A year ago I wrote a whole blog post about how we should basically abandon the project of trying to create general-purpose programming languages because I hate them all so much.
I still believe that a little. Like Elm will always have a place in my heart as a niche, specialized language.
But I have to admit that Rust is a damn fine general-purpose programming language.
This sucks and #StackOverflow should never have embraced generative AI. But also don't go removing existing answers because you don't like the policy because that sucks too.
I'm sure the most common response among developers to this question would be, "oh f*ck off" because I admit this is not the most salient reason for choosing a tech stack, but... I do think it would probably put a significant dent in the amount of CO2 that comes from computing.
Hey so I'm restraining myself from just boosting all his posts, but if you're interested in the future of computing, I would definitely recommend following @jakehamilton. #aux (#auxOS?) looks like it's going to be a real thing and while I have my problems with #nixLang I really do think in 20 years all operating systems will be based on the foundational ideas of #NixOS.
I've been on a massive 2 year long burnout after basically getting the shit kicked out of me for like 6 months solid. I got uninvited from an expert panel at a major cybersecurity conference because of optics. Then I got kicked out of a nonprofit I was donating my time to for the same reason. Even managed to get removed from my own operation I started. Literally just trying to solve problem and keep getting kicked in the face because I committed crimes a decade ago
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If you're looking to get involved in nonprofit work, have a look at Underdog Devs. They're a great organization, and they certainly won't reject you for your background considering they work primarily with formerly incarcerated people.
Anyway, I'm sorry those things happened to you and I hope you find spaces that accept you.
This article from the EFF seems naive at best. They argue that Tier 1 ISPs should not police speech, which is fair, but their proposed solution is to just let hate sites sit around and radicalize people, then have the law deal with the few who cross the line between protected speech and criminal harassment.
Below is an extensive list of all the times 'just throw more cops at the problem' has solved anything:
@malwaretech I wish EFF would just admit that they don't have a stake in things like preventing harassment or exploitation--it's just not part of their mission. They don't have a role in proposing solutions.
I usually just go for the most widely used framework in the language (measured by things like StackOverflow questions or GitHub stars) because I want community and code examples.
I would like to personally thank #Hashicorp for providing the final push I needed to finally replace the remaining #Terraform stuff in our infrastructure. #opensource
Was really bummed about having to re-install #nixos, but the upgrade has been delightful! #gnome looking sharp and everything just runs just a little more smoothly. <3
Semver violations are common, better tooling is the answer (predr.ag)