enusbaum

@enusbaum@tootsmcgoots.io

Tech Executive, dotnet Enthusiast, Reverse Engineer, Miata Driver.

I maintain MBBSEmu, a cross-platform Open Source Emulator for running MajorBBS & Worldgroup Modules.

Good opinions expressed here are my own. Everything else, I claim ignorance...

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enusbaum, to dotnet

You know why PHP is still around? Because it's fucking simple.

The levels of abstraction in Web Frameworks like React/Angular or ASP.NET Core is a little silly. You have to navigate through 4-5 files of logic before you actually get to the rendering of a page.

PHP?

<?php echo "Hello World!"; ?>

If dotnet could give me a syntax and framework as simple as PHP, I think it'd dominate. Just one file (index.cs), not a zillion files and boilerplate.

Call it ASP.NET Min

enusbaum,

@b4ux1t3 @khalidabuhakmeh While dotnet new razor installs a pre-built template, there's still a lot of plumbing happening in the code. Again, highly flexible, but not "new developer" friendly.

Think back to when you first wanted to learn code and make a simple website just show "Hello World".

PHP is 2 commands:

  1. apt install apache2 php libapache2-mod-php
  2. Create 'helloWorld.php' in /var/www/

My point is, I wish ASP.NET/C# was as easy to pick up as PHP for new developers.

enusbaum,

@khalidabuhakmeh Still need Program.cs, still need App Builder, still need to declare routes.

I want one file web projects -- like "index.cshtml" (or whatever the extension will be).

Don't get me wrong, I know this leaves a lot of the flexibility of ASP.NET on the floor -- but I'd love the sliding scale to start at stupid simple, and then scale up to more complex projects.

enusbaum,

@b4ux1t3 @khalidabuhakmeh Again, I'm a career C# developer for the past 20 years -- dotnet can have whatever it wants from my fridge because we've been homies for a long time.

My point is, I just wish the complexity of "simple" in ASP.NET was similar to other languages. Expecting new people wanting to get into development to "just figure it out" is one way to treat them, but also the best way to drive them to a more accessible lang/framework.

My goal is to make the C# tent bigger, that's all.

nebyoolae, to github
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$NEWJOB just merged my first real PR, and I'm feeling pretty keen.

enusbaum,

@nebyoolae Did you land that new gig?

enusbaum, to random

Wait, Amazon "Just Walk Out" was literally thousands of people in India just watching you shop through the cameras and labeling items you put into your cart?

Here I am thinking they were lightyears ahead of the competition doing crazy AI / Computer Vision .... and they were literally just click farming it.

My mind is literally blown right now. 🤯

https://gizmodo.com/amazon-reportedly-ditches-just-walk-out-grocery-stores-1851381116

nebyoolae, (edited ) to random
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With which programming language should I attempt Advent of Code 2016?

#AdventOfCode

enusbaum,

@nebyoolae If you understand pointers, you know all C++ can teach. ducks 😜

Rust bridges the gap between type safety and low level performance. It's still not widely used as other langs, but it's catching on. I also think Go just because of Google's backing and also seems to be gaining momentum (Soundcloud is built using Go)

Haskell is esoteric, so if I were looking at something in that realm just based on trends and tech I might consider something like Mojo.

https://www.modular.com/max/mojo

enusbaum, to random

STEW BEEF! BACK IN ACTION! 🥰 https://www.cnn.com/2024/01/24/entertainment/jon-stewart-daily-show/index.html

enusbaum, to random

I had to purchase an actual Windows 11 license this morning to setup a gaming PC upstairs for my wife to play on the big screen.

The hoops I had to jump through just so I didn't have to setup Windows 11 with my Microsoft Online account were absurd! 🤯

enusbaum, to random

Sketchers is running a commercial how their "Slip-Ins" shoes make going through TSA a breeze because they're easy to take on/off.

If you just do TSA Pre-✅ , you don't have to take your shoes off.

Cost of Pre-✅ ? $78 for 5-Years
Cost of "Slip-Ins"? $80 🤦‍♂️

TRULY the dumb will inherit the Earth.

enusbaum, to mastodon

And just like that, we're at 4.2.3! 🤓

enusbaum, to fallout

SUPER hyped for the Series being produced! Looks INCREDIBLE 🤯

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0kQ8i2FpRDk

enusbaum, to Disney

Hey , you want more people to come watch your movies? Tell theater operators to stop with the crazy amount of commercials before the actual movie.

We went to see today and even though it was a 1:00P showing, the actual movie didn't start until 1:40P because of the FORTY MINUTES of commercials (and four trailers) prior to the movie.

I'm shocked movie studios don't mandate limited commercials/ads before their films. It really, really cheapens the entire theater experience. 🤬

enusbaum, to random

Friend at work shared this, thought it was spot on 😂

https://how-i-experience-web-today.com/detail

enusbaum, to bbs

One of our guys has been running using MBBSEmu within a container now for over 24 hours using MegaMUD without issue!

Big shoutout to his PR adding the nightly cleanup warnings to simulate how The Major BBS does it as well so MegaMUD knows how to properly handle it!

Also, MBBSEmu running in docker is pretty slick! Beats having to run ancient software on old versions of Windows or DOS VMs 🤓

enusbaum, to fediverse

Integrating my server with https://bigrelay.social has really opened the floodgates of the ! 🌊

Really fantastic way for smaller servers like mine to get "more" from . 🐘

enusbaum, to bbs

Just received our 100th ⭐ on the MBBSEmu Github repo! Considering there probably aren't enough #BBS users left in the world to fill a Denny's -- I consider this a win 🤓

https://github.com/mbbsemu/MBBSEmu

#bbs #majorbbs #worldgroup

enusbaum, to dotnet

Super pleased with the #dotnet package Terminal.Gui and how quickly I was able to whip up a cross-platform GUI for MBBSEmu! 🤓

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enusbaum, to random

We just got an email from Hulu that they're raising our price of our subscription to $89.99/mo.

At what point do we declare "cord cutting" a thing of the past? Hulu is now more expensive than cable/dish with fewer channels.

enusbaum, to bbs

Started implementing Terminal.GUI into MBBSEmu to enable an Initial Setup Wizard. Pretty slick and easy to use!

Hopefully should make configuring the common options for Major BBS/Worldgroup a little more user friendly than manually editing a JSON file. #bbs #emulation #OpenSource

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enusbaum, to random

Continuing the finds from my mothers house, I found a Floppy Disk containing what I thought might be a DOS Text Based RPG I wrote when I was in Junior/High School.

After bringing the disk home with me, purchasing a USB Floppy Drive and recovering the files, HUZZAH! Vile 1.03b written in ASIC (BASIC clone) has been recovered and restored!

I posted the code to GitHub here: https://github.com/enusbaum/vile

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enusbaum, to random

You guys ever sit and wonder about what ever happened to JeffK? 🧐

enusbaum, to Spotify

I started using The #Spotify AI DJ and am thoroughly impressed. Reminds me a TON of traditional terrestrial radio of the 90s/00s. Also their recommendations are much more informed compared to the Spotify "Radio" playlist feature.

It's great for background "set it and forget it"

https://newsroom.spotify.com/2023-02-22/spotify-debuts-a-new-ai-dj-right-in-your-pocket/

enusbaum, to threads

I'm not entirely sold on #Threads. It's great as a "Fuck You" to Twitter, but I think I need more reason to use an app than just pure spite. #Mastodon isn't perfect, but at least I'm in control.

enusbaum, to proxmox

Playing around in the evenings trying to get GPU Passthrough/IOMMU working using to very limited success. Might have to try if I want this to work in a stable manner. I mean -- I guess I could just run Ubuntu on the Workstation, but it'd be such a waste. I'd rather slice it up into VMs and just pass the GPU into the VMs that need to do inference.

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