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MentallyRetired··on Show HN: Startica Open-source app for SEO, marketing, accessibility and security
This is really cool. Does it do security audits?
MentallyRetired··on It's time for modern CSS to kill the SPA
I agree. SSR that hydrates to an SPA is a pain in the butt and not necessary most of the time. This is why I favor something like Astro for websites... I can drop in a react embed when I need to. It's just a right-tool-for-the-right-job situation imo.
MentallyRetired··on It's time for modern CSS to kill the SPA
The problem is he's confidently wrong in believing Single Page Applications are about page transitions. Not at all. It's more about keeping state and an application-like experience. Like playing a song on spotify and changing to the search page and the song keeps playing... that type of thing.
MentallyRetired··on You can now disable all AI features in Zed
I've been using Zed for half a year. Love the simple interface. I wanted a glorified notepad. Zed does well for me.
MentallyRetired··on Zed: High-performance AI Code Editor
I love Zed so this is awesome news.
MentallyRetired··on Using an 8K TV as a Monitor
Recently tried it. Couldn't find one with a high enough PPI for my liking.

Ended up with two vertical 4k monitors. Side bonus: I can put my web cam dead center in front of me.

MentallyRetired··on Show HN: A fair Product Hunt alternative
I thought that was the lulu lemon logo at first glance.
MentallyRetired··on Small asteroid to hit Earth's atmosphere today
The article contains a map with where they think it will scrape the atmosphere
MentallyRetired··on POV-Ray – The Persistence of Vision Raytracer (2021)
Right? seeing the name brought back a rush of memories. I had no idea it was still around.
MentallyRetired··on Carmakers Will Give Your Location to Police Without a Warrant, Senators Say
Ethics among programmers is for sale, sadly.
MentallyRetired··on Neon Serverless Postgres is generally available
I've had nothing but good experiences with them.
MentallyRetired··on Mozilla names new CEO as it pivots to data privacy
I feel like data privacy is always the last throe of a company before hanging it up. I hope that's not the case with Mozilla. Not a big enough market cares about data privacy to make it a primary marketing message, unfortunately.
MentallyRetired··on Enthusiasts struggle to keep model railway industry on track
I dabble, but much like RC cars, video games have choked out another physical hobby.
MentallyRetired··on Building ColdFusion for the Web
Blast from the past. I was a lead ColdFusion developer for almost a decade. Good times. When I rearchitected the booking engine for all of the Disney Parks, I based the design on Fusebox, a popular ColdFusion framework at the time. It's still in use today.
MentallyRetired··on The Small Website Discoverability Crisis (2021)
Real question: Could machine learning be used to identify these sites to a high degree of accuracy, with crowd sourced human moderation denying the false positives to help further train it?

Disclaimer: I know very little about machine learning.

MentallyRetired··on React Sees a dip in NPM downloads this week
Hooky is also down. It may just be a bug in npm's reporting or a system down somewhere.
MentallyRetired··on Ask HN: Is the market bad, or am I having the worst luck job hunting?
I think this tech downturn is all a collusion amongst tech leaders to bring down software developer salaries. How are so many places hiring yet so many are laying off thousands, and most of them in tech/development? Even the places laying people off are still hiring those positions.
MentallyRetired··on Ask HN: Is the market bad, or am I having the worst luck job hunting?
Proof you need to keep your resume current. lol
MentallyRetired··on Ask HN: Is the market bad, or am I having the worst luck job hunting?
I can relate. I have 25 years of experience as a senior and lead frontend developer, with some management experience.

I've applied at over 80 roles. I've received 35ish rejections and about 18 interviews. 4 put me through to final interviews and chose someone else despite liking me more, I was told. (one person had a smidge of java experience, one was a female and they needed a diversity hire, etc)

MentallyRetired··on Google to explore alternatives to robots.txt
Because something annoys you, it's destined to fail? I'm not following the logic.
MentallyRetired··on Men who helped run Megaupload sentenced to prison in New Zealand
Calculated risk. Sometimes destroying the evidence is less of a crime than being caught with it.
MentallyRetired··on California spent $17B on homelessness – it’s not working
But not causation.

There's also a strong correlation between homeless people and parking garage density.

Housing prices are high where there are people. People are homeless where there are people. It comes with the territory. Throw in amazing weather and states bussing their homeless to CA and it becomes a very attractive proposition for someone without a home.

If there was a correlation then sending the homeless to Arkansas would solve the problem, but it wouldn't. They'd just be homeless in the woods.

MentallyRetired··on California spent $17B on homelessness – it’s not working
I don't care anymore. Bus them out to the desert. Set up camp there. Provide food and busses into town for those with interviews and jobs. I really don't care, just get them out of the damn cities. I've seen too many people shit in the bushes or just peeing up against a building. Building tent cities on the beach and enjoyable areas, etc. I. Don't. Care. Get rid of them. I left California for this reason and housing costs.
MentallyRetired··on I gave commit rights to someone I didn't know (2016)
It's certainly not hours of work to review it... or maybe it is since it's financial? Either way, "it was in the script" as my wife and I say about corny movie moments. It made for a good article.
MentallyRetired··on Amazon Backs Out of Climate Pledge, Deletes Shipment Zero Initiative Blogpost
YES, let the fascism wash over us. More profit. Forget the people and the polar bears. As long as the imaginary bank account number grows and grows and we're beating the other rich people, none of that stuff matters. We're building a rocketship anyways and we won't be here much longer. We'll leave them all gasping for air in the wake of our plumage. Yesssss Bezos Yes.
MentallyRetired··on Ask HN: What's your favorite GPT powered tool?
It's not necessarily about getting help. For me, at least, it's about speed. It can look things up faster than I can. I can copy/paste/modify the results pretty quickly and every now and then it surprises me with a solution I hadn't thought of.
MentallyRetired··on The Epic Stack
I also agree. I thought it was a joke. Once I got to the logos I was sure it was a joke.
MentallyRetired··on Apple brings Final Cut Pro and Logic Pro to iPad
...but you can use a mouse and keyboard with the iPad. And an external display.
MentallyRetired··on The future (and the past) of the web is server side rendering
It depends on what you're building. Choose the best tool for the job. Every time. Don't just default to your favorite.
MentallyRetired··on Unapproved books now a felony in Manatee County schools
The article states that kids can no longer bring their own books or e-readers.
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