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franzwong··on Ask HN: 30s and “senior” software engineer, but I suck at programming
Even I can solve it at home, I can't do that during interview.
franzwong··on Despite best efforts .NET is still not an open platform
> Existing users will be able to choose between the open-source OmniSharp powered system that exists today, or the new “'LSP Tools Host” which will provide access to additional experiences.

If OmniSharp remains open-source, I think people can still add more features to it, right?

Do C# developers really use VSCode? I use IntelliJ (closed source) to write Java application because IDE provides far more features than an editor.

franzwong··on Ask HN: Java Suffers from an Identity Problem
It depends on what applications you write. I write financial applications with Java but I don't use Spring and JPA/Hibernate. Spring is quite suitable to write CRUD applications.

You either have a bloated runtime or you need to include more external dependencies. It's just trade off. The trend is to have lightweight runtime in cloud era.

franzwong··on Tell HN: I used the same computer since 2007 (with minor upgrades)
I want to but replacing the parts is more expensive than buying a new one sometimes.
franzwong··on Ask HN: Optimizing database table for user-made queries?
I think they use both no-sql and relational database.
franzwong··on Ask HN: How do you stay focused at work?
I don't do multi-tasking. When a new task comes in, I write it down on a post-it note and paste it on the laptop cover. So that I feel safe and comfortable from forgetting the new task and I can continue my current task.
franzwong··on Terraform should have remained stateless
If you use Terraform, you should only update your infrastructure through Terraform and persist the state in a shared place (e.g. S3 versioning). I see people having hard time when they use both AWS CLI, AWS console and Terraform.
franzwong··on No Dislikes has officially ruined YouTube for me
After the dislike count is removed, I click it less frequent. If there are many people like me, the recommendation system will be affected.
franzwong··on Tell HN: I Need Project Ideas
I had the same problem too. But I later found out that I want programming topics (i.e. concurrency, scalability) more than project ideas.
franzwong··on Ask HN: What recent art (last ~20 years) will be well known in 500 years?
Yayoi Kusama
franzwong··on Ask HN: Are you still programming for fun?
I am in a situation that I want to learn new things about programming, but at the same, I can't find anything I am interested to learn, because either they are not attractive (just another tool to solve the same problem) or I don't have opportunity to use them.
franzwong··on Ask HN: Why is MS Teams so slow, do devs test Teams on less powerful machines?
I heard they'd created v2.0 last year. How is it?
franzwong··on Ask HN: How do you explain the sloppiness of modern software?
They release app just to provide minimum features. Sometimes they have better UX on webapp than mobile app.

I think people should create a ticket and ask for support. If nobody reports, they don't know there is a demand for a particular feature or fix.

I saw a page talking about Microsoft updating Team to make it less bloated [1]. I think they have higher priority for popular product.

[1]: https://tomtalks.blog/microsoft-teams-2-0-will-use-half-the-...

franzwong··on Phone is still the best way to order pizza
If the app adds guest order, does that solve author's problem?
franzwong··on Microsoft to Acquire Activision Blizzard
I wish Apple can also acquire some game studios to produce games on MacOS...
franzwong··on Ask HN: I’m starting a new job and things feel off. Am I overreacting?
Can you just reject the call? Are you still working with your current company before the start date?
franzwong··on Apple broke up with me
If those paid apps, music, movie are my private properties, can they stop me access to them? (It is not a rhetorical question)
franzwong··on Why is Excalidraw so good?
It is handy when I have lots of remote meeting since the pandemic. But I always need to convert it back to Gliffy for Confluence.
franzwong··on How do you handle 2FA?
I have many services using 2fa to login. Now the list in the authenticator app is too long.
franzwong··on Most People Should Learn How to Code
Some universities (at least in my country) requiring non-IT students to take mandatory programming courses. Those courses are tailor made for their degrees.
franzwong··on I made a mistake with Terraform and Azure made it worse
> I will cut corners and do a terraform plan on just one of these environments and then terraform apply on all of the others.

We don't do this because preproduction is being used by the business actively. It is treated like production environment. But it depends on companies.

franzwong··on Don't Feed the Thought Leaders
Start a new project with technologies you are familiar with. Try new technologies on projects you are familiar with. Don't start a new project with new technologies.
franzwong··on I hate how programming has become just another business process
Perhaps you just don't like communicate with people. I also don't like that, when people aren't interested in what I did and I still need to tell them.
franzwong··on How to Turn an IKEA Coffee Table into a DIY Server Rack
Is it called a deskbottom?
franzwong··on Software effort estimation is mostly fake research
In my previous company, we needed to put project code into timesheet for every activity. Of course, requirement gathering is also an activity. However, before you get the budget, you don't have the project code. Also, you can't get the budget before you have the estimate. It means I needed to give an estimate before I know what system I am going to build.
franzwong··on The Problem with Gradle
About point 6, even you don't execute task "a", gradle will still execute the configuration part of it.
franzwong··on Ask HN: What technology did you recently use, but wouldn't like to use again?
Angular
franzwong··on Ask HN: Were SSH keys ever considered for browser authentication?
Something like fido?
franzwong··on What do you use your money for?
I spend on travel. But I only travelled once in this year.
franzwong··on Ask HN: How to Write Readable Code?
Group code files with feature, e.g "profile", "billing" instead of "controllers", "views", so that you don't need to jump into different folders when you work on a feature.
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