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Thanks for the response! Typing that paragraph in dvorak definitely felt smoother than qwerty. The tent is a good idea for handling the switch, maybe I'll be a convert yet

Thanks for the detailed response!

> My diet, for example, is pretty much a model of what many people would ideally like to eat Can I ask what this consists of?

Can I ask how long did it take you to be touch typing on dvorak and how would you describe the benefits? I like the idea of 'better' input methods including key layout but in reali…

"Let's stop pretending education is a public good", now that's a dystopian phrase if I've ever heard one. edit: sp

Perfect example, exactly why I don't use dvorak despite hearing its praises constantly. We live in a qwerty world.

Your experience is unsurprising. It depends on how much time you spend in a default configuration and how disparate your config is to that default. I have no qualms using default v…

I compiled hello world in Rust into wasm the other day for the first time and it was incredibly satisfying for whatever reason. New technology is fun I guess. Note: This page isn't…

I used a vim config that was intuitive to me and that I loved before I used much of default vim and that's exactly how I felt... so...

I'd say the most basic advantages a web app has for a user are no install, cross platform support and same look and feel across those platforms. These advantages may not seem all t…

I think this is the reality for most areas, it's never been simpler to actually get projects doing something useful in the wild

The feature creep at every level of abstraction is a significantly bigger problem than just the existence of each layer of abstraction imo

React w/ Babel is undoubtably over hyped and yet surely its still a fairly significant value add over vanilla JS (when applicable) for how simple it can make state management and p…

No idea why the notch is a headline feature, no users will care. In any case, the design looks like a win to me.

That is is what drives me away from novel input methods and over-configured setups in general. On one hand it feels silly, but it feels a lot worse to be bewildered by a default se…

I wonder how much this can be put together for... Sounds useful to me

Outside of the usual desktop UI libraries, Kivy is worth mentioning. It's best suited to touch and graphical applications. It is becoming more standard to use a use a whole web sta…

There's a heap of good info and contacts there. Though the quality is far more varied, and generally goes down significantly once a sub hits a certain size. It seems to me that the…

Absolutely! Not having to hit your head against a wall helps prevent burnout as well as just plain being more effective

This is good advice, and Wolfram Alpha is magical!

Two quick things I can recommend without hesitation, which focus on an intuitive understanding of concepts: 1. Essence of Linear Algebra mini-series - https://m.youtube.com/watch?v…

After using prettier with vscode recently, I have to agree, not having to think about formatting at all while editing feels fantastically freeing.

Great link and thanks for the tldr!

Which browsers does let break?