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To this day I think this is one of the best pieces of hardware that I bought.
I have a Glove 80 and I'm really happy with it.
Interviewing: I just treat the interviewer as partner rather than a rival that is stopping me from getting the job or something. Being honest and know what you are talking about is key.
Surviving: Didnt really need to, all the companies I worked in were good enough.
Despite expensive, I think the purchase was definitely worth it. I use it every day for 6-8 hours (I have a very keyboard centric workflow) and I have not a single regret.
I also tried just wine, but Bottles is a handy wrapper.
Also, having a space dedicated solely for work and without distractions goes a long way.
Small sized company, with a very horizontal hierarchy, effectively acting as a worker cooperative. We have really good WLB, the payment is not bad, the job is interesting and the colleges are smart.
Everyone here feels a sense of purpose in the company and push to be better, because it directly affects our payment. For that reason our priorities are mostly align with the company's which makes everything run smoothly.
My go to choice is https://marginalia-search.com/
In Europe, fintech has a lot of legacy systems in COBOL, with no plans of getting rid of them anytime soon.
That said, if in the future that status quo changes, and chinese dominate the programming world...well, then I'll be reading in chinese (and I will have a hard time doing so)
Even coming from one of the most used languages in the world (and having a just enough english level), is very rare that I search of read something programming related in other language than english.
I think the combo of ortholinear, concave shape and multiple buttons for the thumb skyrocket my comfort level. Also, splitted to keep my hands at shoulder width is something I really appreciate.
But I guess that the key feature (that many keyboards share) is the ability to create multiple layouts. A dedicated numpad withouth moving the hand, a symbols layer, improve a lot the typing experience. I go with classic QWERTY with some minor tweaks, and is good enough.
Calling a folder citron instead of 2, gives room to have N amount of folders at that level instead of just 10, which I think is the constrain that made this system manageable.
In fact I'm prone to belive that informing others that you exercise/meditate/others instantly increment the perceived "value" and successfullness. Just like dressing good, but with actual health improvements.
I just suggest keeping up with exercise and focusing on your mental health. If you are in a dark place, everything becomes dark.
Give yourself time to heal from the breakup, recover from depression, and I'm sure you will find joy again in doing your job.
Is a little bit tedious to set everything together, but other than that, is fine.
You most likely will lost some good DX stuff like same types in front and back (like with using tRPC and the like), but in general is pretty good: logic in python, UI in js/ts.
Honestly this is the tone that should have all release notes!
The major difference is asking first in a LLM instead of searching for a StackOverfow result. Other than that, not really a change.
1984, by Orwell
Walden, by Thoreau
Siddhartha, by Hermann Hesse
But really, the one that had most direct impact in my life was Born to Run, by Christopher McDougall. Not in my vision of the world but in my lifestyle.
Maybe I would lose some personalization, but I would keep my sanity.