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This is so true.

> it works, but its slow, clunky, and error prone.

Interesting assessment. I use it almost daily, and I have no issue with it whatsoever (macOS <-> iOS <-> iPadOS). Sync works absolutely flawless. UI is not modern and it's a bit slow with Rosetta, but stable and fast enough to add and edit cards. Copy and paste of images works ... stats are okay. And, the most important part, the algorithm just works well for me.

tl;dr: I love it.

For anyone looking for a GDPR-compliant solution without Google, take a look at Plausible. Not at all as mighty as GA, but it delivers the most important data IMHO.

https://plausible.io/

JFYI: Unfortunately, Eugen, the author of 7GUIs, has passed away.

R.I.P.

Edit: Source: https://github.com/eugenkiss/7guis/issues/28#issuecomment-51...

A more recent view: "Who Cares About Functional Programming?"

https://thomasbandt.com/who-cares-about-functional-programmi...

Can you tell more about what kind of project this has been, and at what point you decided to turn around?

Actually you are usually writing much less code with FP approaches ;-).

I've been developing F# in Rider for the last 4 weeks, and especially the last update made a huge step forward. It's stable, fast, the test-runner works perfectly, etc. It's definitely not at the same level as the C# tooling yet, but it's good enough to be productive. (I'm on macOS by the way, building Xamarin apps).

I have been a Microsoft MVP from 2006-2018. While I was proud to be part of a group of so many smart people at the beginning, my professional and personal life changed over the years and I stopped blogging regularly, never engaged in their new web forums (which replaced the newsgroups – anyone remembers them? ;)) and finally filtered out all of the many emails and newsletters coming to my inbox. So I would say for 10 out of 12 years I have been a ghost. A ghost that has been "re-awarded" every year – for whatever reason. I think that alone tells you something about the value of that "title".

I‘m a .NET developer since 2004 but don’t use Windows and VS anymore since five years or so.

I‘m using F# for some parts of a larger mobile app with Xamarin, and therefore have all three IDEs in use: VS for Mac, Rider, VS Code with Ionide. The ladder feels most lightweight for F# only. In a mixed solution with C# Rider probably provides the best experience at the moment. VS for Mac is not very usable, to put it friendly.

However, tooling is evolving but compared to other platforms not very mature yet. Refactoring for example feels like what most editors support for JavaScript.

But it’s not a show-stopper (for me).

I really like that. Re-using the existing Electron platform and not reinventing the wheel and making it usable with .NET underlying is really a good thing.

People, XAML is dead. Get over it ;-).

I am feeling old now, thank you :-)

When I was 14 or 15 in the late 1990s I started my own "web community" for young (German) "web designers" (programming wasn't on my mind back then). It got me some little fame, I even won some prizes. Almost 20 years later that chapter of my life is closed, and many others which came after it are too.

Enjoy this moment, but set goals: finish school, go to University and get some degree, fulfill your dreams.

But always try to stay on the ground. Time goes by very fast, and your current achievements probably won't matter much ten years from now.

Keep learning and have fun.