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manuelfcreison Do I not like Ruby anymore? (2024)

I fully agree to the points here, even as a full time ruby lover. Jumping around different languages over the past 10 years really shows staleness in Ruby as a language, even if the ecosystem tries to keep up.

The ergonomics of ruby still have me very much liking the language as it fits how I think, but there are a lot of good developments in the usual neighbors, and I see myself picking up both Python and JS ever more for small projects.

manuelfcreison $70M in 60 Seconds: How Insider Info Helped Someone 28x Their Money

Neither! Options are derivatives, which are also regulated by the CFTC

manuelfcreison What I Learned Failing to Finish a Game in 2024

Really liked the article, I think there is also something to be said about the difference in learning game design and game development. I think people tend to want to do both at the same time, but spending some time just on game design can help you feel less helpless when learning development.

manuelfcreison Carrefour puts ‘shrinkflation’ price warnings on food to shame brands

Well, it's possible to increase prices without using these tactics to make it seem like it's not increasing.

manuelfcreison MDN: What can be done about the “ugly” elements?

Today we were discussing the usual issue of how designers want a select to look and how the web standard applies it.

When searching for some references on why things are as they are I found this page to be quite interesting as it really shows all of the elements that can cause issues with styles in a straightforward way.

manuelfcreison Show HN: Local development with .local domains and HTTPS

Really like what this does and the look of it! Congrats

manuelfcreison Apollo will close down on June 30th

I believe facebook has a much lower average revenue per user of around $10.

From the calculations I've seen reddit's average revenue per user is much lower at around $2-3. However, the price on the API for Apollo in specific is of $30 per user per year.

manuelfcreison Why is remote work seen as a gift?

Well, in the entire history of civilization most people used to work at home, and not at some other place. Offices aren't part of human nature.

manuelfcreison Finishing what you start makes teams more productive and predictable

The article is actually about this! How manufacturing processes are not a one to one comparison with software work.

> The reason many people fail to acknowledge and act upon transaction costs in the software industry is that they compare software — a design process — to manufacturing processes.

manuelfcreison Code for The Economist's election model for 2020

There was quite a big argument between Nate Silver, from 538, and G. Elliott Morris, the author of this model, which was quite an entertaining read if you’re into statistical drama.

A piece of it:

https://twitter.com/NateSilver538/status/1294263127668924416...

manuelfcreison Ask HN: Are my expectations on code quality and professionalism too high?

I would say your standards are very reasonable and should be implemented across the board.

In my experience it's very easy for company culture, namely in smaller businesses, to get the impression that code quality is a luxury rather than a necessity. And it's even easier to have good intentions, but due to a lack of cultural enforcement just keep them at intentions and never implement anything.

So I would say that you either try to get your standards across or learn to live with lower standards .

manuelfcreison Unofficial Winamp Web Site

I would also bandcamp to this list!