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BBC, NPR and Washington Post are all left leaning organizations funded by governments and billionaires. I don't know if I would call this "getting a reasonable overview of world an…

I like Angular and I think it's still a solid choice for new apps in an enterprise setting, and signals are a welcome addition that solve real problems, but I don't understand the …

do-notation can be easily implemented using delimited continuations (ie. generators). Generators compose well and flatten tail calls so you don't need TCO or trampolines. The only …

There isn't much difference nowadays. I think it's just a matter of preference as long as the trackpad is made of glass, which aren't hard to find on PC's anymore. I even prefer my…

There are plenty of CLI tools built on Node: https://github.com/sindresorhus/awesome-nodejs#command-line-...

So the employer punishes people that cannot afford to live close to the office? And on top of that, if they need to travel to conduct business, their pay is decreased? If I underst…

That's not the comparison as far as I understand it. The analogy is of someone that dedicates all their time to becoming the best at their craft, like Chopin. It's not about being …

I don't agree with the first two points. Native applications aren't consistent in this way. There are dozens of cross-platform GUI kits and they all behave slightly different, just…

It is indeed ironic. I was initially interested in the content, but I closed the site in less than a minute after getting frustrated by the emojis, blurry text and annoying sidebar…

Chief Architect. About 15h per week, or almost half my time basically. * ~1h daily for status meetings * ~2h twice a week for project coordination and discussion * ~4h once a week …

This refers to the Language Server Protocol [1] which is intended to decouple the IDE features from your editor so you can use it with any editor, such as Vim. [1] https://en.wikip…

As a remote employee, I fully agree. Also, can we stop polluting the environment unnecessarily? There are too many cars on the road with just one person inside. How many of those p…

> places outside of North America and West Europe have lagged in attitudes to software development. This is right. From my experience working with an offshore team in India, the ma…

To be honest, I think if anything the trend will continue and the salaries will go up. There will still be a shortage of highly skilled developers who demand higher salaries. At my…

Also what's shocking is that you see plenty of young able people in those tents that could get a job yet decide to stay there. That baffles me. If you have arms, and legs, and you'…

Callback hell? What is this 2010? Callback hell is a non-issue in modern JS code with promises, and async/await.

They haven't unfortunately. npm 5.5.1 is still very broken, especially if you use postinstall scripts.