Unpopular opinion, I like Brave and I’m tired of everyone hating on it and its users. Please stop, it makes Brave users feel very unwelcome on this platform, and our browser choice doesn’t affect you at all.
People said the same thing about gay marriage. There’s a difference between having a conversation about choices, and harassing anyone who disagrees with you.
My browser choice doesn’t affect you, so kindly stfu and mind your own business.
Specifically, do you worry that Microsoft is going to eventually do the Microsoft thing and horribly fuck it up for everyone? I’ve really grown to appreciate the language itself, but I’m wary of it getting too ingrained at work only to have the rug pulled out from under us when it’s become hard to back out....
Corporations aren’t people and don’t behave like people. Giving credit to corporations doesn’t work in the long term, because people who work for them are constantly changing. The ones who did a good job may leave or get replaced, and the ones who take over may not care about maintaining their legacy.
ALEC is a conservative group that writes model legislation in the U.S., and hundreds of their bills have been enacted in different states. Many of them are harmful. But you have to admire the model in some ways because it’s working. It saves legislators research, it propagates the “best” policies and implementations from...
None that I’m aware of. I wish we had one, but it feels like progressives are very decentralized right now. We don’t have a Heritage Foundation equivalent to get everyone on the same page either.
It’d be neat if someone made a fully democratic version of the Heritage Foundation that we could then draft model legislation from.
It wasn’t removed because of the pronouns though. It was removed because the mod description violated their community policies.
There are plenty of mods just like it that the site keeps up. Dozens of mods even remove black characters from games, which is way worse. The difference is, those mods don’t write long rants about how much they hate minorities and liberals in their descriptions.
Compared to C or C++ it is miles ahead, but higher-level programming languages can be more intuitive. Kotlin IMO is much more intuitive than Rust.
While Rust code may look as simple as other high level languages, it takes much more effort to get there. It can feel like the type system is fighting against you, rather than being there to guide you toward a correct answer. Thanks to Rust’s macros, IDE support for Rust is also not as good, which contributes to that feeling.
I’ve been programming for decades, though usually for myself, not as a profession. My current go-to language is Python, but I’m thinking of learning either Swift (I’m currently on the Apple ecosystem), or Rust. Which one do you think will be the best in terms of machine learning support in a couple of years and how easy is...
I would recommend Swift out of the two, if you’re in the Apple ecosystem and want to make Apple apps. It’s a beautiful language. Otherwise, I’d use Rust.
Side Note: For ML, I’d stick with Python. ML libraries are written in native code, but as an ML developer you almost exclusively call their code through a Python interface.
Side note: Rust is technically being used at the web app level, but it’s hard work compared to Typescript or Javascript. I wouldn’t recommend learning web development through Rust.
What are your opinions on the future of back-end web development? Is the Java ecosystem going to wither away as more modern and better solutions are emerging and maturing?...
FWIW, serverless doesn’t mean “no backend”. Serverless apps can still have backend code using edge functions. Serverless just means “much less backend”.
Most backend code I’ve seen is boilerplate, or reimplementing functionality that already exists in the DB, and serverless libraries just remove the need to write that boilerplate at all.
Good point. That used to be the case, but I think that’s been a solved problem for a while. IIRC, most places cache functions for up to a day, so any site with reasonable traffic won’t have to wait for boot.
Regarding scaling, one cool thing about serverless libraries is that some are open source and provide instructions on how to self-host.
What things really helped you toget better at programming?
Curious to hear about the things that helped improve your programming ability.
words search (slrpnk.net)
I got goblin warlock...
Which language you wish would really grow and reach mainstream adoption?
Assume mainstream adoption as used by around 7% of all github projects...
Brave browser quietly slips a VPN service onto your Windows PC (www.androidcentral.com)
How do you feel about TypeScript?
Specifically, do you worry that Microsoft is going to eventually do the Microsoft thing and horribly fuck it up for everyone? I’ve really grown to appreciate the language itself, but I’m wary of it getting too ingrained at work only to have the rug pulled out from under us when it’s become hard to back out....
The forbidden topics of hacker communities (drewdevault.com)
School Surveillance Makes It Harder to Finish Homework, Report Finds (gizmodo.com)
Is there a progressive organization that writes model legislation?
ALEC is a conservative group that writes model legislation in the U.S., and hundreds of their bills have been enacted in different states. Many of them are harmful. But you have to admire the model in some ways because it’s working. It saves legislators research, it propagates the “best” policies and implementations from...
Nexus Mods Fine With Bigots Leaving Over Removed Starfield ‘Pronoun’ Mod (kotaku.com)
'This is egregious': Sisters shocked when Toronto landlord raises rent to $9,500 a month (toronto.ctvnews.ca)
The landlord had told them he wanted to raise the rent to $3,500 and when they complained he decided to raise it to $9,500....
is Rust really that powerful / intuitive?
Hello all,...
What are your programming hot takes?
What to learn next, Swift or Rust
I’ve been programming for decades, though usually for myself, not as a profession. My current go-to language is Python, but I’m thinking of learning either Swift (I’m currently on the Apple ecosystem), or Rust. Which one do you think will be the best in terms of machine learning support in a couple of years and how easy is...
The future of back-end development
What are your opinions on the future of back-end web development? Is the Java ecosystem going to wither away as more modern and better solutions are emerging and maturing?...