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This is how I've always described it. It's also how I say that there isn't really a useful problem that decentralisation solves. After all, most git users use git in a centralised …

Sadly, this feels exactly like what working in big tech has been like for me. It amazes me that after so many years of these types of problems that in 2023 a team can have a bus fa…

It still boggles my mind that they closed this down. To date, it was the best job board for software engineers, and had filters you just don't see anywhere else - like filtering by…

Well, I've effectively bricked my brand-new MBP after installing it, so not really... Obviously, I'm one person out of many, but a quick Google search indicates that I'm probably n…

I might be wrong on this, but wouldn't that still be fine in order to achieve herd immunity? I distinctly remember reading something that said 60% was the minimum threshold require…

Surprisingly well, given the circumstances. Before lockdown, I had already been looking for jobs. Since then, I've been rejected pre-interview by a handful of companies, and have b…

After receiving an email from a Big N recruiter, I decided to spend the last month working through LeetCode problems. I'm glad I did, because literally every job I've applied for h…

I'm very sorry to hear that. I'm not sure where you're based, but I've heard of Usher's Syndrome after hearing a talk from someone named Molly Watt, who also has Usher's Syndrome. …

I'll probably get a lot of shit for this, but LeetCode. I've recently been furloughed, and I think that redundancies aren't too far away. There aren't many companies hiring in my a…

While I'm fully agree with the "this isn't a tech problem" comment, there are indirect ways that people can help. I think the biggest problems many are going to face aren't related…

It's hard to say, especially when you consider that the NHS has had its funding cut for years, and that even with a full lockdown it is likely to struggle even with a modest rise i…

I'm going to try and remove any kind of political talk from this as I can. To be honest, with Brexit looming and uncertainty around a possible election, I've spent the last year pr…

This is my only gripe with DDG. For daily use, it's fine, but it's awful for local results or anything that requires a map or directions.

I'd go even further with this. I'd say that most software engineers are ultimately powerless to improve software beyond a certain point because doing so would cost more than their …

I'm glad I'm not the only one. I love tmux, but I prefer vscode to vim, and I'd rather just keep tmux as the place where I keep all my terminal panes/windows. A lot of people look …

While I largely agree, I would attribute most of the BBC's issues down to simple budget cuts. A world-leading organisation had its funding reduced, and was eaten from the inside by…

Which is a crazy argument because iPlayer was ahead of the times for years before Netflix became a mainstream choice in UK households. Hell, the 2012 coverage of the London Olympic…

There is more to athletics and sports than American sports. Most European countries have a professional football players union, and their contracts are owned by the club, and not w…

I miss some channels, but not necessarily IRC as a whole. I still believe that #csharp on freenode is the main reason why I pursued .NET as a career choice. As far as channels go, …

I clicked this expecting an overly opinionated list on how to do things the right way, but came away agreeing with nearly everything said. > Writing non-trivial software that is co…

While I largely agree, one similarity I see to software engineering is that a beginner (i.e. a day one white belt vs a fresh grad) can work with a purple belt or a senior-level dev…

It makes me wonder whether Google is now "too big to fall" in regards to search. I switched to DDG a few months ago, and quite frankly I can probably count the number of times I've…

IMO, Stack Overflow has already achieved its initial mission, but not the mission they set out for. Stack Overflow wanted to create a wiki of questions and answers, when in reality…

Also, always make sure you're testing your backups by restoring to a non-production space, and ensuring that customer services are still available. Gandi has never explicitly said …

I don't blame the communications rep. From her perspective, she's probably been told what the CEO believes - Gandi lost data, but they never promised backups so it's not a big deal…