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willgleichon Slack is the opposite of organizational memory (2018)

Not entirely. I'd argue one of the bigger gripes in this article is Slack's inadequate search feature. That being said, I've had good experiences with Slack's search in my use after 2020. MSFT Team's search on the other hand is abominable.

willgleichon Using Rust at a startup: A cautionary tale

I believe the point TylerE is trying to make is that features that take longer to deliver are a cost to the user. If a user is waiting on a feature, or perhaps a bug fix and that is taking 4x the time to deliver - the cost is right there on the user's clock waiting.

Many people would argue you with you that the "easier" programming languages are no less reliable, context depending. Framing this in the context of the article a CRUD app, there are plenty of reliable frameworks in many languages.

willgleichon My next Mac might be the last

Re 1: My life has fully changed by purchasing "Magnet" for window snapping and window move hotkeys.. it blows my mind that this isn't a default feature or option for MacOS.

willgleichon Ask HN: Share your personal site

https://will.gleich.tech A resume website I made for my last job search. Need to do more blogging but a fun blog post about cheap homelab GCP Failover.

I've been meaning to do a post about solar powered ethereum miner.