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brokenbyclouds··on A developer's view of Vision Pro
It's going to mess up your hair, your makeup, add weight on your face, and collect face oil like a sponge. Take the keys off your keyboard and roll your face around in that.
brokenbyclouds··on “If you use React, you should be using a React framework.”
What was it about v6 that made upgrading not feasible? Curious about your use case if you can talk about it more.
brokenbyclouds··on Neuralink faces federal probe, employee backlash over animal tests
You think he's a scientist? You think he's competent?
brokenbyclouds··on 75% of the time we spend with our kids in our lifetime will be spent by age 12
It absolutely does not force you to change at all, nor does it force you to maintain a good relationship with your partner. Divorce rates are high, there are lots of bad parents. Having kids may have pushed you to be better, and that's great, but there are a lot of people out there for whom it makes no positive difference at all.
brokenbyclouds··on I hate Java. Can I use Kotlin without touching it whatsoever?
You can absolutely use Kotlin without having to write Java. I worked on multiple Kotlin multiplatform projects for four years and never had to do anything in Java. Yes you use libraries that are written in Java but you often won't be able to tell. Kotlin is pretty seamless.
brokenbyclouds··on Elm changed my mind about unpopular languages
You're right, my comment was needlessly harsh and I apologize for that. You didn't deserve that and it was rude of me.

The subject of Elm often gets me riled up because there's so much good about it mixed with what to me is a greater portion of frustration. I strongly disagree with how the language is managed, with the closed nature of its development, but mostly with what looks like the constant dismissal of any concerns about any of these issues any time they're brought up. By far, the most common response feels something like "everything is fine and your opinions are baseless."

There are people I know who, like me, have tried to convince employers to even consider Elm and have been shot down because, in management's words, "there doesn't seem to be any idea where the language is going", or its "too unsafe, its all dependent on one guy" or "looks like its dead now anyway, no releases in over a year and apparently it sucks at basic things like dealing with json". And yeah, some of those things, like the json nonsense, shouldn't be showstoppers. But not having an idea of what the roadmap or timeline looks like is a big deal. No releases in a year is a big deal. So then you bring that up on the elm forums or the slack, and you end up getting blasted there too because now you're seen as criticizing this thing that everyone loves.

Obviously I'm just a jackass on the internet with more mouth than brains and I wouldn't hold your breath waiting for me to ever make anything as interesting or yes, successful, as Elm is right now. I appreciate the work you've put into making Elm as good as it is.

brokenbyclouds··on Facebook's Desperate Smoke Screen
Yikes, you don't know anything about how this works do you?
brokenbyclouds··on Facebook's Desperate Smoke Screen
I can't tell if this is poes law or not. It's blindingly stupid to say that arcades are in any way equivalent to Facebook.
brokenbyclouds··on A “Silicon Valley” actor is terrified by what’s happening in Silicon Valley
Its hard to believe people actually think this shit.
brokenbyclouds··on Ask HN: What tools do you use to search for Meetups?
Its so surprising to me how little is going on in the Las Vegas tech scene. I expected a lot more, particularly after Tony Hsieh's big push to create a robust tech environment at the downtown container park a few years back.

Compare how many events and how many people expressing interest in said events in Vegas to Utah and the contrast is pretty stark.

brokenbyclouds··on Paul Mus, Ho Chi Minh, and Me
I've watched every episode of the series and from what I saw, they cast it very close to how you described it.
brokenbyclouds··on Ask HN: Companies who adopted React Native over a year ago, do you regret it?
I don't use react native for work, just for my own projects, but what you said about expo is resonating with me. I thought it would be a clear winner but it's much slower to do anything with it, the app is constantly crashing, etc. Feels much less productive.
brokenbyclouds··on Treating performance as a product: The technical story of Asana’s rewrite
Can you say anything about the challenges involved in creating a unified My Tasks view that shows all your tasks across all organizations to which you belong?
brokenbyclouds··on Treating performance as a product: The technical story of Asana’s rewrite
ClickUp may be worth a look for you
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