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Been on NixOS for 3 years full time. I can never go back.

I am a humanities major and never faced any real push back in my software dev/devops career (CTO of a $15M a year company now). I am considering getting a CS degree now mostly for …

Sells | Full Stack Engineer | Rogers, AR | ONSITE | Full-time Sells is a middle-market M&A advisory firm. We're building internal software, automation, and integrations to improve …

Dreams: >Framework-like upgradability / repairability / modularity >Support for GrapheneOS >Sold in USA

I would hate to see them move to Discord over Matrix. I know Matrix has its issues, but Discord is inviting the same issue a couple years down the road. Besides, Matrix could use t…

I would make the jump to Signal. It's super easy and secure. Has all the features you'd need (minus the online status). It's how I communicate with my whole family.

What I don't understand is why you have to protect areas that require login so harshly? If I can log in, especially with 2-factor, you can safely assume I am not a bot, or you have…

While you hit the nail on the head, I am still surprised that so many tools targeted at people like me (web hosting, developer tools, etc.) are protected that way.

I travel often. Sometimes I use a VPN, sometimes I don't. I use a heavily customized Firefox config on Linux. Cloudflare challenges have made large portions of the web unusable for…

ChatGPT has been painful, especially at login, for me for months. Had to move to alternatives as a result and cancel my sub. I want to come back though!

I went with the latest Reolink cameras and love them. There's a huge userbase, so they have great support in various open source projects.

This exact career is that of the protagonist in Evil, my wife and I's favorite show. The show is led by a Catholic priest and an atheist psychiatrist (possibly a -gist in the show)…