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animesh

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Hello!

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animesh··on Webcams aren't good enough
Another +1. I got a HP w100 480P 30 FPS for this purpose. It serves my purpose best which is interviews and screen shares with friends. I can be seen and recognized and save on bandwich.
animesh··on Tell HN: Don't bring your loud mechanical keyboard to the office
Took my Keychron K8 (Gateron brown) to workspace last week. I was worried about this. Unexpectedly, the sound of the air conditioning system was enough to damp the key clacking. Of course, the GB was silent as well than others switches per my research. So I hope I did not create much trouble.
animesh··on “Code” 2nd Edition
Thanks for pointing this out. I would have missed it otherwise.
animesh··on Ask HN: Where do you post your writing?
I love reading opinions from experienced developers. Subscribed, thank you.
animesh··on “Code” 2nd Edition
Thank you, decided on it.
animesh··on “Code” 2nd Edition
I skipped computer architecture for another elective IIRC, so it may be worth my while after all. Thank you.
animesh··on “Code” 2nd Edition
Thank you, I decided on it.
animesh··on “Code” 2nd Edition
Thanks for this solid comment. Assembly is the one that I am most removed from at the moment. It is 15 years or more. So it seems like I will enjoy it at the very least.
animesh··on “Code” 2nd Edition
I majored in electronics (more than a decade ago) but always worked in software development. Does it still make sense to purchase it? I am eager to buy it, just need the push. :)
animesh··on Ask HN: Why Did VSCode Win?
I doubt they make any money. But think of how many people soften their stances on Microsoft and buy into their developer ecosystem eventually. It is a success in that sense.
animesh··on Ask HN: Why Did VSCode Win?
My observations and experiences. Used VSCode from 2014.

1. Attracted Nodejs and then Python initially.

2. Fast enough

3. Good extension architecture and extensive extension ecosystem (hey look a new EEE)

4. LSP integration

animesh··on Tell HN: Use separate windows, not tabs, for distinct tasks
I use edge at work and do this for similar reasons.

All my AWS tabs in one window, work websites on another window etc.

animesh··on Ask HN: What's your favorite flat file blog?
Lektor with Gitlab CI.
animesh··on .NET 7 introduces Native AOT
On an i7-8700 w Kingston NVMe:

    PS C:\Users\me> (Measure-Command { pwsh -c exit }).TotalMilliseconds
    265.3785

    PS C:\Users\me> (Measure-Command { powershell -noprofile -c exit }).TotalMilliseconds
    119.481
animesh··on Google mandates workers back to Silicon Valley, other offices from April 4
I was in the camp of remote is always better even after being aware of 'never say never' and 'no silver bullet'.

Within the first six months, I realized there is no single answer that works for everyone. It really depends on the ability to institute async communication, self-regulate and whole lot of other factors IMHO.

animesh··on Tell HN: Thank you for the noprocrast flag
It will let you browse HN for x minutes and then take a break for y minutes.

Default x and y are 20 and 180.

This means you read for 20 minutes and then are blocked for 3 hours.

When you are blocked it will display the remaining minutes to be able to read HN again.

animesh··on Tell HN: Thank you for the noprocrast flag
Leechblock is good and it works well.
animesh··on Ask HN: Why is MS Teams so slow, do devs test Teams on less powerful machines?
How is Outlook programmable? (asking) Is it still via vba or something newer?
animesh··on Ask HN: What is your “I don't care if this succeeds” project?
> I'm my own "I don't care if this succeeds" project.

It is like you are me. I came to a similar conclusion independently. Whatever I do doesn't need to "succeed".

The only think I push myself is to build and build. Meet new people and hope it opens new doors.

animesh··on Heuristics that almost always work
Is it Micromort? I just learned about this from a comment above.

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=30267553

animesh··on Simple.css – A classless CSS framework
Hey kevq, thanks for simple.css. I started using it last year on my blog and love it. After some modifications, maintenance work on styles has reduced considerably. Love it, thanks.
animesh··on How to mentor software engineers
Against the common sense, I started talking a little bit more when the 1-1 mentee is at a unknown unknown situation. I tell them they should look fwd to a,b and c if they are to look for a direction and I invite them to setup a further specific 1-1 to discuss this, if that catches their eye. If not, again will let them explore and then comeback with other options and so on.
animesh··on Entire website in a single HTML file
I did a similar thing on my mini WIP portfolio site @ https://anmsh.net/
animesh··on Zig 0.9.0
That Road to Zig talk is a must watch. I keep coming back to it. More than the language, I love how much conviction Andrew has in his vision for Zig.
animesh··on Ask HN: How do you manage RSS feeds effectively?
1- Mostly programming bloggers whom I am reading from for the last decade or so. Occasionally, I add stuff like Low Tech Magazine and continue them if they have semi-regular and decent content.

2- QuiteRSS

3- None.

4- Provide a nagging comment on the HN/Reddit article to provide a feed. I get they wouldn't want to, but still I try to make my case.

5- Absolutely, now more than ever. IMHO, I realized that if I could keep curating my feeds somewhat regularly, then I could actually lay off proggit and even HN.

animesh··on Ask HN: Do you like being left handed?
I am a right handed person, but I try to get the left hand to do an activity the moment I am conscious about it. Two such examples are brushing teeth and using the mouse. Long time back I started using my left hand for brushing. Even 15 years later, it doesn't feel natural but I got good at the finer movements.

Around the same time, I was playing a lot of video games and got Carpal Tunnel Syndrome, so I started using the mouse with the left hand. I can't draw well with the left hand on say in MS Paint, otherwise I got pretty comfortable with it.

animesh··on Ask HN: What RSS Reader do you use on your Linux desktop?
QuiteRSS
animesh··on Ask HN: Simplest stack to build web apps in 2021?
That makes sense. I didn't think about it that way, but traditional MVC views would do just as well I guess for greenfield work.
animesh··on Ask HN: Simplest stack to build web apps in 2021?
Thanks for HTMX and your essays. Today I was reading HTMX documentation on what to do when we design API-first for a particular project but don't want any of the frontend magic aka SPA. I found immediately that I need to use both json_enc and client-side-templates extensions. Hope I am on the right path.
animesh··on Against Discord Channels
I love the ADHD notice. I would love to steal it at least in the spirit.
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