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There’s also Bruno!

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https://www.usebruno.com/

Everyone on /r/homelab has been talking about it over the last few months. I bought a VPS and later realized a cheap tiny PC would be better for my use case combined with Proxmox. The next step is configuring a few more services and installing Pangolin on the VPS for easy reverse proxy management. I haven’t used it yet but all in all it looks awesome and the reviews I’ve seen are overwhelmingly positive. Thank you for building it!

Reading this on my s8+ that's still working perfectly. The battery doesn't last a full day but is still fine to keep the phone as a daily driver. I don't have Android updates anymore (which I now consider a plus, there's nothing exciting about new Android updates) and the only apps that I would use and can't install are Workday and Slack - not a huge loss. I don't have 5G but 4G+ is fine - on WiFi most of the time. It's really day and night versus my past experience with the Nexus 4/Nexus 6P where almost every day you had to debug something or fight bootloops. I'll probably get the next iPhone in a few weeks but I'm glad I was able to keep this phone for that long. The worst things were Bixby and the curved display. The best thing was definity the camera.

Unrelated to this specific news but I love that in 2024 there's still very niche forums with an 90' look that exists somewhere on the internet. Just passionate people discussing asynchronously without any "social media" shenanigans.

As someone who got laid off a few months ago, that's sucks and good luck!

1. Yes, 3 times in the past five years and a half which coincide with my move to Canada (I’m now a citizen as of last week)

- Small startup, no more money

- Covid

- Company tried to grow too fast

2. I feel like it’s a call from the universe to focus on what I really want. At the same time, not having the stability and the experience and growth from a job where I stayed long term is, I think, affecting my resume negatively versus someone who stayed 5 years at one company and was able to grow and have a bigger impact.

3. I was really ashamed the first time and didn’t even ask for Employment Insurance as I didn’t even know I was eligible. I didn’t ask for help and it was a big mistake. This time I’m doing it differently, asking for help, introductions, referrals. It’s nerve wracking though. Having to reinvent yourself that often and applying to hundreds of jobs isn’t fun at all. I’m now applying every morning and take the afternoon to focus on my hobbies or everything else that’s good for my mental health. At least it forced me to understand that I’m not my job and my worth is not dictated by my job or my employer. I also stopped reading news/reddit because of the negativity around the current market. I know it won’t be easy but I don’t want to be reminded about it every day.

I made that mistake the first time, thinking I wouldn't be eligible. That's definitely on my list as a top and priority item.

That's really cool! Just wanted to share the following site as the city of Toronto created something similar a few months ago https://map.toronto.ca/torontomaps/

Sure! France -> Canada

I’m earning the most money I’ve ever made and I’m the happiest I’ve ever been even. It doesn't mean everything in my life is perfect, far from it, but that money is a huge help.

Doubling my salary and being paid what I am worth by doing what I wanted to do brought me a peace of mind I never had in the last five years (since I immigrated to a new country). I do not have to worry about so many things anymore, it's truly amazing and liberating. I can focus on what truly matters. I can take risks. I can plan for the future without having to go to the depression realm of looking for a better paying job.

Did I hate the jobs I did before? Some of them, but the money aspect stressed me a thousand times more than the work itself. When you don't like your job and do not have the money, you have to worry about both. When it's only your job, you know what to focus on and if you have enough savings, you can be bold and take risks.

A few years ago, I read this NYT article titled "Your Job Will Never Love You Back" [1] and that tagline is stuck in my head since then. Your work doesn't define you and even your dream work will have boring parts.

I'd suggest to go to therapy to focus and work on yourself. Better days are yet to come!

[1] https://www.nytimes.com/2019/10/24/business/your-job-will-ne...

Emmanuel Freund (Shadow - gaming pc in the cloud - founder) in France is working on PowerZ (https://powerz.tech/) and has raised more than $10M.

During one of my internships, a guy talked about his career and specifically one job he had in the IT department of a big French TV channel. His team had a lot of turnover to the point that only him knew everything about the projects and how to make them work. In this context, he asked his boss for a raise and he said: "Cemeteries are filled with indispensable people".

To be honest, not sure.

I'm currently working at a FAANG as a vendor and I'm about to apply internally. I'm already seeing a decrease in job postings which mean I'll potentially have to compete against more people but I'm lucky to have several referrals lined up which will help. If it doesn't work, I'll apply elsewhere but in any cases I'll have to surf this wave as a new hire somewhere.

On the other end, I'm lucky to live in a country (Canada) where a good unemployment insurance program exist so if it ever has to come to that, not too bad I guess.

At least I won't have any visa issues as I applied for the citizenship. I can't wait!

On my own website that I created exactly for this reason.

My first post was a guide on how I did it with Hugo, Netlify and Wowchemy: https://nicolaslouge.com/post/how-to-create-static-website-h...

Wildrift (League of Legends on mobile) / Fortnite

Same here. I have it coupled with Tailscale to enjoy the same benefits remotely on my phone

https://nicolaslouge.com/post/install-adguard-home-raspberry...

Right now:

- BBQing. My partner is vegetarian so I drastically reduced the amount of meat I'm eating. A few weeks ago, I finally made the jump and bought an electric BBQ. Eating a good piece of meat from the butcher on my balcony is amazing

- Tinkering with a Raspberry Pi after years of not doing anything technical

In general:

- Dancing at a concert/music festival

- Listening to music and find new favorites that I'll end up listening on repeat

- Being on a beach in front of the sea, ocean, taking a breath and feeling more alive than ever

- Riding a motorcycle in the spring/summer. I'd love to try an electric one.

Oh my god, yes! I miss riding one and I hope to get my permit to drive a bigger one than 125cc. Unfortunately, the weather and the insurance cost are prohibitive to do that right now in Canada. Riding one on country roads in France was the best feeling ever.

Disable any sleep function on the smartphone and keep it connected to an USB port with the app opened?

Do you have a spare smartphone lying around? Install Camo or any other alternative on it. Connect your smartphone via USB, launch the app, and you're done.

https://reincubate.com/camo/