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Re:Codeberg Is Down on Thursday December 04, 2025 @07:29AM (#46146903)
Codeberg is down again - pretty much all morning. (CET timezone)
I used to hate SQL when I was a backend engineer. I had difficulties understanding exactly this mental model and tried to avoid writing SQL by using ORMs. At some point I “accidentally” switched to data engineering and was forced to get to grips with SQL. I think that in the meantime I warmed up to a functional programming style which helped me to some extent.
Re:An analysis of DeepSeek's R1-Zero and R1 on Wednesday January 29, 2025 @01:35PM (#42869176)
We currently evaluate DeepSeek-R1 for our production system. We aren't done yet, but I think it's a match.
Re:Show HN: A CLI to avoid remembering HTTP status codes on Thursday July 21, 2022 @02:09AM (#32176293)
I use a little service I've written: https://http-status.fx-ttr.de/402 And just call it with curl
I can absolutely understand that. Even though I like my job as a software engineer, I can always think of better things. I would rather have more time for family and friends, for hobbies (even if they overlap with my job) or for sports and health care.

But what I find worst is that the job will probably never get along with my own ideals or principles. I often have to solve problems at work in a way that I myself don't agree with. But it's not about what I want or think, but what the team and the employer wants. That's what annoys me the most.

I really have mixed feelings about that, but I am really curious to see what's happening. Some people also experimented with some kernel modules written in Rust on FreeBSD. If rust + linux is a success story, maybe FreeBSD could learn from it and adopt some ideas.