joshdev | 4 months ago | on: Claude Code on the web
What is the better solution you’ve moved on to?
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joshdev | 1 year ago | on: Ask HN: Best way to remove CO2 in a bedroom?
This is the way. As others mention opening window is your cheapest option, but you lose a lot of your heating and cooling efficiency. We installed a whole house ERV for about $10K and saw a significant drop in CO2 readings.
joshdev | 1 year ago | on: Descent 3 Source Code
I remember KoolBear from playing on Kali. That brings back good memories.
joshdev | 2 years ago | on: Ask HN: How do you get out of a rut?
Hang in there. I’ve had the same challenge. Take some time off and burn through any energy accumulated taking care family in just a few days.
Best I’ve found is to try and keep things at a slow burn. You’ll never really relax but you can try to reduce the stress peaks.
joshdev | 3 years ago | on: Ask HN: Do you rewrite pull requests?
I wonder if there is a case to be made for a patch branch that gets all PRs. Then the maintainer can do any further tweaks needed before merging down to mainline.
joshdev | 4 years ago | on: Ask HN: Do you consider Hacker News to be a positive/useful use of your time?
HN with an RSS reader is the way to go. No need to compulsively check and you can skim through things quickly.
joshdev | 4 years ago | on: What does a Principal Software Engineer do?
Another way to look at it is you are expected to include business factors into your decision making. Sometimes the most optimal engineering solution is not the most optimal business solution. Politics can definitely be a factor, but being able explain clearly why doing something helps the business can be a big part of making the jump to more senior roles.
joshdev | 4 years ago | on: Ask HN: Running production server on M1 mini?
Have you considered looking at Amazon for their ARM offering (Graviton)? I'd be hesistant to use M1 minis for a production workflow as they are not really production grade (lacking ECC memory, not sure how long they are rated to run at high CPU, lack of user replaceable disks, no RAID, etc...).
joshdev | 4 years ago | on: Ask HN: Been in the IT industry for 10 years with nothing to show for it
It sounds like you just don’t enjoy frontend work. If you are trying to build a product on your own it’s impossible to avoid, but there are plenty of companies in the EU and US hiring for backend developers. Understanding how both sides get work done is important, but there is nothing wrong with focusing on just one area.
joshdev | 4 years ago | on: iNotch for Gnome Shell
It's funny I have a logitech cam at the top of my monitor, which effectively covers the exact same space as this new notch. The bezels on monitors have gotten so thin it's tough to include add ons.
joshdev | 4 years ago | on: Show HN: Generate shared 2FA codes for your entire team
I get the use case, but I just can’t get behind using software like this for security reasons. It’s too easy to add users to slack, leading to accidentally exposing secrets.
joshdev | 4 years ago | on: Stop making employees turn on webcams during meetings
Having worked remote before the pandemic I found having my camera on was a very good reminder to the team that I was still there. Increasing your visibility when you are one of a few remote employees is very important.
All that said a camera only helps so much. There is something to be said for traveling to your office periodically to put in real face time. I’m looking forward to offices starting to open up here soon.
joshdev | 4 years ago | on: GoKart: A static analysis tool for securing Go code
Idiomatic scala yes, but while on boarding engineers hit many cases, where they ended up returning null in places they shouldn’t.
joshdev | 4 years ago | on: GoKart: A static analysis tool for securing Go code
Somebody has used Scala
joshdev | 4 years ago | on: The 4:6 method for coffee-brewing (2017) [video]
I had to switch back to drip for this very reason. I compensated by getting a good grinder and a solid whole bean subscription.
joshdev | 5 years ago | on: Zero Bug Tolerance
I think having a zero P0 and P1 bug policy makes sense. As others have said some bugs may not make business sense to fix. I do think it is useful to set thresholds for other bug priorities as well. 1,000 P2 bugs may make your product feel unusable.
joshdev | 7 years ago | on: Comparing C and Rust Network Protocol Exercises
Type inference is super handy in a lot of places. The problem I've run into in the rust book and other intro docs is they almost always use type inference, which makes it harder to learn what is going on. I'd prefer they used explicit types to start and then ease into type inference.
joshdev | 7 years ago | on: How Smart People Sabotage Their Success
That's fair. When I say appreciate, I mean the results of the grind. Washing Dishes or any type of cleaning isn't fun, but finding coping mechanisms (zoning out, music, etc...) you can enjoy the results.
joshdev | 7 years ago | on: How Smart People Sabotage Their Success
All jobs have some amount of grind. Being able to acknowledge its going to suck and push through it quickly can be super beneficial to your career. It's also one of the reasons why I encourage those in high school or college to try a non technical job first. Learn to appreciate doing monotonous tasks well.
joshdev | 8 years ago | on: Ask HN: How to get a Scala graduate position?
The best advice I can give is to stop attaching yourself to a specific language. Having expertise in a language can be great, but you are going to be better served by demonstrating the ability to ramp up on any language that is needed. Scala is a solid language, but is plagued with functional purists and a love of domain specific languages. Take the skills and patterns you've learned from Scala and apply them to other jobs.
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