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FactoryReboot··on Snapchat open source cross-platform mobile framework. Looking for beta testers
Hello,

I wouldn't suggest us for 3D rendering or games tbh, as it's react native like.

Our bundle size is pretty good.

We don't currently have web support but are investigating it.

Would you still be curious in checking it out?

FactoryReboot··on Amazon tells employees to return to office five days a week
No. Choose the other FAANG offer
FactoryReboot··on Canada’s new tech talent strategy
What was your pay difference between the two?

I’d love nice things for taxes in the USA but the pay tends to be higher enough here to offset it for engineers.

FactoryReboot··on To Build a Top Performing Team, Ask for 85% Effort
I’m an engineering manager. I enjoy reading about how to be a better manager.

I’d probably still agree with your statement though. They also definitely don’t teach us how to manage.

FactoryReboot··on Introducing react.dev
I strongly disagree. It was way easier to reason about things pre hooks.
FactoryReboot··on Introducing react.dev
Hooks were the beginning of the end of my interest in React. Truly a terrible concept. Way to magic. Not overly aesthetic, not to mention the async programming techniques the js community has developed for over a decade all kinda break down with hooks.

You can’t even just keep using class based as they have no way to consume hooks.

Unit testing of hook based code is non existent IME. It’s some kinda funky E2E feeling test.

React was my favorite framework before. It’s really a shame.

FactoryReboot··on The skilled trades haven't caught as a career choice with Gen Z
Why not both
FactoryReboot··on TikTok banned on government devices under spending bill passed by Congress
Agree. Content on Chinese tik Tok is very different.
FactoryReboot··on Stanford's “Elimination of Harmful Language” Initiative
Doctor’s borrowed the title from academics. They didn’t even have it first.
FactoryReboot··on Stanford University: List of harmful words to eliminate from use
Latinx was invented by white people to alleviate their own guilt. You’re right it’s essentially colonialism.

You can’t remove gender from Latino languages… the entire language would need to be created from scratch.

FactoryReboot··on Stanford University: List of harmful words to eliminate from use
So what’s the end game here, literally remove the ability to say anything negative about anyone?

It’s inherently not kind to say “I don’t think you’re smart” but do we really want to eliminate being able to say that? Are we all just going to be 100% nice to each other all the time and only say kind things about others.

I don’t think so. People do bad and stupid shit all the time. We should be able to express that.

An overused phrase but this is quite literally 1984.

FactoryReboot··on Devenv.sh: Fast and reproducible developer environments using Nix
Good idea. Let’s go beyond merely testing in prod
FactoryReboot··on Survey of workers’ views on salary transparency
If you really hate it that much is management for you? I’d learn to get more comfortable with it.

Also it’s not fair to be mad at your coworkers cause you were underpaid. Be mad at the company or your bosses if anything.

FactoryReboot··on Psychedelics: A Personal Take (2021)
“ I managed to tuck away very nicely“ There is a fine line between compartmentalization and repression.
FactoryReboot··on Psychedelics: A Personal Take (2021)
Reminds me a bit of the old modest mouse song stars are projectors. That song had a related idea that our consciousness is in the cosmos and beamed down to us. Drugs could be interrupting that beam or something like you said. It’s an interesting thought.
FactoryReboot··on Colleges that ditched admission tests find it harder to fairly choose students
You earned something more by not working for it? That’s a hot take
FactoryReboot··on Psychiatry Wars: a lawsuit that put psychoanalysis on trial
“Every organ is the most complicated organ”.

No, that’s blatantly untrue. The liver is one of the simpler ones as it’s all single cells, and the brain is definitely the most complex. I’ve never heard anyone say they are equally complex.

That doesn’t mean we understand everything about the liver, but we are hell of a lot closer than the brain.

FactoryReboot··on Why didn't our ancient ancestors get cavities?
That’s easy.

Sugar.

FactoryReboot··on Elon has decided not to join our board
What’s pessimistic about thinking Elon wants more control than a board position would offer him?
FactoryReboot··on Div Divisiveness
The biggest use case for semantic html is accessibility imo. Given Aria tags are the main workhorse there, I say semantic html has failed to provide value there.

Given all the html created via a component like pseudo element, it further questions the value added imo.

Potentially unpopular opinion, but semantic HTML failed to adequately solve any problems it has set out to solve. Even selectors are better done via something like css modules anyway.

Sure the end compiled HTML is a mess, but that’s like complaining your bytecode or binary is messy. Who cares?

Long live div soup.

FactoryReboot··on Interview success can depend on how you schedule interviews
“Mornings are the best time to schedule interviews as both you and the interviewer are fresh in their heads and there is no mental fatigue.”

I get night owls generally get the short end of the stick. However, we are practically half the population. It’s a strange kind of irk to have someone tell me what hours I’m most productive at.

FactoryReboot··on Hello Yarn 2, Goodbye node_modules
I honestly don’t want this. Each project having their own copy of the dependencies is a blessing.
FactoryReboot··on You’re Lucky Workers Are Only Asking for $15 an Hour
Walmart employees make so little they are often eligible for food stamps.

Walmart knows and teaches employees how to apply.

What kind of free market is that? You shouldn’t be allowed to pay your employees so little that they are eligible for government benefits.

To me this issue seems like something that both political parties would take issue with.