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Re:Do I not like Ruby anymore? (2024) on Tuesday August 26, 2025 @04:40AM (#45023905)
I fully agree to the points here, even as a full time ruby lover. Jumping around different languages over the past 10 years really shows staleness in Ruby as a language, even if the ecosystem tries to keep up.

The ergonomics of ruby still have me very much liking the language as it fits how I think, but there are a lot of good developments in the usual neighbors, and I see myself picking up both Python and JS ever more for small projects.

Neither! Options are derivatives, which are also regulated by the CFTC
Re:What I Learned Failing to Finish a Game in 2024 on Thursday January 16, 2025 @06:32AM (#42723988)
Really liked the article, I think there is also something to be said about the difference in learning game design and game development. I think people tend to want to do both at the same time, but spending some time just on game design can help you feel less helpless when learning development.
Well, it's possible to increase prices without using these tactics to make it seem like it's not increasing.
Re:MDN: What can be done about the “ugly” elements? on Friday August 11, 2023 @10:52AM (#37089336)
Today we were discussing the usual issue of how designers want a select to look and how the web standard applies it.

When searching for some references on why things are as they are I found this page to be quite interesting as it really shows all of the elements that can cause issues with styles in a straightforward way.

Re:Show HN: Local development with .local domains and HTTPS on Tuesday August 01, 2023 @08:23AM (#36955081)
Really like what this does and the look of it! Congrats
Re:Apollo will close down on June 30th on Friday June 09, 2023 @02:53AM (#36254257)
I believe facebook has a much lower average revenue per user of around $10.

From the calculations I've seen reddit's average revenue per user is much lower at around $2-3. However, the price on the API for Apollo in specific is of $30 per user per year.

Re:Why is remote work seen as a gift? on Thursday February 09, 2023 @04:28AM (#34721581)
Well, in the entire history of civilization most people used to work at home, and not at some other place. Offices aren't part of human nature.
The article is actually about this! How manufacturing processes are not a one to one comparison with software work.

> The reason many people fail to acknowledge and act upon transaction costs in the software industry is that they compare software — a design process — to manufacturing processes.

Re:Code for The Economist's election model for 2020 on Saturday August 22, 2020 @05:33AM (#24242939)
There was quite a big argument between Nate Silver, from 538, and G. Elliott Morris, the author of this model, which was quite an entertaining read if you’re into statistical drama.

A piece of it:

https://twitter.com/NateSilver538/status/1294263127668924416...

I would say your standards are very reasonable and should be implemented across the board.

In my experience it's very easy for company culture, namely in smaller businesses, to get the impression that code quality is a luxury rather than a necessity. And it's even easier to have good intentions, but due to a lack of cultural enforcement just keep them at intentions and never implement anything.

So I would say that you either try to get your standards across or learn to live with lower standards .

Re:Unofficial Winamp Web Site on Friday February 14, 2020 @04:42AM (#22325233)
I would also bandcamp to this list!