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aceBacker··on The impossible case of pitching rust in a web dev shop
A lot? I mean, it's not rust but it's not that bad.
aceBacker··on Kubernetes reinvented virtual machines in a good sense
Kubernetes isn't that complicated, it's distributed computing that is complicated. Kubernetes makes it as simple as it can be without oversimplifying it.
aceBacker··on Twelve-factor app anno 2022
What do you think about secret volumes like kubernetes does? https://kubernetes.io/docs/concepts/configuration/secret/#co...
aceBacker··on Chrome 0day is being exploited now for CVE-2022-1096; update immediately
Heh, my corp locks down the edge updates and bundles them with the OS updates. Edge is going to be vulnerable to this one for months maybe a year longer that chrome.
aceBacker··on Why are our brains shrinking?
I think the answer is the same reason the male brain is larger than the female brain on average. The part of the brain that handles fighting. It's a pretty large part of our brains.

The reptilian hindbrain that handles violence isn't needed nearly as much now that we have society and civilization. It's shrinking.

aceBacker··on Monorepos will ruin your life – but they're worth it
With nx, If you have a package that is imported into another can you have nodemon rebuild just the imported package? I have a heavy handed fix for yarn workspaces but it is hacky. I'd prefer a better solution if nx can do that.
aceBacker··on Microsoft deletes all comments under heavily criticized Windows 11 upgrade video
I don't think it's as bad as that.

You can still create a local account and login to your PC without a callback to Microsoft.

aceBacker··on Mutation Driven Testing: When TDD Just Isn’t Good Enough
Robert Martin is the dude that said the only acceptable target is 100%. Of course he also said you shouldn't plan to actually hit that target, just get as close as is possible without having to test things that don't matter like frameworks.

Kent Beck recently went through and clarified TDD and he definitely doesn't advocate 100%. https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLlmVY7qtgT_lkbrk9iZNizp97...

aceBacker··on Man found 'living in airport for three months' over Covid fears
a defense of temporary insanity seems reasonable to me. Otherwise they're going to have to establish another motive. And I bet any other motive will still have a reasonable doubt.
aceBacker··on Computer science is not software engineering
Someone that can take something confusing they've written and then refactor it into something easy to read and modify is better than most compsci skills. Because that person can usually suffer through hours of googling to find a math solution to a problem.
aceBacker··on Why Programming Is Hard to Fundamentally Improve (2017)
I wonder how the author would feel about the low code solutions that are catching on in enterprises. For example outsystems seems to be changing how programming works while letting people use languages they are familiar with.
aceBacker··on That’s not why I did it
I've never been able to articulate why I got good at coding when I was very young. Growing up in a chaotic household coding gave me an area of life that I could control. This seems obvious to me now.
aceBacker··on Better Than JSON?
The only problem with json is that you can't do comments with the default implementation.
aceBacker··on What does code readability mean? (2018)
I think the point is that we develop in a stream of consciousness. We figure out what we need, pull it in, do what we need to do as it pops into our thoughts. When we're done it's time to start writing. Take that stream of consciousness and make it more logical. Easier to follow. Refined.

That's how authors write books. No one writes a first draft and declared the book finished. Every creative effort requires iteration to improve.

aceBacker··on Tales of an Aging Gamer: We keep getting older, the games stay the same
If they just took a popular game and used the engine like skyrim, fallout, gears, halo, etc. Just pump out more of the same. Using new maps. Keep the same enemies even. I'd buy it, a lot of people would. Why are they leaving money on the table?
aceBacker··on What makes a great developer? A story of an extraordinary blacksmith
BUT, an average developer is better than a developer who just puts in their 8 hours a day and never learns new skills. The people who you make a point to address an issue with and then a few weeks later you see they created the same issue again.

I think the key is to actually care about your work. You got even a little bit of that and you're fine.