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I'm more intrigued by AirBNB moving away from React Native - the linked article says "RN was too small a component to bother supporting, and the developer experience wasn't up to par", but I'd like more detail than that.

I've been working with Flutter for the past 6 months, and it would definitely be my "go-to" for any mobile application.

To be fair, I did spend 2 weeks going down a rabbit-hole to get Flutter talking to a .NET assembly by embedding Mono and invoking via JNI/Obj C, so I know the pain of native interop. If you're mostly doing work at the native platform level, then I can imagine why you'd stay away from a cross-platform VM.

In my case, I ended up with a brittle project that was clearly going to be a PITA to maintain & automate builds for, so I just rewrote the component in question in Dart.

Jeremy played a huge part in launching an incredibly successful series. I hope he doesn't feel too put out by Kojima's reaction.

Have you ever done business with/in China? Contracts are treated like toilet paper, and most of the stuff OP is talking about probably may not have been written there in the first place.

It's definitely possible that the tech transfer provisions were there in clear black ink, and so the founders knew exactly what they were signing up for.

It's also possible that the condition was "we will invest on condition that we nominate the COO", and the COO then proceeds to filter all research/designs/etc back to the sister company. It's also possible that the contract says funding injections will be provided at milestone X, and up until that point the investor is saying "sure, no problem", then at the 11th hour the investor threatens to withhold it until you give them copies of all your research.

Having worked there and experienced all of this first hand, I think it's unlikely that it's as simple as you imagine.

It's a lot easier for someone to scoff at memory bugs on an internet forum than it is to write memory-safe code.

Yes, you do lose source maps by transpiling, but in my (albeit fairly limited experience), the type checking means I have drastically less debugging to do in the first place. You're right, though, the tooling leaves a lot to be desired (and this is also on the assumption you have TS definitions for third party libraries - I agree it becomes a lot more difficult if you don't).

FSI is available in both Mono and .NET Core 3 (which is still in preview).

> 1. I now have two different languages for client and server, and can't share e.g. validation code.

You could use Fable to transpile F# to Javascript, keeping a single language

> 2. Dealing with 2nd class linux support (no REPL)

FSI is available under Linux, but I admit it's got some hairs on it. (FWIW, FSI on Windows needs a lot more TLC too).

> 3. No library that combines the maturity and simplicity of express.js. Yes I am aware of ASP.NET Web API and no I do not think that compares.

This is purely a matter of taste. While express.js is very accessible, I don't think it's any more so than Giraffe (a wrapper around ASP.NET Core).

I'm all-in on F# now - once you're over the (mild) initial learning curve, you see huge dividends from the smaller codebase, static typing, fewer null-checks and drastically less testing required.

Apologies if this is in the paper, I’m on my phone so it’s difficult for me to peruse.

Camp is a good start. For what it's worth, one state in Australia just announced a ban on phones during school hours - couldn't agree more.

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2019-06-25/victoria-to-ban-mobil...

All these platforms seem explicitly designed to exploit insecurities and encourage a mindless mob mentality. It's the antithesis of individualism and I cannot see how it could possibly improve one's life (at least, before you have the maturity to be comfortable in your own skin).

The more I read articles like this, the more I think the whole thing is pure toxicity.

I don't know how realistic or practical it's going to be to ban smartphones/social media, while still encouraging programming, internet research, experimentation and so on.

In this instance, though, I do feel that the changes weren’t necessary. All API changes come with a cost, and I’m unconvinced that the benefits outweighed it this time round.

It requires a small investment upfront, but will pay huge dividends once your project is rolling. You have a single source of truth for publicly exposed endpoints and model descriptions (your API document), and you can instantly regenerate certain key components (e.g. model binding, new routes, etc) whenever that document changes.

I actually contributed the F#/Giraffe generator to the OpenAPI generator project, which you can find at https://github.com/OpenAPITools/openapi-generator

I thought that "conventional" platform tech - basically, document management - wouldn't be compelling enough for venture capital investment.

I guess I was wrong? There's nothing here that looks particularly unique. Not saying there's no demand, but I can't understand where the 1000x returns are going to come from.

But.....that's not a sufficiently compelling reason to change. Even with backwards compatibility, it still adds confusion to the mix, requires a huge effort in new/updating documentation, etc.

I can't really see how the benefits justify the effort.

I assume this happened in the last 8 hours or so..

https://www.2dimensions.com/about-flare

That’s not to equivocate bank account restrictions with being stoned for adultery. Or that we shouldn’t push for even moderate Islamic countries to adopt liberal policies towards women’s rights.

It’s just an interesting perspective on Western history that gets lost on the moral high ground.

It would be laughable, if only it weren't so sad.

Funny how we decry Islam for the oppression of women, when only a few decades ago we weren't much better.

As a side-note, I think the copy on the Matrix website could use some love - it's a little wordy and not immediately clear what Matrix is, and why/how you would use it. I've read a few other commenters make the same point.

Are you open to some suggested wording? If so, how would you prefer to receive it?

I was aware of the original tweet a few years ago, but didn't know the context until now.

I haven't read the referenced article so I can't comment on whether it's a valid criticism or not. But it's clearly satirical.

I don't speak French so I'm having trouble understanding what you mean. Do you mind giving a bit more detail?

I'm also curious about the other ideas you mentioned.

What an abysmal environment. Sounds like everyone is just lusting for money.