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I 100% agree with you about the touch bar, but you might be underestimating the user-hostility of modern Windows and the shoddiness of Windows computer manufacturers. I've had devi…

Especially true as API design seems to have moved away from using exceptions in non-exceptional situations; handling them locally is not desirable in most cases. In the old days we…

This point grinds my gears toothless. I've been angry enough at the misery and indignity of TSA procedures to point out (in an airport) how easy it would be for anybody to bomb the…

That's a good point. One of the places I worked hired a ton of juniors and placed them under "senior" team leads, but the leads were too few, not exactly all-stars, and code qualit…

Agreed. I have a cold brew kit that cost ~$20, and I found a cheap coffee that tastes great in it. Very little effort required (dump + rinse the bag once a week or slightly more of…

What I don't see mentioned in the article or comments is the fact that the latte isn't the only $5 decision we make every day. We can choose not to buy the latte, and to pack our o…

Autoplaying video is enough to make me close a tab immediately, even with Chrome's merciful mute-by-default setting. I understand that some amount of advertisement is required for …

What's your F# setup on AWS? I've been tinkering with an F# (Giraffe) side-project for a while and am finally trying to find a place to host it. Azure seems simple to use but way t…

LinkedIn down? Yes, "perfect" is the word I'd use.