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Re:Amazon is shutting down its app store on Android on Friday February 21, 2025 @01:54AM (#43124778)
Might be in the minority here, but I'll admit:

Had no idea Amazon even had an app store, lol.

But yeah, this sucks. More market share for Apple/Google/etc, as if they need to seize any more of it/garner more control. Ugh.

Good thread. I like to pull bits and pieces out of different frameworks, and make them my own proprietary blend, based on cycles/where I'm at in life/goals.

And then that allows me to course-correct based on external events when need be.

So I completely agree: Being overly dependent on one framework leads to complacency, stagnation, plateau, etc.

Ask HN: Is crypto making a comeback? Or did memecoins kill this cycle?

Been oscillating back and forth between these two extremes. (Although any crypto vet has been here in previous cycles.)I'm just another guy. But I enjoy the debate in this space, and the fact that no other asset class in history has people waking up one day thinking "It's over!" ... only to lay awake in bed, thinking, "I don't own enough! We are SO BACK!"If anything, even if you're not...

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Re:Software engineering job openings hit five-year low? on Friday February 21, 2025 @01:29AM (#43124613)
Two years ago, the cheapseats: "It's FUD."

Today: "I know this pain! It's real."

Rough out there.