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dzonga
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About dzonga
engineer at everywhere with a knack for product.
email: ptdzonga \\ at \\ gmail dot com
I build things.
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Comment #49221529
the impact of recursivedoubts i.e htmx creator on software engineering practices and adhering to simplicity is monumental but the industry keeps heading towards complexity.
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Comment #49221412
imagine if these guys were able to be pragmatic and reform like the Chinese deed & not be so dogmatic about ideology - what they could've been. I guess Deng Xioping said it best - …
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Comment #49213314
I just learnt about Virtual Power Plants using big batteries i.e 40Kwh+ - so yeah that could work.
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Comment #49213304
good question ? I worry about that too since I'm from a poor/shit country that I travel to constantly & live for half the time !!
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Comment #49211633
blocking by geo yeah might work - but what happens when someone is traveling abroad ? they've to use a VPN to access your site ? my take with all the bots - the web is gonna be a b…
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Comment #49211316
which book was that ?
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Comment #49211271
everyone on this board - is now aware the US gvt is working against your interest unless you're sama & crew. invest in your own solar, or other forms of renewable energy - get an e…
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Comment #49202773
hope u see this :) https://imgur.com/a/wy2fLEw
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Comment #49198428
> 3) You actually implement the solution. even for an entrepreneur type - you need to understand the technology to get to good enough solution e.g if you don't know shit & just acc…
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Comment #49198261
there's something equivalent in the business world - mostly used by businesses not run by psychopaths - where you optimize inside 2 triangles with the points on the triangle being …
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Comment #49197289
b2b - so I use the phone or email. I try avoid email at first, since most cold emails can be 'spammy'.
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Comment #49197258
also Rails largely sits in a world where most apps are CRUD based or everything is CRUD e.g [0] - which for that purpose Rails has nice ergonomics. whereas Django though it also pr…
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Comment #49196437
look at litestar [0] - if you want something more coherent than fast api [0]: https://litestar.dev
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Comment #49196196
I'm not talking about democracy - but a 'permission' system. In the west - you've to be 'blessed' to become an economic player - there's the myth of competition (but someone has to…
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Comment #49196095
Ryan & the Deno team thanks for this. not that I'm going to use it anytime soon - but yeah having durable objects outside Cloudflare and also self hosted ones means a lot.
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Comment #49195616
Django while opinionated is very flexible too. unlike Rails. that means you can mold it to fit your use case easily - don't like the ORM - you can plug SQLalchemy and use a differe…
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Comment #49195530
some of these media outlets manipulate public opinion. majority of the public can't differentiate between commerce & capitalism. nor socialism vs 'free markets'. the non-gullible p…
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Comment #49190244
the solution is good but what tends to happen is webhook providers are not gonna work on such a solution - why - because it puts 'work' on them. hell this is without the proposal f…
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Comment #49168055
yeah I agree - the talent behind inferno - is getting overshadowed by the use of 'llms'. when the talent has its own creative personality & flair
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Comment #49162189
the levels of market manipulation happening right now due to state actors has never been seen before. this in regards to oil prices, then currency. however the wave will break the …
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Comment #49161064
bingo. to give an analogy in terms of law firms - you can either be a partner who brings in new business or the associate who does the grunt work of reviewing/writing contracts. gu…
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Comment #49155379
at big tech the numbers seem about right. at smaller firms - you've less admin, less meetings - so the coding part is higher. mind you most of the stuff posted here is in regards t…
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Comment #49154707
there was some London company migrating Cobol to Rust - with 'a.i' assistance. I don't remember their name, hopefully they stayed in business. since probably convincing financial f…
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Comment #49154668
my take is apple should've hired or worked more with external partners in terms of handling swift. 1. the language had all the right hook points to replace python - but then it was…
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Comment #49154543
soon enough most people will realize in that for software working in teams of 1-3 people is the best thing. no reviewing 'a.i' code. talking to actual humans not 'a.i' jargons