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To be fair I expect that somebody outside my circle would like it at least! Now that being said:

>Issues usually came from people who didn't know how to make robust pipelines or leverage TC's functionality and felt like they had to reinvent everything

Blaming the end user is almost never the answer, even less when the average TC user is somewhat technical or very technical. If a tool throws hundreds of things to your face and call it a day, then people will end up reinventing everything since they didn't have a chance to discover how to make sense out of it (without tons of free time and guessing that is). I haven't used the very latest version though so things may have improved further but I believe it'd require a major overhaul to put things in order.

Maybe not worse than the "first version of Jenkins" but it's quite bad and I have never ever heard "I like TC UI" from anyone in any job, they all disliked it or outright hated it (myself included). And after so many years, it's still bad and complicated. The base is solid though, it'd just be so much better with proper UX.

It's a difficult battle in many teams where some people will just go overboard for multiple reasons, usually in this order: fun, fear of being seen as short-sighted and/or promotions. It mainly happens in big orgs and your examples definitely fit the bill although I haven't worked there specifically. I'm not that old (very late 20s) but I've seen overengineer code (or infra) ending in the trash so many times... many people could see it coming and warned about it, yet it still happened.

I usually try to support the opposite idea by bringing agile to the table. Agile doesn't say "please don't overengineer" but "this can change a lot in a couple sprints, requirements may be different, there are more (or none anymore) use cases now" and hence why to spend so many resources doing something that not only doesn't cover all potential unknown use cases but also adds overhead when reading the code for no benefit. For some teams this has clicked very well. Appropriate agile training can help a lot.

However it doesn't always work and if the person(s) doing this have higher ups backing it up (even if unintentionally) you're fighting the wrong battle. If you can't change it, move teams or to a company where money is a bit tighter and/or where these behaviours aren't tolerated - in other words, where things needs to get done and there's no time for experimenting with things that most likely won't yield returns.

This is it - simple, not easy. You can lie to yourself for a while but not forever. Motivation comes when you do something you like doing.

I can't tell why but I really love the music, it's really cool and somehow cute. It's overall fun and wish it had more "brushes".

In all honesty, being this grumpy after such harmless comment isn't very healthy. Also what OP experiments happens in e.g. my PC and Android as well. I hope you're ok.

Who'd input the credit card on a random website that has suspicious discounts? Who'd give his SSN through the phone to someone saying the bank is calling to verify some details? Who'd believe an email saying that it's the bank and you need to update your app ASAP by clicking on this link or you'll lose access to your account?

They (or we) are not stupid, they just don't know better and we should try to shield them from these risks as much as possible.

I get what you mean but I didn't say that attention-grabbing platforms are incompatible with (at least some) interesting content.

Also, HN doesn't have many dark patterns (or any?) and I'd not consider it a typical social network like FB, Twitter, LinkedIn, etc but more like a forum. But even if we consider this place a social network, comparing it to any of the typical social networks is futile IMHO.

>A lot of stuff is written purely to get attention.

Doesn't this apply to any social network feed? Most of the time people (or companies) just want your attention and LinkedIn is still a social network, therefore it makes total sense.

I don't have kids but I never understood why some parents think that their kids have to learn about their passion, specially at such young ages. I understand this in countries where prospects are poor and your best option is stick to the family business but this is something else with different ramifications.

I'd let my kid learn about coding if he/she asks for it and is curious, otherwise I'd never try to shove it. Let kids be kids and if they become interested then be happy to be their personal teacher.

My very first worry about these things is privacy. Surely work stuff shouldn't be discussed in there but given that E2E isn't mentioned what are the privacy guarantees compared to e.g. Zoom?

If no encryption is present then why wouldn't I use Discord which also has features like screen sharing?

Congrats on launch!

An alternative to this is Octant, a full-blown GUI (not terminal) which looks pretty good and it's backef by VMWare https://octant.dev/

Wow, I'm in shock. How could Apple let this one slip in? When I was a junior fullstack I had to design a very similar system and this was one of the very basic checks that I had in mind back then. I don't know how could anyone excuse this very basic bug in such critical service.

I know them well - I'm from Spain :)

I don't really like Málaga but Granada is also a solid choice if you can bear the hot weather.

That's been their priority since it was released and "hints" from users are just ignored as anyone can see if you go to the site with a browser and you have to close the banners reminding you to install the app.

Until you upgrade the kernel and your wifi stops working. Or the desktop stops loading and you have to spend time going through logs and googling what's broken this time. Or when you plug it to a secondary screen and it freezes. This happened when I was a desktop Linux user and this still happens (less frequently nowadays though). I'm mainly talking about Ubuntu which is supposed to be beginner-friendly and not some obscure distro.

When I was younger I was very happy to deal with these issues because I learned a lot and probably made me the professional I am nowadays. Over time however I realized much of this knowledge doesn't contribute to my day-to-day work anymore and it's just an annoyance - I now want to turn on my laptop and work right away.

Some nice spanish city that's not super crowded with good food and sea while being kinda affordable. Valencia comes to mind.

I'd say psilocybin (magic mushrooms). It doesn't cure depression by itself, it just punches you in the face and shows your reality and then you can decide if you want to change something, everything or nothing. It's cheap, it's natural (not that it makes it good, but it's nice that nature provides and it's accessible), it's been proven very safe for the majority of the people (not to be taken with antidepressants or if suffering serious mental issues such as schizophrenia) and it's been used for ages for many purposes and science has been considering it as a very valid treatment for depression for some time now and I can vouch for it.

There are places in the world where this is legal, and you can do it with doctors if so you wish. I didn't go through the official medical route since like many other people, I wasn't entirely convinced that taking pills covering the problem (if anything, I don't buy the "chemical imbalance" theory - I do believe there's one, but that's just the end of the chain and not the cause) combined with several years of therapies was going to be a good idea in my specific case.

Luckily HN is a quite open community and this has been discussed several times so please use the search to read more about it. The book "How to Change Your Mind" by Michael Pollan is a must read if you want to convince yourself and give it a try. I can also recommend r/microdosing and r/psychonauts.

Please do a lot of research before you decide to take this route as the process can be tough but then if you happen to be very deep into depression it's worth looking into.

I do respect your opinion and even think similarly although I disagree with some details (the adblock works ok for example) but that doesn't matter because I was referring to:

>Please don't comment about the voting on comments. It never does any good, and it makes boring reading.

People may downvote your comments further because of this - and again, I'm not the one doing it but it's important to try to understand how other people might act if you care about these internet points.

I do believe that if you express your opinion without hyperbole you'd fine as your points are reasonable. It's not so much about people being cowards or that they can't argue (you can see many threads that contradict that notion).

I didn't downvote you however saying "iOS devices are just not suitable for browsing the internet" definitely sounds hyperbolic and I imagine that's what made some people snap. Then this last comment is against the guidelines and doesn't show any kind of self-criticism while it's kind of clear why the original one may have been downvoted. Hope this helps to reframe your view.

I also think the modern Windows 10 UI is ugly, but the worst is that it's very inconsistent e.g. right click here and get this popup style, but if you right click there you get another one. Same goes when you browse some computer settings (not talking about the most obscure or very technical stuff).

And yeah it's ridiculous that we have incredible CPUs compared to what I started with yet simple apps take way more time to load with no benefit for me (argueably even looking worse). But that's the state of things and I don't see it changing - well, maybe the next calculator will be in Electron.

You’re not alone, I mention this fact in this same comment thread. Decaf does have caffeine and if you’re sensitive to it then you’ll still develop sides. This isn’t from my experience (I quit completely at once) but from many experiences that I’ve read. It also happens if you take a bit too much dark chocolate. I’m not saying this is your case as this definitely isn’t the single universal source of anxiety and headaches but you may want to try quitting completely and see how you feel. I noticed it within 1-2 weeks but then I was taking 5-6 cups sometimes.

I didn’t know about those pills but they do contain caffeine as you say, so it was no good for me even if temporal. Some people switch to decaf coffee only to find out that it has some caffeine and still affects them. I can’t vouch for that personally but seems a common occurrence.

But it’s a good alternative for those who see it as an impossible task, and also yourself. In my case I had to take NSAIDs - which I very rarely take - for a couple days just to get by (since the vasoconstriction “feature” of coffee wasn’t present anymore, headache ensues) but then I was ok, just tired for some weeks.

Congrats on quitting!

The book is “Caffeine blues”. There may be better ones or just more up-to-date but this is a popular one among decaf circles and I had easy access to it.

I came to the same conclusion after seeing all my family drinking at least 3 cups daily. Then all my friend, then me being 15 years old started.

About 13 years later I’ve quit cold turkey after having some anxiety problems and headaches. I did some research and read a book which is from the nineties and a bit outdated but holds up pretty good. It basically cured both problems (but withdrawal symptoms the first days were tough, I admit).

For many people it’s ok to drink coffee I guess, but consider that it can affect you and almost no doctor will look into coffee consumption when you pay them a visit to see what could be the reason of some of those ailments. Also I saved a good chunk of money.

So no, you don’t need coffee. You need to give your brain a break (sleep properly) if it asks for it, and you don’t need to drug yourself with substances to “focus” and go on with your life. If life isn’t exciting then you may want to change it.

I recommend reading r/decaf for some interesting testimonies.

Yes, we're not robots, we have inconsistent state, it's ok to not be productive (work-wise) every day of our lives.

Since you said "Europe" I can tell you that's not the case in e.g. Finland. Restrooms in Helsinki are free to use for everybody and water is free in all or 99% of restaurants and you can refill it as many times as you want. There are no beggars in public transport from what I've seen here in almost 10 years. High taxes are being put into good use [1] when it comes to homelessness.

I know that in many countries (including the one I'm from) this is the situation, but not in whole Europe.

[1] https://www.theguardian.com/cities/2019/jun/03/its-a-miracle...

Not even spending several hundreds or even going beyond a thousand bucks will save you from this on Android, and this is the reason why I try to avoid it whenever possible. At least iPhones are expensive but you do have years and years of updates (and no, not willing to change my phone every year or two).

Not that I invested much in GCP but this was just what I needed to completely stay away from it myself and my clients. Really awful decision. I'm sorry for those affected who trusted them.

I’ve been a freelance in Finland for some time and was surprised by how easy setting everything up electronically was and how little I had to pay if my income was low in the beginning. I was also very surprised to see how helpful the tax office (Vero in finnish) is, even for questions that could be answered with “hire an accountant” but thanks to their help, I was able to do it on my own. I even made a mistake once and they let me know and fix it without consequences.

Compare this to my home country (Spain) where you have to pay a rather high fixed fee every month despite having no income (a typical situation at the beginning of any business), the amount of paperwork and unreadable legalese together with the unwillingness of the tax office to help you out with most of the stuff.

On a side note this guide looks great and wish I had such thing when I started out!