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Re:Why I Am a Programmer on Sunday October 25, 2026 @06:35PM (#50236714)
I remember my first job out of uni, I had to convert what I thought was 2000 files from an old php site to gatsby. Mainly taking the page dump data and turning them into Yaml pages for static generation. It took me DAYS.

Last day, I realize it wasn't 2000. It was 8000, and there was not a snowballs chance in hell I could do the remaining 6000 in time for the deadline. So I went online, found pieces on stack overflow for this disgusting nodejs script that was 8 for loops deep, and then ran it against all the files. It took like.... a second, and all the files were just done. Poof, instant.

I got a job as a programmer and never looked back. The last ~decade has been a wild ride of highs and lows, but I still love doing it every day. There's just something deeply satisfying of taking an idea, and the computer just doing it.

Claude, make my car fast, make no mistakes
Re:An Alien Mind on Monday September 07, 2026 @01:17AM (#49594150)
You have clearly never been married to a lawyer.
Re:The Rust React Compiler is now native in Vite on Friday September 04, 2026 @06:50PM (#49571119)
Because next is the worsttttt
It writes turing complete Beauty and the Beast fanfic.
Re:The Absurdity of Albert Camus on Friday July 31, 2026 @07:39PM (#49129727)
This might be the worst take on Camus I've ever seen, wow.
Yeah, if I drink an espresso and it's not hot, I'm fighting the barista.
Re:Nobody clicks your share buttons on Tuesday June 16, 2026 @05:47PM (#48562613)
Big shoutout to porn website share buttons, for all the crazy bastards out there and the developers who thought they should get the love they deserve.
Re:Astral to Join OpenAI on Thursday March 19, 2026 @05:31PM (#47446495)
UV is so much nicer than the other options.
Re:Fontcrafter: Turn Your Handwriting into a Real Font on Monday March 09, 2026 @12:13PM (#47310998)
I mean there is a solution to this

"Can I buy your company?"

"No."