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Very interested to hear of ways to track your spending without providing access to a 3rd party service, but that are also more sophisticated than manually typing it in excel.

My department is transitioning to be full remote and before I dig into it with my boss I wanted to know what potential problems I might face with my company when asking them to let…

Not much time. I've almost naturally fallen into a rhythm of wearing the same 4 shirts to work M-Th and Friday is jeans/casual. I alternate between a few pairs of pants. So, less t…

It shows mastery of the language, one could argue. With the tools available today it makes development a lot faster and easier. Functions have tooltips on how to use it, you can sc…

The only time I've used my personal computer for remote work was when it was freelance/independent contractor work. The companies I've worked remote for have all provided a compute…

it worked for me on ubuntu 16.04 $ unrar e shakespeare.part001.rar UNRAR 5.30 beta 2 freeware Copyright (c) 1993-2015 Alexander Roshal Extracting from shakespeare.part001.rar

Interested to hear stories from software engineers who changed profession and then went back to software engineering. -Why did you leave and return? -Was it difficult to return? -W…

Are you getting paid for 40h a week when you work less? If yes, enjoy the extra free time. If no, talk to your boss.

This goes for homebrewing (beer/wine) too. If you can make oatmeal you can make beer, but if you want to make the same beer exactly the same over and over it is very complex. The f…

Congrats! I've been working on a personal project now for a couple months that I originally conceived 2 years ago. It is still difficult to stick with but it is getting easier the …

I hope they don't leave out Tom Bombadil.

I saved a lump of money for the short-term and took a very long vacation. I have a bit saved for the long-term from before, but now the focus is long-term saving.

The company didn't want to invest in my department but kept setting higher expectations. It caused the team to be overworked and understaffed. You couldn't focus on a project becau…

I was in a similar situation. I took a break from work and rediscovered the reasons I got into software. Then, I went back to work after a nice long break. My advice: Don't just sa…

What is the current career value of being, at least, bilingual in the states for tech companies. Is there any data/evidence to suggest for certain positions it is/is not worth lear…

I've worked in software development for a few years now and want to start my own business. I have an idea, a website/service, that I am building offline currently. When I put it un…

This is so true from my experience working for companies using PHP. You can advocate all you want to clean up code, but in the end, if it doesn't create a new feature its not going…

Code that replaces/relieves humans.

I always felt that working out was a hassle. My parents tried forcing me to work out with a trainer multiple times and it never worked out. Then one summer I worked out with a frie…

I think the fascination comes from an early introduction to Japanese culture, even if we're not aware. Japan probably has the largest cultural footprint in America for Eastern coun…

The Church of the Flying Spaghetti Monster was founded in 2005. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flying_Spaghetti_Monster

Use Chrome, install the Vimium plugin: F + {Letter Combo}

The knowledge to answer this question.

Most books I read come from personal recommendations, a friend tells me they liked a book and think I will like it. If I read it and like it I might read others from the author. Fr…