jamescodesthing

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Why don't we all just chuck a post in a gist and use the comments to chat?

The last code I wrote is both the best and the worst. All code is just sitting in prod to become tech debt.

I'm always learning how to do it better.

I use a similar thing that also handles when you forget -rf, with confirmation & stuff; https://github.com/MikeDacre/careful_rm

My kid’s no longer on roblox.

We originally locked the account down to try and keep her safe.

With commuication off and the account limited to only th Roblox verified games we thought we were okay.

It turns out that even in those games there’s usually an ability to change a “nickname” which allows users to chat by just updating their nickname.

As a dev I know how straight forward it would be to stop this frok happening.

Upon discovering the problem I contacted Roblox support and we pulled the kid out of Roblox.

Fyi; roblox support is not good, when the problem relates to child safety they pull all the classic tricks to make it seem like a “you” problem. They blame the third party “experience” developer, despite the game being vouched for by roblox. They close tickets after a short period with no response. They also treat this widespread issue (using nicknames to chat) as an individual breach of ts & cs, rather than fixing thr problem. Blaming the end user, who’s usually younger than 12.

Given the age of my and other kids I’d assume they’re violating GDPR & other global data protection laws on a regular basis.

Get rid of toblox entirely, kids bypass the chat block by changing their names or the names of their pets/items in Roblox verified games.

Haven’t had any major issues since switching. Still easily able to get on with my day job and toy around as I always would.

Glad that the world is catching up a little but it’ll take time like anything else.

Biggest issue for me early on was android emulator, once an M1 version was released it was all easy going.

Not my current employer.

For jumping into new codebases I stick to the Jetbrains toolbox because it’s usually a consistent enough environment to investigate a new codebase. I also greatly appreciate the indexing.

Same works for urls.

In the UK all of my final stage interviews had me bring in an ID and National Insurance Number for a photocopy for their records. Has been for over a decade.

Seems a simple enough solution, it’s expected and it’s something the company needs in order to pay me. It’s not a start of interview hostile question, it’s usually something we sort out in the formalities, along with what equipment I’ll need or be using, sorting out ID photos.

I develop things for iOS devices. So I gotta pay the Apple Tax.

Enjoying my M1 though, and I like the *nixy bits of OSX so it’s an okay compromise.

Someone offline stack overflow for me before I paste half our source into it.

Agree with the author btw, just like the idea of taking it to a really far fetched conclusion.

Hey man, I saw no PRs at the minute but I wanted to play on the train with save/restore so I knocked out a quick Cordova wrapper.

It’s here; https://github.com/jamescodesthings/devShop-cordova

If you do go commercial and want a hand modifying to get into app stores feel free to reach out and use whatever you see

What’s your alternative tracking mechanism? And what does it report?

Truth is you might be so good because you’re not at scale, they may be looking to scale you up which is great... you just have to get them the numbers.

Jira as a tool sucks dicks for pennies (trust me i’ve seen it)

Jira is however customisable as fuck, so if you’re being forced into it then get admin! Stick to a simple workflow, basic practices. Jira falls short with the amount of munging people do to it, at the minute my team has a 9 column board with 5+ projects on it... that’s not how it’s meant to be done and it drags time out of my day.

So by all means if you’re tracking already, demonstrate that (as long as it’s not a damn spreadsheet). If you can’t get them what they need then question why Jira. If you have to use it then get admin and make the tool work for your current process.