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Even taking the “we’re all 100x more efficient at writing code” argument at face value… there’s still all of the product/market fit, marketing, sales, etc “schlep” which is very much non-trivial.
Are there any agentic sales and marketing offerings?
Because being able to reliably hand off that part of the value chain to an agent would close a real gap. (Not sure this can be done in reality)
Never thought of that in the context of software projects. It works really well!
Yep!
There is no teacher quite like cause and effect.
So true!
I once had a manager that was fond of saying:
Experience is what you get when you don’t have any.
The only better experience than working on a legacy codebase is working on a greenfield project long enough to watch it become legacy and see the good and bad consequences of past decisions.
Modular space station builder:
Genuine question:
Would you mind explaining to a dev that doesn’t know much (anything) about Rust, how does this settle any debate?
Plot twist: the dining philosophers problem was based on a real-life software development team.
Not a bad thing at all… but this is the same mental model provided by the so-called atom-based state management systems in React. I believe Jotai is the most popular.
Single Pixel Applications.
Conveniently abbreviates to SPA.
I suspect parent was referring more to the runtime characteristics of latency, error handling, retries, load balancing, etc… more than the syntax.
Nonetheless, what you built sounds quite interesting: can you say anything more about the language, tech stack, etc…?
Really good JS interoperability too: https://www.rapier.rs/docs/user_guides/javascript/getting_st...
SOR - system of record SAT - ? CMES - ?
This. Also writing boilerplate in a language I _do_ known.
Thanks!
My attempt at monetization is incomplete at this point since it only includes macOS and .deb builds (I’m rarely on a Windows machine anymore). I also haven’t bothered with binary signing yet either. Didn’t seem worth the effort with such a limited audience…
Please do share any feedback!
Calcula - https://calcula.cubicle6.com/ - simple spreedsheet and JavaScript REPL mashup.
FFuzion CAD - https://ffuzion-cad.cubicle6.com/ - small CSG (constructive solid geometry) CAD app that uses a Lisp variant for defining geometries. Can export to STL for 3D printing.
StationKeeper - https://station-keeper.cubicle6.com/ - a space station construction toy inspired by Townscaper.
Send - https://send.cubicle6.com/ - a rough-around-the-edges web-based alternative to AirDrop for getting files from a Windows machine to my iPhone.
Studium - https://studium.cubicle6.com/luke/1 - a minimal web-based Bible reader that uses GPT to extract place from the current chapter and render them on a map. Just started working on this one, so it lacks polish.
Start using version control (git) and put a (probably very simple) CI/CD pipeline in control of deployments. The pipeline might just sftp the files from git to the server; that’s okay. The point is production deployments cannot happen outside of fit commits. (Change server creds if necessary so this cannot be bypassed).
Doing this will put a safety net in place enabling rollbacks, introduce the team to version control, and give you a beachhead for automated testing in the pipeline.
Definitely DO NOT do a rewrite.
What kind of industrial applications? Are we talking about manufacturing or grid/infrastructure?
As a child my local public library had a series of books with these and similar futuristic artwork.
I loved those books!
By chance does anyone know what they might have been?
CapsLock is a good candidate...
I wrote some Windows software to do this a few years back:
Also, linking from your GitHub page... it took me a minute to find the link to luna-lang.org. I'm glad I hunted for it!
Ah Content-Type I suspect... Thanks!
Here's a temp until I get the site fixed: https://www.dropbox.com/s/xwxlmltzi02ropa/StickShiftTrial.ms...
It hooks system-level keyboard events - not sure if that's an admin level action on Windows...
Thanks for the question!
App creator here:
StickShift is a Windows application I created to improve efficiency while using Window by removing hand repositioning from the home row to the arrow keys and back every time you need to navigate and edit text.
With Stick Shift, hold down the CapsLock key and have the arrow keys directly under your right hand.
I'll be happy to answer any questions and will gladly receive any suggestions!