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From the original post: “Your business is not Google and will never be Google”

From the post directly above: “Most businesses…”

The thread above is specifically discussing business which won’t lose a significant amount of money if they go down for a few minutes. They also postulate that most businesses fall into this category, which I’m inclined to agree with.

When discussing extreme punishments like this, you must consider false convictions. Only in a perfect justice system (which is not achievable) could we allow such punishments. FWIW, I also feel this way about the death penalty.

When proposing “permanent” punishments like this, always put yourself in the shoes of someone who is falsely convicted. And consider that false convictions can (and do) happen for a wide variety of reasons: racial bias, political bias, cover ups, government oppression, etc.

While I agree that medical communication can and should be better, it’s worth pointing out that hormonal birth control also lowers the risk of endometrial, ovarian, and colorectal cancer by a similar amount according to cancer.gov (see: https://www.cancer.gov/about-cancer/causes-prevention/risk/h...).

Jon Gjengset is great for educational Rust content.

“Tsoding Daily/Tsoding” on YouTube/Twitch is entertaining and covers a very wide range of topics. I don’t think he’s “classically trained” per se, but he’s knowledgeable and great at solving interesting problems.

I haven’t checked it out yet, but I think Ryan Carniato (the creator of SolidJS) streams live coding on YouTube too.

There’s probably a healthy balance somewhere between this and the PyPI approach. But I will say, R (including most CRAN libraries) is a dream to use for data analysis, whereas Python is an exercise in frustration. CRAN libraries are idiomatic, work without fuss, and feel like a cohesive ecosystem. In my experience, working with too many Python packages feels like holding an airplane together with tape.

My understanding is that JS running on Node is insanely fast compared to most other interpreted languages. This is because of how much work has been put into the V8 engine, especially the JIT compiler.

Based on this, it’s fair to put Node into a league above languages like Python and Ruby when considering performance.

This might have played a role in their decision to include Node.

Hey! I love this, thanks for making it. One suggestion: the editor color scheme is very hard for me to read. There's not a lot of contrast between the light, pastel colors and the white background.

Personally, I would really appreciate either a) a way to change the theme, or b) a more accessible default theme.

I'm a bit late to the party, but thanks!

If you want to learn, here are a few tips that really helped me:

There are some basic fundamentals to start with @DesignCourse on YouTube has a few videos which cover them well.

Copy good designs. But in doing so, also dissect them and learn what makes them good. Take note of how they applied the fundamentals. This includes great apps/sites as well as UI libraries (don’t use these, learn from them).

Using UI libraries will not result in good designs unless you’re already a good designer. UI libraries exist so that good designers can make uniform designs faster, not so that bad designers can make good designs.

This was me! I was in the same exact situation. Everything I designed looked awful, and it killed my motivation.

You can learn, but it will take years of dedicated study and practice, at least in my experience. I worked really hard to learn for about 3 years, and now I’m pretty satisfied with my side projects.

I also learned that I really enjoy design. I wouldn’t say I’m “good” at it, but I can get by. I think some people have innate talent for design, and some people (like me) don’t. But you can certainly become “good enough” through hard work in lieu of talent.

Whether or not you decide to go down this rabbit hole is up to you, but I wanted to share my experience. It is slow and difficult, but possible.

I’m always pleased to see this topic get more attention. Almost everywhere, it’s common for non-native trees, shrubs, and flowers to be planted instead of species native to the area. This is often true for residential yards, city land, etc.

Non-native plants are often useless hosts for native insects. So installing non-native plants has the “benefit” of reducing insects, but it can also have serious effects on ecosystems and biodiversity.

We need to be more worried about the extinction of insect species. They are more important than people realize.

If anyone wants to make a (small, but important) difference, do some research to identify important host plants for native insect species in your area. There are often good, native alternatives for flowers, shrubs, and trees which are equally as attractive. Then, choose these host plants for your yard or garden.