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fralewsmi··on Wikipedia is getting a new look
Quite a pleasant change
fralewsmi··on Wikipedia is getting a new look
It's not even an issue with adding JS, they could build it entirely in React and not have it crawl along like new Reddit does. The issue is 'redesigns' which real purpose is to add extra layers of user engagement, ads and tracking.
fralewsmi··on The 1, 2, n pattern
You learn this pretty quickly in practice, I think every junior dev has tried to make an abstraction the first time they saw some complicated business logic and failed miserably. Now if I think an abstraction is easy I'll do it the second time around, otherwise I'll wait until its absolute (n)ecessary.
fralewsmi··on OBS Studio: Open-source software for video recording and live streaming
OBS has dominated the livestreaming working for a while now (e.g Twitch)
fralewsmi··on Apple acquires Dark Sky
They're not ruining it, they're just not making their product available on a competitor device
fralewsmi··on Throwaway Code
Counter argument https://www.joelonsoftware.com/2000/04/06/things-you-should-...
fralewsmi··on Firefox 73
Big time, I use Firefox for dev work because the Safari tools kinda suck, but for everything else its amazing
fralewsmi··on City Roads – Draw all roads in a city at once
Same here, was interested to see it was only certain suburbs which had the driveways mapped.
fralewsmi··on Using Standard HTML (1997)
Longevity of technology simply isn't a concern in a ecosystem where everything else is moving at such a rapid pace.
fralewsmi··on Mozilla lays off 70
Tesla also has a product that basically sells itself
fralewsmi··on Mozilla lays off 70
Less true if you consider only tech ceo salaries
fralewsmi··on Ask HN: What were your most impactful podcast episodes from 2019?
xbox underground was batshit insane. I loved it
fralewsmi··on DuckDuckGo Is Now a Default Search Engine Option on Android in the EU
Just say "I googled it on duck duck go". I do find it interesting how it can feel more awkward to say "I searched it" instead of "I googled it"