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This makes me think of https://github.com/AutoFixture/AutoFixture

It's not only common you can in many instances force your employer to lower your hours and keep you on.

I've successfully pulled off most of such a majority re-write but a key driver - but not the only was that the legacy language the existing system was implemented in had lost virtu…

I second this approach. I've utilized it successfully in an ongoing migration. I also second the need to have engineering knowledge from the previous system available. I was lead f…

I installed MX Linux years ago and have not looked back. It has been incredibly stable and easy to upgrade. While I had ubuntu and mint regularly get trashes on system updates in t…

I've found the best way to evaluate the quality of npm libraries is to use Snyk analyzer https://snyk.io/advisor/check/npm

I'd argue that what Match Group did with OKC was bordering on criminal. Everything on it worked and it worked for small, often marginalized groups. It was turned into a worse versi…

I would argue that numerous initiative to ban highly dangerous substances such as the Montreal Protocol banning ozone layer damaging refrigerant gasses have been successful in this…

https://slsa.dev/ gives much clearer explanations about the why of this work. Github recently started offering a SaaS sigstore implementation including support for private reps. ht…

https://minimumcd.org/journey/

N900 was my first smartphone and still miss the feeling of having a proper Linux box in my pocket. Unfortunately didn't buy the n9 as it was clear it was dead in the water by the t…

Yes, this is abusive as your compensation doesn't grow with your time working. Your salary is based on an x hour work week. This system incentives poor software quality at the cost…

In the EU there are definitely companies providing aggregated salary band norms, in fact utilizing them is nearly required by upcoming EU directives as salaries must be justified b…

Interesting use of tsnet. For new cocktail recipes I regularly check https://cocktailvirgin.blogspot.com

I can confirm it does. Although I moved to a country with more direct auti friendly communication (USA to NL) and only recently realized I'm likely on the spectrum and this heavily…

The Netherlands is struggling with a lack of grid capacity due to political decisions to ignore the power network management companies that pleaded for at least a decade for expans…

As a hiring manager I can understand this view. I'm also in SaaS dev. But in the Netherlands at least most of the raising IT salary demands aligned with inflation, particularly if …

I usually see this style from people with a mathematics or physics background instead of CS. Their coding style doesn't take maintainability or collaboration with others into accou…

Don't forget Dutch citizens voted previously in a national referendum against mass surveillance which was promptly ignored and the right to call a referendum repealed.

Your company hires the audit. Interview the to find one that gets zero trust.

Have you tried showing results of code qualify scanning tooling such as sonarqube or sonarcloud? This should show a downward pressure on quality.

The moral panic around snus is ridiculous and causes great harm. The EU has a snus ban that has little scientific basis while Sweden with an exception has the lowest lung cancer ra…

AWS is noticeably absent in the list of implementations.

Your anecdote is in the basis correct. Very few relationships which start closed and go to open/poly survive as you do not have the required communication skills or emotional intel…