write my research papers. Probably the worst time I’ve had learning something. As someone who has OCD for making everything consistent, trying to achieve the same in LaTeX made me wanna give up research i
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by rochak 1y ago
Why does a user need to know and do this to get a just bearable experience? Has the bar gotten so low?
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by rochak 1y ago
I don't know what is going on at Microsoft but words can't express how fast their ecosystem has been going down the gutter. At this point, I do not recommend Microsoft's products if a good enough alternative exists (many time
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by rochak 1y ago
This is such a big pro imo. Gone are those days when my hands/wrists used to be in pain from all the typing. Vim removed all that pain and made me look forward to typing as a fun activity. God bless Bram.
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by rochak 1y ago
+1. Personally, I’m a fan of TUIs too that make things a bit more user friendly. Just imagine an internal TUI framework that has components for each internal service that you can lego-build into personalised TUI dashboard. Hmm, seems like s
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by rochak 1y ago
Preface: My opinions are my own and not my employer’s. Curious how long ago were you at AWS? For context, I spent the last few years in AWS working on an internal platform service whose entire purpose was to reduce operational toil by helpi
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by rochak 1y ago
Now that’s incredible
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by rochak 2y ago
+1. I see it being helpful for the differently abled but for everyone to just speak out loud their every action would drive everyone nuts in a public setting. Not to mention I can type “code” much faster than if I were to speak it.
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by rochak 2y ago
Umm, doesn’t Go do so as well? Personally, I’ve had a better experience working with Go tooling.
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by rochak 2y ago
Very few for-profit projects have stayed as good (or improved) post their change to for-profit. If money becomes the sole driving factor for growth, no one can prevent enshittification. It is what it is...
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by rochak 2y ago
What a dumbass decision
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by rochak 2y ago
It is by far the worst platform I’ve seen…ever. I use it only as a resume fallback and to find job positions. That’s it. If someone has an extension that blocks all social media aspect of it, please let me know.
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by rochak 2y ago
No shit Sherlock
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by rochak 2y ago
Cry me a river
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by rochak 2y ago
Good. Keep on adding stuff to an already bloated language.
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by rochak 2y ago
I mean, that is just a one time thing right (the first time you land on it)?
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by rochak 2y ago
Does this work for all CLIs? There is Gooey [1], a similar Python project that works, but only for Python CLIs. [1]: https://github.com/chriskiehl/Gooey
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by rochak 2y ago
Not sure I agree. They are built to last, yes, but would be a pain to get fixed if they break down. If it were me, I'd have preferred something like a Thinkpad.
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by rochak 2y ago
Oh man, if this is true, I truly salute his dedication for pushing through and contributing to open source. Not many, despite having all the means available to them, have the drive to "just do it". markview.nvim is a great plugin
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by rochak 2y ago
Yo chat is this real?
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by rochak 2y ago
Thanks for sharing this. It is incredibly useful!
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by rochak 2y ago
Couldn’t have said it any better myself
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by rochak 2y ago
Seems like the only ecosystem that moves as fast and is as fragmented as JavaScript is Python, so I'll wait before jumping on the hype train. Looks interesting though.
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by rochak 2y ago
No good thing ever lasts, especially in the world of tech. So, I'll be sticking with Bitwarden until they somehow eventually fuck it up and something else takes its place.
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by rochak 2y ago
Pretty much what I feel about Rust
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by rochak 2y ago
To all the people I know who are hell bent on using Chrome because its "superior", I say "Game on!"
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by rochak 2y ago
Won’t have to wait long before Adobe figures out the stupidest way to squeeze more money out of its customers by shoving its AI down their throats.
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by rochak 2y ago
Hilarious to be honest
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by rochak 2y ago
There are some limitations with ruby-lsp. I'd recommend checking some sources to identify if any would be a dealbreaker.

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