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It's an Acer Nitro VN7 with 1TB SSD and 16GB RAM running Ubuntu 22. Workload is mostly vscode web development (Node.js), Gimp, OBS, VMware player for running macOS to test sites on…

I don't think this is still the case with Chrome 110 and higher that sleeps/suspends inactive tabs.

Samsung DeX and (vs)code-server are a godsend. Today's phones are very capable laptop replacements.

Yep, still on an 8 year old laptop with no signs of slowing down.

This is probably not far off. I regularly do software development on my Samsung phone using Samsung Dex plugged to a monitor. Sometimes even without a monitor, just a wireless keyb…

I'm on an Acer 16GB/1TB laptop from 2015 that runs as smooth as day one (Ubuntu). I think the workload just hasn't increased much except for gaming and some niches like GPU workloa…

Instead of banning technical solutions like ICE, we should enforce limits on the total emission from production to end-of-life of a vehicle. Another huge factor should be the ecolo…

Similar experience, frontend work is more relaxed and forgiving. You can more or less trial and error until it works and looks good. It's all very visual. On the other hand, making…

It's a niche platform where subscribers/members post listings where other members respond to. The listings are public and indexed by Google, new customer acquisition is driven by o…

That makes sense, thanks for clearing that up.

Also excited for the first glasses that can achieve this. The Nreal Air looks close, but text is apparently still not good enough. Would love to just attach it to my phone over USB…

My primary motivation to start a business was freedom. Having no boss and a ton of spare time. I got lucky and have something almost running on auto pilot. I'm not eager to start a…

You're not wrong, it is almost the default to end up with a high maintenance stack and the (perceived) need to churn out new features. I've done a few hype driven migrations myself…

Thanks, I'm sure Vue 3 is a lot better than v2, but I deeply appreciate TSX for its refactoring and type checking capabilities. Vue does support TSX but it isn't a first class citi…

If you choose the right niche and use stable libraries there is no need to constantly chase the latest framework or software architecture. A lot of the endless development cycle is…

As software developers we are uniquely positioned to build products or services that can practically run on it's own, freeing up time to do more meaningful things in life. The hard…

If most clients are (startup) businesses, a meager 250k FDIC insurance isn't going to do much.

SSR never faded and has always been an important requirement. Especially if you wrote SEO sensitive SPA's. We are not going back to SSR but are able to combine both SSR and SPA's m…

TSX + MobX are the reason I'm happy to stay on the React train after a transition from AngularJs (1) to Vue 2 to React.

I was surprised I could be productive coding on a 6.8" Android phone using vscode plus bt mouse and keyboard. Everything depends on viewing distance.

Got it :)

I'm feeling a new wave of JavaScript fatigue coming looking at Next.js new app dir / RSC data fetching hotness. In that light I'm quite open to looking at close to bare metal JavaS…

Also a happy Mailcow user. Only complaint would be to allow for multiple webauthn/fido2 keys per account. You can add a TOTP key to 3 yubikeys, but it's an additional hassle.

It's an unpopular opinion for sure. But as it stands, our planet cannot sustain the way we exploit it. Our seas are being emptied and poisoned, we cut rainforest to be used for ove…

I'm following some nReal topics and to me it still seems like a mixed bag, best suitable for video on a plane. I would jump on it the moment I have enough confidence it can replace…