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Is this github the real author of it? In the code i see a lot of reference to: Epicport which seems to be a website that hosts the game and differs from the one on the repo.

Pretty cool, i liked the touch controls on my phone. They weren’t perfect but were intuitive.

Since AI has started to boom, I find myself in perpetual fear if I will be able to provide for my family in the near future. I'm not resistant to change but I can't help but feel this amount of change will not end well for the average developer. The job market is already very competitive. I think the common belief this will unlock more jobs remains to be seen. I hope and pray my fear is misplaced...

He’s got some great tracks on the movie Natural Born Killers. I’ve always liked “the future”

For me it boils down to the reduction of jobs, pay and displacement of workers. Industry is already over saturated and the evolution of automation has sped up greatly. This type of automation goes hand in hand with displacement. I don’t foresee some great enlightenment at the end of the tunnel here, I see the end of development as it looks today. And I don’t think it will have any resemblance of the past.

It isn’t an improved version of autocomplete though, it allows you to submit a design / image and output code. Narrowing the gap between designer and developer.

I can’t stand these “tools”. And I find it morally wrong trying to automate every little thing a developer does.

The point is to have a domestic supply chain independent of other nations. It’s becoming vital for security purposes.

this is a horrific use of ai

pretty cool article

How would an "Html Web Component" handle state change? I was a bit lost on the benefits given the example of wrapping an img tag. Sure you could group and reuse common elements but you would still need javascript to do anything interactive. Even in the example given the alt text of the image is typically dynamic now because of localization so even then content is missing with javascript.

It sounds almost like the author is advocating for a really dumbed down BFF layer (backend for frontend) but what they are missing is behind the bff layer you would have general purpose apis. And if I interpret the article to the extreme what is the difference between this pattern and how html is currently served. Salesforce works sort of similar to what is described and it’s a nightmare, these restrictive ideals in my experience just aren’t good in practice because they tend to slow down development.

converting these buildings to homes would solve a lot these issues. Local business can’t survive from locals? What about the inverse of the increased economic activity in the community these workers live in instead of commute to? There has to be solutions that work for everyone besides forcing everyone back to office.

You have a pretty pessimistic view. Regardless of WFH or going to office you need to make a conscious effort to move more.

Working from home has increased my physical activity. I'm able to go to parks and walking trails near by during breaks. Weight lift during lunch break and since I no longer lose 2 hours a day to commuting I'm able play sports like golf and hockey more frequently, not relying only on weekends to do these sports is amazing. Golf more because I am available more during day light time and hockey more because I am able to get other things done which frees up my night time.

this is really cool, thanks for sharing.

I somehow envision working at some of the top tech companies in the world requires more than just being good at coding exercises. And more than just software engineers were let go at these companies…

Yes the article mentioned boys a few times but doesn't go into any depth. And its not so much this article its really the overall quantity of these types of articles that focus on female over male. Of course an article can focus on one or the other and that is fine but I find it just tends to be lopsided towards females.

The conversation has definitely evolved to push back on it but in any practical sense its still "be a man". I feel that is the general expectation of males.

Isn’t depression period at an all time high? When ever depression is explored or written about it’s always in the context of females and not males. At least from what I see. Everyone knows boys and men have a really hard time with mental health but nothing is really done about it. Man up as they say. I wish the conversation was evenly distributed.

I think a big contributor is the population boom of toronto. Canada has a high immigration rate and a lot of people seem to gravitate to toronto. The social services can’t stabilize or support the population.

what disastrous / tyrannical health policies are those?

Where are the feathers?!? Looks just like a dragon.

I haven’t heard one person say they want to go back to office everyday of the week. Let alone majority of the week. When asked in a group at work everyone feels pressured to say they miss in office work but I really doubt anyone would say that if they knew it wouldn’t make them look bad.

The information you provided is pretty vague, what is your new degree in? What field are the interviews in? Are these aligned?

Sounds like you are just having the classic I am getting old and running out of time to do all the great things I thought I would do, everyone goes through this. I doubt the feeling ever really fades but don't let it get the best of you.

You need to reset your expectations / ground yourself to your situation, you need to do some real goal setting short and long term planning.

Sounds like your mostly worried about "money" and there is no quick ways to make money. But there are lots of ways to make good money, I get the sense that is why you mentioned programming because it can be a lucrative career. But to be honest its not for everyone and I don't agree with the "everyone can be a programmer" sentiment. You are already well educated in other fields I would recommend exhausting those options before jumping ship.

Of course I know nearly nothing about you so take my opinions with a grain of salt.

What I have seen result in the most career growth is changing jobs often, never stay put. And continuous education with new problems to solve. Your job should be engaging (not 100% of the time but like a wave)

If you are worried about cognitive decline, I recommend starting weight training. I have found after weight training for under a year now my memory and mental capacity has increased. It’s likely that any consistent physical training will have the same effect. Not sure how active you are. This wouldn’t be a quick fix though.

in the article they gave the same standard test to teachers to mark and it showed the exact same bias as other tests.

I love how the article is one big collage of ads for developers. The irony in discussing this topic as a way of marketing to developers.

I like the lenovo thinkpads as an alternative to macbook pro.

I find their track pad similar to the macbook pro.

Their performance is good enough and they are pretty durable.

Asus is also nice but i think it’s really hit or miss with them.

Hmm Math itself is a language. What I find to be a barrier is people’s ability to abstract ideas into math or rather functions. People with a high aptitude for learning language may have more early success but I would hypothesis that as tasks in programming become more complex the engineering / math would play a greater role in success. I have doubt in this study’s findings.