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This and I would go one step further: visual programming tools are like GUIs and they are the main reason that people can't code nowadays.

When I switched back to a shell after 20 years I realized how much a GUI hurts, how much I unlearned to work with computers. After decades of Windows and OSX, I got Arch with i3 (so no desktop environment). I am mainly using text-based software like the shell, bash, tmux and vim every single day. Then, it's a very small step to program or to get a programmer because you are already programming in little steps here and there and every day (bash scripts, vim macros, etc.) and you deal all the time with text.

Visual tools don't teach you to code, they introduce an unnecessary layer and create an even bigger insecurity when dealing with real code. Real coding with text is quite easy—and this should be the actual message. A very good example for an educative text-based coding environment which is even functional is Logo. But again, the best way to get into coding is to get an OS on your personal computer which focuses on the shell.

One killer feature I am looking for is numbered headers/styles. Something Google Docs still lacks and I need Word for.

1. I don't use Nginx on my Docker clusters because Docker Swarm does the load balancing already and I use bare Node containers without any Nginx. Reduces complexity and I can do all my low-level server config in Node as well and as good. Caching is done through CloudFlare or similar anyways.

2. Even with Nginx, you would have two different Docker containers (one with Nginx and one without).

3. And even if I had different container files: For a ideal cluster you need min. 3 managers (and in a perfect world another external load balancer before them or just a DNS with multiple A records to all managers (in case one manager drops)). Then, even if they run Nginx you need to sync the Letsencrypt stuff somehow.

Regarding the Letsencrypt (LE) and Certbot SSL renewal and why it's not simple: LE makes a know-well request to check your credentials every three months and because every node could and should be able to answer this request you have to make sure that all nodes have the same knowledge (either through secrets or through filesync or the underlying host OS of the front-facing server takes care of this).

Wondering how this container with the included Letsencrypt will update the SSL cert after three months when deployed on multiple machines (which is a tricky task).

It’s not allowed. Apple does not allow to hide the notch except when watching videos. There is some guide for app developers about this.

Haven’t news been always above the search results? And only AMP news pages are currently above the search results. Non-news AMP pages have to rank like non-AMP pages.

I don’t like the entire AMP thing either but a bit more differentiation would be helpful here.

> AMP pages don’t receive preferential treatment in search results.

Think it’s true. At the beginning AMP pages got a huge rank bonus. Now, it’s much less. I feel Google sees AMP just for news pages. Guess the project got a lot resistance internally which is understandable: With the hundreds custom AMP components they are actually rebuilding the web.

Learned recently: Opera includes a VPN for free.

Agree and well articulated!

Slightly OT: I am most impressed by Apple‘s bold move to drop the iPhone‘s decade old, iconic symmetric design while establishing a new iconic asymmetric design almost over night.

As odd as the new design feels, Apple already owns this design, this buckle, this asymmetry.

Edit: Why the downvotes (just wondering)?

Since the DeLorean evolved to such an iconic car, why didn't any manufacturer bought the brand and revamped the car (like VW did with Bentley or BMW with Mini and Rolls-Royce)?

> Benefits are encryption + cross-platform sync.

Great features but I find the pricing a bit too high (for a consumer product).

Does it have vim bindings?

nvALT on the desktop with its text files being in a synced Dropbox folder (so you can access them on mobile through another client).

Medium uses this login method and I think it's super cumbersome.

Login + password is just so much more convenient. Even 2FA with an authenticator app feels miles faster and more satisfying than this awkward go to your inbox, wait and click...