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RE docker: yeah I saw that, I've no doubt that they'll get a working build - I kind of suspect that how long it takes might be a good idea of how hard it is to get working :D

RE docker images: yeah thankfully the big hitters (alpine etc) will be fine so should be ok here. I have less confidence in supporting libs though.

RE linux: Argh, sounds like we're of similar backgrounds and this is my fear to be honest. I've heard good things about dell/lenovo hardware so I'd probs have to swing that way for the next refresh, but yeah i suspect it won't be as painful as I'd like.

Mostly Python & JS in containers + the infra-supporting work. I guess my main concerns are OS packages (e.g. image processing libs) and docker/k8s.

And RE ecosystem: yeah I hope you're right (and think you are), I guess I'm just wondering what the odds are, and how feasible a switch back to Linux is without losing out on he niceness of mac-land.

sigh yes, yes i did. I've built PCs with AMD before and am a big fan, but clearly going full tech-malapropism

Singapore tries this and, in my opinion, does it better than most at least in examples (the oasia hotel being a prime one). Unfortunately, looking out across the CBD right now is still a glass & concrete smear that could be any city in the world. A few good examples do not a skyline make

I often ponder about the current push towards federation in tech such as Mastodon, and wonder if the issue isn't more around the issue of finding the sites in the first place, rather than being able to access sites via RSS. RSS is usually a default in many web publishing tools (wordpress, hugo etc).

As someone getting into RSS more recently, I've definitely struggled to find decent sites to follow (though trawling hackernews totally helps:)).

I've found recently that Makefiles are my best friend for this kind of thing, even if it's just wrapping existing commands with the right arguments and conventions for the project.

Being able to do a simple `make build`, instead of remembering all the right command syntax, repositories etc is so much nicer that having to trawl through a README in a couple of months time for how I was using this thing

Vim would make that totally doable, now I'm kind of regretting never investing the time for it to become my go-to editor.

Agreed.

Whilst it's less obviously impactful, I think it's important to note that it doesn't have to be a whole person-swap though. Group dynamics can change over time as the people in it have different life-events, hit different points in their career-path etc. That change can then go and have exactly the same kind of effect that you outline, without any people-swaps.

Is contracting not a viable alternative? At 40 I'd assume enough experience to be able to lend yourself to any struggling project that needs a talent injection?