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Aside from the (glaring) accessibility issues, the aesthethic doesn't look great.

Leveraging bespoke design systems is hopefully next. Design systems (and accompanying component libraries) are hard to build, but they have a huge payoff in terms of ROI in dev resources. Right now the models are too open/generalized - basically only being able to churn out Tailwind/shadcn/etc.

> Everything you've done so far is sunk cost

What an incredibly cynical answer to an honest question.

I can't think of a single person that would think of walking as "pointless".

I'm surprised about the amount of comments here berating FB & social media companies. You have the option to deactivate your account and stop using it, to "vote with your feet". Meta is a company and will maximise revenue & engagement - what's actually more worrying is that people still use these sites and doom scroll their nights away (generally speaking of course).

> Whatever framework you choose will be obsolete in 5 years.

I must be living in a different reality, because most of the frameworks 5 years ago are still being (actively) used.

Which is appreciated - emailed!

Not really related to this post specifically, but my opinion on Cloudflare is slowly shifting from "really like them" to "they're actually hostile to indie devs".

Almost a month ago now my account was incorrectly charged for a pro plan I didn't have --- aside from the week+ long waits between replies from support, they refuse to refund me until the engineering problem is fixed. I'm still waiting for a reply to my follow-up mail from last week.

Yea, $25 is not much - but as an indie dev this makes me HUGELY nervous if that amount had even 1 more zero after it.

But hey, cool office guys.

> Where are all the self-directed learners?

Doing something other than filling out some esoteric BS form. These are possibly the worst kind of job applications in my opinion (coming from someone who has filled some out in my time).

Amazing lack of real photos and, seemingly, people.

Actually makes the results fairly interesting too. :)

I've found the opposite true as well.

Something pg native would be fantastic.

IMO the problem with these social-networks now is that they all turned into ad-machines & "like-bait". The original products worked extremely well - but you gotta make money somehow, and ads seem to be the go-to model.

Like, ja, obviously.

Man, watching that robot struggle with that green shirt made my eye twitch.

I lived in Hamburg for a few years. The single most jarring thing was always healthcare - expertise & availability. My personal opinion was that physicians seemed to be overly dependent on tech/equipment so their clinical diagnoses skills really suffered (that or just being scared of making a mistake maybe).

I would say the article is a bit nit-picky IMO. For every pattern there are probably dozens of poor-use examples. I personally really like the Gmail undo mechanism.

Kinda hilarious seeing how hard people went to add "AI" to pretty much everything.

LLM's are not useful enough to me to want them integrated with my daily-drivers (web browser, email client, etc.) - so this is a great take & one that I personally identify with.

I need Windows for work, but same - dual booted Ubuntu right away.

Adjacent point, but I recently bought a Windows laptop (after 10 years on Mac). I've been blown away by the sheer amount of advertising & upsells at OS level. Some of it you can turn off, but others you can't seem to (for me at least). I don't ever remember Windows feeling like you're borrowing it from MS.

Hi! Right now the project is in an "early access" phase, so a lot of work is going into resolving these stability issues/fixes, but this is really great feedback - thanks!

I just found it a bit lacklustre & uninspired.

I've been running a consistent 10-11ish kilometers 5 times a week for the last 13 years. Recent (old) re-injury has forced me to switch to weight training about 6 times a week - and absolutely loving it. I'll probably switch to something like Crossfit next year to take up a more cardio-routine, but it's showed how you don't need to necessarily "run" to stay fit & healthy (although I do miss it a lot).

As per the article, do people really see Canva as a competitor to Adobe? I must be missing something.

Really. :)

Love Spotify, saying that as a UI guy as well as a music lover. I've tried Apple Music, Deezer & recently Tidal - but find Spotify's music discovery alg. is killer for what I listen to.

I hate that "content" now has become "content we want people to engage with so that we can get likes and clicks and become thought leaders and such". Likely unrealistic, but I hope the internet can get back to where it was 15 years ago, but keep the good stuff.

Assuming an entry level job?

Probably React. But real world code (in the form of libraries/apps/projects) is way more valuable IMO. Regardless of framework, to an extent of course. Good luck!