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sidthegeek | 5 years ago | on: Show HN: React SpreadSheet – Google Sheets-like performance

Would someone elaborate on the choice of canvas vs DOM for grids like this? There is this older stackoverflow discussion[1] that seems to indicate that one can get decent performance with large data volumes by maintaining DOM cells for just the viewport area and managing the grid content in response to scroll events. Since the row heights are fixed, the scrolling algorithm should be manageable. So why a canvas rather than DOM?

[1] https://stackoverflow.com/questions/2402953/javascript-data-...

sidthegeek | 6 years ago | on: Wine Developers Concerned with Ubuntu Dropping 32-Bit Support

I couldn't live without Wine (or Crossover). I develop web apps for a small company, and Ubuntu Mate is my primary development environment. A lot of our software relies heavily on Word and Excel because that's what our customers use. And Wine does a superb job of integrating Word and Excel into the Ubuntu desktop. Hats off the the Wine developers for the amazing job they've done.

sidthegeek | 7 years ago | on: Ask HN: How did you transition from Mac to Linux?

@gargravarr Thanks so much!

sidthegeek | 7 years ago | on: Ask HN: How did you transition from Mac to Linux?

This sounds very useful! I googled but didn't find much - perhaps I did not use the right terms. Can you please post some links that point me in the right direction?

sidthegeek | 8 years ago | on: DevDocs API Documentation

Can you elaborate a bit about your implementation? I'd love to learn more about the techniques you have used.

sidthegeek | 8 years ago | on: Linux desktop market share over 3%

I've had good luck with Wine on all my Linux machines.

sidthegeek | 9 years ago | on: Charles – Web Debugging Proxy Application

Me too! Please post the link on HN when you have it available!

sidthegeek | 12 years ago | on: Ask HN: What happens to older developers?

Whole-heartedly agree with this post. I will be 58 this year, and have been a developer for the last 20 years, after having been in academia for the first part of my career. As you say, the key is to never stop learning.