it's wild
207 karma · joined December 1, 2018
Interests: Yoga, Web Development, Remote Work, Programming, Mentorship
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it's wild
Remote: Yes
Willing to relocate: Only to Scandinavian countries
Technologies: Full stack web, product development, mostly Python (Django/FastApi/SQL/GQL), TypeScript (React/NextJS/Tailwind/headless), Elm, Emacs Lisp. I would love to work with Elm again, learn Elixir/LiveView or Htmx, or/and do more functional programming again
Résumé/CV: https://20y.hu/~slink/resume/
Email: gabor@20y.hu
Here's what they write about BLE (Bluetooth Low Energy) that they use for connection:
> BLE has the advantage of being compatible between different platforms, but it is extremely slow. It may be suitable for sending small text messages, but it is totally unsuitable for exchanging photos, let alone videos. However, alternatives exist. We will develop this point below.
It wasn't an easy decision to delete my WhatsApp account because I feared losing access to several friends.
Here's what I did. I checked who my friends were that I couldn't find on Signal or Telegram. I had sent them a message explaining that I would stop using WhatsApp and the reasons why I preferred to avoid using it. I also mentioned on which other platforms I was available and if they would consider being available there too. To my great surprise, most of these people made the move. (Particularly the ones I had often contact with.) For the rest, I'd sent another message in a few weeks saying that I'm uninstalling the app and asking them to send me an email to my email address so that I'd have their addresses.
I find that it's our responsibility to help non tech-savvy people understand their digital choices and set a good example through our very own choices.
In the article they say that "really a bot found the problem and made the PR, but really a human developer at Code Review Doctor did triage the issue before the PR was raised)".
I've been using Elm for the last 2 years and it's not that I don't fight the compiler, but I constantly use it to guide me while refactoring. Elm code is extremely readable and types (including Maybe, Result, etc.) just give so much confidence and control to the programmer. While working with an Elm code base, refactoring is a constant, joyful, safe act.
It is true that in many cases good tests help. However often when I work with Python (using type hints), I need to write a unit test just to ensure a contract that I could explicity state using types in Elm. It doesn't feel right.