tomseldon

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by tomseldon 8y ago
They give permission to modify their computer/device, but obviously there's an implicit trust that it isn't going to do something horrifically bad. Trusting a builder to come in to your home and change things- you'd be p
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by tomseldon 9y ago
I'd like to see that out of pure curiosity, but I would almost definitely struggle to get excited about it without the human element. I think most wouldn't be that interested if there wasn't an actual driver (in the car, too,
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by tomseldon 9y ago
I like also how the README disagrees with itself several times on what tech it's using :D > Angular(4.2) E-Commerce front-end framework for spreecommerce > built with ️ using Angular2, Redux > built with ️ using Angular 5, Red
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by tomseldon 9y ago
Redux is a paradigm for handling data flow / application state in an application, whilst Angular is the framework running the application. They're not mutually exclusive :) Without using something like Redux, you can get by just f
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by tomseldon 9y ago
Similar acceleration figures to a litre sportsbike (though the new Roadster takes it to a faster level again, but still in the same ballpark). The acceleration is mind-bendingly fast at first, but after a while, you get used to it and it ju
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by tomseldon 9y ago
A few places have reported this, but it's slightly misleading as what they've actually said is they'll stop making "gas only" cars by that date. So, a mix of hybrid or all electric. That might have been what you mea
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by tomseldon 9y ago
I've had all of these problems where I've had to roll my own solution in some way. Whether that was trying to get source maps to work when compiling + minifying via Google Closure and Webpack, or using Babel and Webpack back when
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by tomseldon 9y ago
If you're in the UK, have a look at Monzo. Not a credit card, but very useful to use abroad. They don't charge a transaction fee when abroad, and the currency conversion is tracked to the MasterCard rate (whereas other providers t
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by tomseldon 9y ago
Testing the change is one thing, but if the original people were hired and asked something very similar, you have an existing group selected based on that characteristic and so will likely do well. e.g. if you have always done a whiteboard
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by tomseldon 9y ago
I disagree that there's no positive effect. A difference in code styles can introduce cognitive load, though naturally the actual effect will depend on the individuals involved, and the actual differences (for some, I agree it could be
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by tomseldon 10y ago
Infrastructure wise, I'm absolutely guilty of this as well. I have found that there's a middle ground... You (probably) don't need the microservices and the complexity that comes with it, upfront. A monolith (and the simplici
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by tomseldon 10y ago
So this is a shameless, inexcusable plug but as it's relevant to the blog post... If you're using Google Closure with Gulp in your work flow, you may find gulp-gjslint useful ( https://github.com/TomSeldon/gulp
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by tomseldon 10y ago
After visiting the site I got a desktop notification thanking me for subscribing. I neither subscribed, nor allowed desktop notifications for that site... Not sure what's happened there, but can't be good!