Pixel 7 vs Pixel 9. Is it really worth losing so much of the screen to roundness?
All this because of Steve Jobs in 1981: https://www.folklore.org/Round_Rects_Are_Everywhere.html
The newer Pixel models are unacceptably round. At some point phones are going to be spheres.
My point is: so is theirs. Their idea was too complicated to begin with so the code suffers no matter who writes it.
Another great read for those who write code.
On Long Term Software Development https://berthub.eu/articles/posts/on-long-term-software-development/
These are the recommendations for long-term software development:
- Keep it simple. Simpler than that. Yes, even simpler. You can always add the complexity later if needed!
Keeping it simple requires periodic refactoring / code deletion
- Think real real hard about your dependencies. Fewer is likely better. Scrutinize and audit. And if you find you can’t audit 1600 dependencies, rethink your plan. Don’t go for LinkedIn-based development choices.
Re-visit your dependencies periodically to see how they are doing
- Testing, testing, testing! Will help you spot shifting dependencies in time, will give you confidence to do the refactoring you need to keep things simple
- Document all the things, not just the code, but also the philosophy, the idea, the “why”
- Aim for a steady team. Get actual employees with a long-time investment in your project
- If you can get away with it, ponder being open source
- Logging, (performance) telemetry will save your bacon over the years
My Nostr code is tight, fully benchmarked, tested.
My Bluesky code is a bunch of messy scripts barely held together by some unknown force.
Therefore the thing you're building matters, not just how you build it.
Netflix made a Squid Game feed on Bluesky. https://bsky.app/profile/netflix.com/feed/squid-game-hq
To understand software, you must understand hardware. Computers are hacks on top of reality.
I will never write another political post again. Merry Christmas.
Here is why Republicans are better for the economy:
People THINK Republicans are better for the economy, so when a Republican is President they ACT like the economy is better by spending money. And because they FEEL the economy is better, it inspires a sense of optimism that MAKES the economy better.
If it only happens when you're using Amber, it's most likely a problem with Amber
Happy Winter Solstice!
Dude. This is so true. I hate it so much.
They wouldn't let me do anything because they insisted that everything on web have feature parity with the iOS app built from scratch.
Oh my God I have never before seen such levels of innovation.
I ordered Holy Water off Amazon.