I was pretty amazed at this when I learned about it.

It feels like digging into Windows was finding a bunch of compiled code.

Where there’s been some times where I understood what was happening in Linux because I was able to follow how the library was set up.

Imho, ‘cheapest’ and ‘useful’ are rarely a great combo for a VPN.

Yeah I never understood why people have this mindset.

Like looking for security, but then buying the cheapest option?

NodeJS has made me a very employable engineer.

I hope that last part wasn’t a joke at PHP’s expense.

I am actually surprised what PHP can do over the past few years. We converted a few critical REST APIs into PHP and it wasn’t just lightning fast, it’s also incredibly readable that we had non-PHP developers convinced it was the right move.

My hammer has solved every problem I’ve thrown at it.

Uh what?

Signal jammers are trackable. If you drive the same routes, the disruption is an easy pattern.

Also it causes other issues (like with medical vehicles/first responders) and is a federal crime. But whatever.

I was just talking to people about how those who didn’t know Biden dropped out of the 2024 Presidential election must have either the hardest life where they have bigger problems, or the easiest life where they tune everything out.

Same. This picture is surprisingly accurate.

It’s built off of OSM. Which is how it should be.

You literally cannot search for Mastodon without getting a weird ass 2-paragraph manifesto about The Fediverse.

End users just want to use shit.

This is unfortunately the world of open-source.

1. Nerd tells you to use the open-source thing.
2. Non-technical tries it and asks questions
3. Nerd proclaims it’s not a real problem/your fault/not applicable/fix it yourself
4. Some company takes that open-source version or idea, makes it easier for end users and monetize it
5. Nerd gets angry and repeats step 1

Source: I am nerd and I contribute to open-source.

Sweet! This is really cool and inspired me to try something.

Unsubscribe is your friend.

FOMO is a marketing strategy.

We want to stay in your inbox so we can temp you on big marketing days.

As a person who manages people, I cannot fight for your raise if YOU don’t fight for your raise.

I cannot tell you how many times where something like this happens. I tell my higher ups, “Sarah should get promoted and increase her salary” and then my bosses go up to Sarah and she responds all limpdick like, “I like my job and I’m happy.”

God damn it Sarah! Flex a little. Talk about how you see a opening you want. Stop being a keyboard warrior on Work Reform and actually SAY IT OUT LOUD. Share your wins! Brag about your value to the company. Demand your worth to MY BOSSES TOO.

It’s not a single person who makes these decisions. It’s multiple people.

Nobody is going to hand you shit if you’re timid about it.

Oh man same!

2000s, with permission from the HS computer teacher, I was installing Red Hat on a few computers. It was ROUGH. Like, yeah we got it to show a desktop, but it was a nightmare to use anything but the basic applications. Windows just worked and after a few months, went back to that.

Only during the pandemic did I finally go Linux. Started with ElementaryOS (highly recommend for old people) and went through a dozen other flavors. What really pushed me to expert level was setting up Linux servers.

I no longer code on a Windows machine (unless I have to), and absolutely would recommend Linux to any end user. And now with Steam Deck/SteamOS, it’s only getting better. My gaming computer is still Windows, but I’m going to let it sunset. I barely use it except to play high-spec games that aren’t on Steam Deck. But that’s getting rarer and rarer.

They really thought they can sprout gibberish and mic drop. Discount Ben Shapiro over here.

Every single post about ad blockers will be someone talking about how “good” Brave is. Drives me crazy.

You get used to it, I don’t even see the code. All I see is Red Plumber. Coin. Mushroom. Pipe.