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sakarisson··on Caniwebview.com – Like Caniuse but for Webviews
Do you think, after commenting for the 3rd time demanding more information about caniuse, you could just have clicked that big "About" button?
sakarisson··on Caniwebview.com – Like Caniuse but for Webviews
From the "About" page (top right corner of the website that left you dumbfounded)

>"Can I use" provides up-to-date browser support tables for support of front-end web technologies on desktop and mobile web browsers.

sakarisson··on Killing the Messenger: My Final Days Working at a Disaster
Steven Crowder - the guy from the "change my mind" meme.
sakarisson··on Git rebase, what can go wrong
> I still greatly prefer it to the alternative, which is to have merge commits cluttering up the commit history.

I've heard this many times before, but haven't been able to figure out why this is a problem. In your workflow is it a problem to have a cluttered commit history? If so, could you explain how?

sakarisson··on A fake job offer gone wrong
> At the same time, what about people that still fall for Nigerian princes or go through their spam folder for "sex in your area" or "penis enlargement pills"?

Those people are also victims.

sakarisson··on Moon Disaster
Very nicely directed and edited video!

Though I must say that if the intention of the video was to make me doubt abilities to spot deep fakes, it didn't manage to achieve its goal. Both Nixon's face movements and voice felt highly unnatural and robotic to me. Although I'm sure it won't be many years until the results of such experiments will be come indistinguishable, we are not quite there yet.

sakarisson··on AI will replace middle management before robots replace hourly workers
An objective report proving low performance doesn't do much to encourage the employee to improve.
sakarisson··on Please don't be spooky
IMO, direct call (especially if those are common in your workplace) is much better than a vague "can we talk?" before a call. Doesn't give the mind a chance to wander and fill in the context.
sakarisson··on HypeScript: Simplified TypeScript type system in TypeScript's own type system
I'd convince the team to switch to typed or get out of the project
sakarisson··on Contributing to WebSockets – Cryptocurrency Users
Regardless of anything else, it's completely within the rights of an open-source maintainer to pick and choose which users they want to dedicate time to help.

The license doesn't forbid anyone to use the software, so cryptocurrency companies are still able to benefit from the library.

sakarisson··on My business card runs Linux
Impressive. Very nice.
sakarisson··on Pepsi: Breathtaking Design Strategy (2008) [pdf]
This reminds me a lot of Time Cube

https://timecube.2enp.com/

sakarisson··on Pepsi: Breathtaking Design Strategy (2008) [pdf]
They should re-release this PDF as a series of NFTs
sakarisson··on Irwin – the protector of Lichess from all chess players villainous
Cheaters often have the mindset that "everyone else is cheating, so it's only fair that I do too".
sakarisson··on The Verge is so bad they have me defending Apple [video]
The host redeemed himself on LTT

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QKzmYsySGFQ

sakarisson··on Ask HN: Companies hiring for a 4-day workweek?
I'm glad that you're happy with the system, but I'm not satisfied with your comment. In my personal experience, people with "unlimited vacation" tend to take less overall vacation than I do, on a mandatory vacation time per year.

> (you'd have to explain going beyond, say, 4 weeks, but otherwise working)

Unless "I'd like to take a 5-week vacation" isn't enough explanation in itself, it clearly isn't working. An employee shouldn't have to justify _why_ they want to go on vacation.

sakarisson··on Solid.js feels like what I always wanted React to be
> The real footgun is people not reading the documentation for the framework they use

I would argue that the real footgun with hooks is the case where a `useEffect` call inadvertently gets triggered on each render because one of its dependencies, passed through another hook, changes identity on each render. It can get quite maddening, and in many cases you don't notice it until someone points out the resulting performance issue with your app. The solution, of course, is `useMemo` and `useCallback`, but it's not intuitive and it can be easy to miss from time to time in a large project.

sakarisson··on Flutter is the most popular cross-platform mobile SDK
I don't have have an answer to your question, but one major factor that one should consider when making a popularity comparison between Flutter and React Native is that _React_ part.

Most problems and questions that developers encounter while working on React Native applications are not specific to React Native, but rather React itself. As such, I find it likely that many RN developers don't always use "native" in their search terms.

sakarisson··on Flutter is the most popular cross-platform mobile SDK
How does web accessibility work if everything is rendered in canvas? Interested in the topic, but this would be a potential deal-breaker for me.
sakarisson··on What are your company's anti-values?
I do agree that the honesty is refreshing.

That said, I personally feel like the mentality of "We will fire you if you aren't doing an _exceptional_ job" reads as a serious red flag. The implication here is that you should expect to work overtime and prioritize your job over all else. Even then, we might still fire you.

Of course I'd rather have a company being open and upfront about their unsustainable expectations, but I'd still prefer a company that values work/live balance of their employees. Would I say that Netflix's approach is toxic? Honestly, yes. But I do understand that this is just my own opinion.

sakarisson··on What are your company's anti-values?
Your point states that all C-level employees are sociopaths. Logically, if I can provide you with a single example of a non-sociopath C-level employee, your point would be invalid. Of course I don't believe that you are literally saying that every single C-level employee in the entire world is a sociopath, but merely that the majority or a significant portion are.

> My point would not land with more people regardless of whether or not I wrote that paragraph.

It would, if you could provide me with some data that supports your generalization. If it was true, surely there would be some research backing it up.

sakarisson··on What are your company's anti-values?
> Every C-level employee is an asshole and probably a sociopath

That's a big generalization without any argument to back it up.

sakarisson··on BBC cryptocurrency documentary pulled from air at last minute
You can live in a house, you can't live in an NFT.
sakarisson··on Citrix to be acquired for $16.5B, will be merged with Tibco
pain
sakarisson··on No Hello (2013)
.net has way better UI, IMO
sakarisson··on What NPM should do to stop a new colors attack
> Be thankful that all he did was spam the console.

Why would I be thankful for that?

If you slap me, should I be thankful that my nose wasn't broken?

sakarisson··on The web is swallowing the desktop whole (2017)
Microsoft is also driving the development of React Native for Windows and MacOS.
sakarisson··on Sriracha hit revenue of $150M a year with no sales team or ad spend
Good guess! I checked in my fridge, and it does indeed have a flying goose logo.
sakarisson··on Sriracha hit revenue of $150M a year with no sales team or ad spend
Same in Finland, which is known for being very by the book when it comes to EU regulations.
sakarisson··on Tips for Better Signup / Login UX
This is a nice list, but it misses one of the most important features in my opinion: Allow users to paste username/password. This seems like such an obvious thing, and it's also the default behavior. But for some inexplicable reason, some product managers seem to be under the assumption that disallowing pasting of passwords enhances security. This is obviously false, and will just lead to your users choosing worse passwords.
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