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Re:Ask HN: Do you still use Google? on Monday February 17, 2025 @01:16AM (#43075790)
I'm in the right place then lol

most of the people around me spend their days doomscrolling on social media when they're free

Good points.

It would be nice to know people in different industries with real problems. I had my real problems as a developer before but many tools are already built for that.

A friend who works in marketing has a lot more issues with bad solutions and terrible or overpriced tools

That happened to me before. But two children to feed and entering midlife are a strong enough motivation to keep me working every day
Thanks!

Doing something part time is a good idea indeed. Finding it is kind of hard though, that takes time, but it would be worth it.

Re:Ask HN: Do you still use Google? on Sunday February 16, 2025 @09:14AM (#43068176)
I just enjoy reading the MDN articles or stackoverflow / reddit discussions, as well as official docs a lot.

I read documentation on my leisure time. Weird hobby of mine lol

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Re:Ask HN: Do you still use Google? on Sunday February 16, 2025 @08:38AM (#43067861)
I still use google. LLMs talk way too much for what I need.

Granted, my searches are usually "toLocaleString() format" or "floor tiles popping reddit" and such. That takes me to MDN, stackoverflow, reddit etc.

I recently paid for Kagi since I like their mission but I'm more used to the results from google. I'll see where it takes me.