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loftyal··on Show HN: Cross-platform desktop applications with PyQT
Could you give me some examples of "Computer Science has had "had tools for the right jobs"". Thanks
loftyal··on Silicon Valley Software Engineer Salaries by Experience Level
Most decent devs go contracting to make decent money in London
loftyal··on The cargo cult of versioning
Package registries should implement some sort of required automated integration testing. If a package owner wants to update their package with what they claim is a non-breaking change according to semver, then the new version must pass all integration test cases of the previous. This could also include crowdsourced testing of that package, that allows users of that package to add tests over time to that particular version, so as to mitigate owners who don't test their packages well enough.
loftyal··on How We Grow Junior Developers at the BBC
I was headhunted for BBC in London. The salary on offer was honestly laughable for a senior position. I declined.
loftyal··on Concurrent JavaScript: It can work
Ok you draw the line there, but definitions are supposed to be commonly understood, that's how language works...
loftyal··on Concurrent JavaScript: It can work
How? Explain please. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Concurrency_(computer_science)

"order-independent components", which makes sense for the Event loop.

loftyal··on Why I'm not a React Native developer
I think people should be paying more attention to the core concept of React Native, which is having a view layer that is completely native and a bridge that connects to a javascript engine. People bitch about electron which is essentially a browser in an app window (React Native is NOT that), the concepts of React Native solves a lot of the performance problems of Electron, which I think the electron team should seriously consider implementing.
loftyal··on Where’s all my CPU and memory gone? The answer: Slack
The solution to all of this is to use React Native, or a technology that is based on its principles to the desktop.
loftyal··on Ask HN: Do you have a business idea? Why haven't you tried it?
If I think its a good idea, and you give me equity, I wouldn't have a problem working on it.
loftyal··on Suicide of an Uber engineer: Widow blames job stress
I'm in the UK, yes you can get sued.
loftyal··on Suicide of an Uber engineer: Widow blames job stress
Doesn't help when you have notice period of 2 months
loftyal··on Going native
Do you have any plans for Windows or Linux? I love Paw, but would like the option of knowing I won't be left out if I decide to move away from Mac
loftyal··on HyperNormalisation (2016) [video]
America is much more diverse than other countries - the valley, New York, etc are very different than the deep south.
loftyal··on Why I’m thankful for JavaScript fatigue
Complete lack of understanding of Node
loftyal··on React Native for Ubuntu
I'm not familiar with React Native but can't you use Web Workers to get multi threading, and get around the UI stutters?
loftyal··on PayPal Launches PayPal.Me, Request Money Using Your Own Personalized URL
It would be much better if the payer could just use his credit card and email instead of having to sign up, people would be more inclined to use. The payee could send it to anybody (because they don't have to worry about if the payer has an account), and the payer because they don't have to sign up.
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? This is a real project, with working code.
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