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Re:Tyranny of the Marginal User: why software gets worse, no... by grishka on Thursday September 14, 2023 @10:04PM (#37517338)
> The only way to escape this is to take on a huge pay cut and work at a company that doesn't care about growing profits. Go ahead, you first.

Gladly! Where do I sign up?

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Re:Tyranny of the Marginal User: why software gets worse, no... by zachthewf on Thursday September 14, 2023 @11:53PM (#37518148)
there are lots of swe jobs with the government.
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Re:Tyranny of the Marginal User: why software gets worse, no... by grishka on Thursday September 14, 2023 @11:55PM (#37518161)
I would rather not involve myself with the government of my country.
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Re:Tyranny of the Marginal User: why software gets worse, no... by jefftk on Friday September 15, 2023 @06:22AM (#37520896)
What's your background, and what are your skills?

I did this in 2022 [1] and have really liked my new work. There are a lot of nonprofits doing important things, and I think it's likely you could switch to one.

[1] https://www.jefftk.com/p/leaving-google-joining-the-nucleic-...

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Re:Tyranny of the Marginal User: why software gets worse, no... by dredmorbius on Friday September 15, 2023 @11:46AM (#37524835)
OT: what's your blog based on?

I looked for a colophon / about site page with no joy.

Source suggests it's simply hand-coded HTML?

Hrm... Apparently, plus some webscripts?

<https://www.jefftk.com/p/designing-low-upkeep-software>

<https://github.com/jeffkaufman/webscripts/blob/master/makers...>

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Re:Tyranny of the Marginal User: why software gets worse, no... by jefftk on Friday September 15, 2023 @12:31PM (#37525633)
That's right: I draft the post in HTML, then have some scripts which add indexes, headers, footers, and css, and make an RSS feed.
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Re:Tyranny of the Marginal User: why software gets worse, no... by dredmorbius on Friday September 15, 2023 @02:01PM (#37526879)
Thanks, pretty cool.

I also like the article preview hack.

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Re:Tyranny of the Marginal User: why software gets worse, no... by jefftk on Friday September 15, 2023 @02:19PM (#37527130)
Thanks! Implementation details: https://www.jefftk.com/p/preview-on-hover
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