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Linux is good now 7 months ago

This is a big reason I’m excited for Steam Frame - high quality VR on the Linux desktop.

Good system design 11 months ago

Excellent article. In this vein, are there any books, articles, or other media that we can learn more of these sorts of principles from?

Thanks for posting these - these books look like exactly what I have been looking for recently! I'm someone who procrastinated and crammed my way through high school and undergrad level maths and then promptly forgot all of it once I finished schooling. I plan on working through them soon. Hopefully this isn't an annoying question, but do you still intend to publish a guide to statistics?

Why must employees put in 100% effort? Where does that expectation come from? I’d be surprised if most companies put in 100% effort to support each employee.

Isn’t it all about expectations in the end? The company expects you to meet some set of goals. Conversely, you expect the company to give you benefits and payment.

Doesn’t that depend on the buyer? I can think of several products that I would only use if free, and would go without if it was $1, $5, or $10. E.g. todo list apps, time tracker apps, budgeting apps.

I think you can argue that, if you have enough demand at $10, that you’ll have enough at $0, but I don’t see how not having demand at $10 implies that you won’t have demand at $0, since usually making something cheaper can change buyer’s minds.

This is a good business perspective, but I don’t really see why this couldn’t be someone’s open source passion project. The comment wasn’t really implying that they needed a paid tool, just a tool that suits their needs and is lightweight. Plenty of the software I use on a daily basis is open source software where you could argue that the economics shouldn’t have been there.

It seemed to me like a lot of the value of Rails came from all the batteries that are included - would you say it’s the same for Phoenix/Elixir?

Git hosting platforms generally have controls that allow you to prohibit force pushes on protected branches (i.e. master)

Improving sleep 3 years ago

It has been incredibly hard for me to quit as the consumption of caffeine feels directly tied with work performance and mood for me. It also doesn’t help that I love the taste of coffee and the routine.

As someone who has been feeling various back pains at the ripe old age of 25, I appreciate this article greatly.

I don't know about anyone else but I've been patiently waiting for the Ryzen 9 7950X3D since the 5800X3D came out. The gaming performance on that chip was so good that it was competitive with more expensive chips at the time, despite being slower for productivity workloads. My 4790k is starting to show it's age when playing games like Rimworld and Elden Ring.

Maybe not compared to what browsers were a decade or two ago, but I think the definition has changed. These days browsers are just sandboxes with convenient tooling for finding, downloading, and running arbitrary code. And I don't think that's a bad thing: that's what allows Photopea and Figma to exist in the browser at a moment's notice.

Once you generalize the definition of browser, both ends of the spectrum coexist: from basic HTML pages to fully WebGL rendered WebAssembly apps.

Did anyone else cruise through college with their programming experience developed as a kid, only to come out with an excellent knowledge of practical computer programming (i.e., learned several languages, touched most of the frameworks, able to deploy full-stack apps alone) but a complete lack of mathematical and computer science knowledge? And if so, did you ever go back and re-learn some of these fundamentals and find use in it? I'm in this situation now, and while I feel confident in my ability to do my job, I feel jealous of peers who are able to solve complex algorithmic problems, or understand mathematical problem domains with ease (e.g., machine learning)

Pomodoro Timer 3 years ago

Nice work! This is very visually pleasing and I think the addition of light task management w/ optional estimates is great!

In general though, does anyone else feel like using a pomodoro timer ruins any chance at intense focus during the workday? I don't doubt the effectiveness for others, but personally, it feels like taking frequent breaks from work lowers my overall productivity because I'm leaving and entering focus so often. This is also the reason I don't like taking walks in the middle of the workday, unless I'm working on a problem that needs more thought than action. The days that I stay in-focus for the full work day are usually my happiest and most productive.