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JaggerJo

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JaggerJo··on My upgrade to 25 Gbit/s Fiber To The Home
Meanwhile in Germany the fastest connection is 100 MBit down.. 20 up
JaggerJo··on Netflix hints at password sharing crackdown as subscribers fall
I share a Netflix account with 3 other people.

We’re on the biggest plan. Would not even consider subscribing if I had to pay it alone.

Sharing keeps me subscribed. Often I don’t watch something on Netflix for weeks - but cause I only pay 1/4 I don’t mind.

JaggerJo··on Zas Editor
Not the current target audience as my language of choice is not supported, but I'd also prefer a subscription.
JaggerJo··on Zas Editor
Really cool project!

Did you consider using ANTLR instead of tree-sitter parser? Don't know too much about tree-sitter but is seems to be a batteries included approach to building parsers?

JaggerJo··on Zas Editor
Wish I could use this. Add F# support and I’ll shower you in money.
JaggerJo··on Please put units in names
F# has units of measure built into the language.

let time: float<s> = 0.1<s>

let length: float<m> = 10.0<m>

let speed: float<m/s> = length / time

JaggerJo··on A brief reflection on Mac software stagnation
Mostly agree. If you’ve done native app development you have seen the light.

Problem is a lot of devs only ever did web development and think this is “ok”.

JaggerJo··on Building a web app with no framework
We also use F# end to end (Fable + .NET). 3 years in I could not be happier.
JaggerJo··on Netflix to be forced to broadcast Putin propaganda
They could also stop business in russia.
JaggerJo··on From macOS to FreeBSD
Just from looking at the first screenshot (https://raw.githubusercontent.com/helloSystem/hello/master/s...)

The items in the global menu are aligned incorrectly. (notice how the baseline of the menu item title does not match the baseline of the shortcut)

JaggerJo··on Ask HN: Do you still use Exposure Notifications?
Actually had a few legit warnings where a knew I had contact - but also had ones where I was not able to track down a risk contact.
JaggerJo··on Ask HN: Best chat app to replace RocketChat?
The mac + ios apps suck
JaggerJo··on Ask HN: What's Russia's Endgame in Ukraine?
I’m German and think we spend too little on our own military - to the point where it’s a joke.

Europe needs to grow up and get able to defend itself.

JaggerJo··on My Elm Experience
Improved quite a bit, but still isn’t the fastest compiler ever.

Fabel (the F# to JS/Python) compiler is also ok speed wise.

I’m developing on a Mac but have team colleges using linux. Can’t complain. JetBrains Rider is years ahead of Visual Studio IMHO.

JaggerJo··on My Elm Experience
We also use it at our startup (and a few projects before that) and it works great.

We don’t use elmish tho, but the React bindings. Elmish never worked fir us prior little demos.

JaggerJo··on My Elm Experience
Try F# + Fable instead.
JaggerJo··on Ask HN: Is there a functional programming language with the benefits of Go?
With more recent versions of .NET producing a single binary is also possible.

Would try F#

JaggerJo··on Leetcode has taught me that I'm a bad engineer
I'm at the point where I refuse to continue the interviewing process if something like this is required. I have plenty of open source stuff the interviewer can peek at. I'm also happy to discuss any technical question to whatever depth the interviewer wants.

If a take-home assignment is wished, I'm billing for it.

There are plenty of good jobs/projects - be pickier.

JaggerJo··on Programming languages and frameworks to learn in 2022
I think F# has a bright future ahead.

It’s the language of choice at our startup and we couldn’t be happier.

We target .NET and the browser (via. Fable - a F# to JS Compiler).

Right now new target languages are added to fable (python, rust, ?) so this could be a really nice way to tap into whatever ecosystem you need.

JaggerJo··on rC3 Fahrplan – The Chaos Communication Congress 2021 schedule
Yes, when it was still in Hamburg it was fabulous.
JaggerJo··on Review of “Ask HN: Predictions for 2021?”
I’m from Germany and we were hit really hard by the flood.

People died, lost their homes - but after a few months most of it is already forgotten.

There is little to no action taken to prevent this from happening again - at least in the village my parents live.

A friend of mine lost everything. It makes me freaking angry. We all have to adjust our behavior or we are really fucked sooner than most people think.

Climate change is already here.

JaggerJo··on Saying goodbye to an old friend
Never had issues with homebrew and have been extensively using it for years now.

It’s a great piece of software I would really miss.

The people maintaining it also do great work.

JaggerJo··on Why Zulip will stand the test of time
The client is a piece of shit tho.

Posted to the wrong channel/topic more than once now..

A native mac app would be a game changer. Would pay for it.

JaggerJo··on Ask HN: Why is building Windows apps so complicated?
Use WinUI. The end.
JaggerJo··on Ask HN: What is your preferred/most commonly used stack and why?
For web apps:

F# + .NET + ASP NET on the backend F# + Fable on the frontend

Otherwise just F# + .NET - basically runs everywhere and is good for anything.

JaggerJo··on Google 20% time volunteers have been rewriting the ITA Matrix flight search app
can confirm. We built a potato canon last month.
JaggerJo··on Books that changed my career as a software engineer
agree. I’ve inherited codebases from new “architects” who seemingly have just read GoF.
JaggerJo··on Ask HN: What are the best-designed things you've ever used?
TS-100 Soldering Iron.
JaggerJo··on Wasted $45,000 on a CS Degree to end up learning from YouTube
Basically this means:

You either need a Bachelors degree or a (small) track record of success in the industry.

JaggerJo··on Wasted $45,000 on a CS Degree to end up learning from YouTube
Just here to emphasise the fact that the average fresh bachelor holder is way less competent in software development than someone who spent 3 years+ in the industry.

Equivalent here does not really mean equivalent.

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