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jeffreportmill1

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About jeffreportmill1

I am a former Apple and NeXT software engineer, working for my own developer tools and educational software and consulting company for 25 years. I love to hear from other software developers and technology enthusiasts, feel free to contact me.

Jeff Martin jeff@reportmill.com http://reportmill.com

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    My running joke for the last couple years is "Nobody knows how to write software anymore" (even about a bug in my code). The problem is almost certainly complexity. Apps are like a…

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    Comment #48786411

    I struggle with the same feeling - though maybe I’d say I don’t find honing my craft as rewarding anymore. For years it’s been the gradually creeping expansion of the world - the m…

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    Comment #48747112

    I suggest you keep arguing - but make every effort to concede opposing valid points. If you disagree, you're an idiot and little different than Hitler.

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    Comment #48686584

    Smoking is not the best metaphor, because staying informed on the issues and events of society and community is essential to a well lived life. News in some form is more like food …

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    Comment #47504452

    The CEO is worth 7B+. 1000 employees at 100k/yr would cost him 100M - less than his net worth fluctuates on any given day and only 20% of other costs savings they have identified. …

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    Comment #46967414

    Excellent work on Tribal Trouble. I'm a huge Java fan and I had no idea this existed (usually you only hear about Minecraft and RuneScape). I wonder how much OpenGL/LWJGL code ther…

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    Comment #45128216

    Because of Trump, and just like Trump, this is a perfect storm. Unrestrained AI and crypto are causing a surge in demand at the same time Trump is spitefully and recklessly killing…

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    Comment #44116481

    I totally agree with this! Oracle still spends time and money promoting Java client, and the browser is now the largest client platform. They could really revitalize Java client by…

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    Comment #44116362

    I need to check out the tailscale solution, although CheerpJ also makes it trivial to plug in a proxy server, which I currently do in my app that supports cross origin.

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    Comment #44116277

    I use CheerpJ to do new development that is spectacularly cross-platform, runs native on all the major platforms and everywhere else in the browser with a single code base. I don't…

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    Comment #43793119

    SnapCode: https://reportmill.com/SnapCode/ CheerpJ: https://labs.leaningtech.com/blog/cheerpj-4.0

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    SnapCode Java 11 IDE in the browser

    The latest version of SnapCode supports Java 11 in the browser (the download version supports Java 21). SnapCode offers real native Java Client graphics in the browser and desktop.…

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    SnapCode Java 11 IDE in the browser

    The latest version of SnapCode supports Java 11 in the browser (the download version supports Java 21). SnapCode offers real native Java Client graphics in the browser and desktop.…

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    Comment #43773141

    And here's an entire Java IDE with CheerpJ that downloads less than 15mb: https://reportmill.com/SnapCode

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    Comment #43325101

    It seems obvious that elon hasn't even showed up for work in years. His only real tesla-related effort has been to try to strong-arm an illegal 50B pay package. The board should be…

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    Comment #43325057

    It seems obvious that he hasn't even showed up for work in years. His only real tesla-related effort has been to try to strong-arm an illegal 50B pay package. The board should be r…

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    Comment #43146210

    Nice post! Makes a good case for getting/keeping java in the classroom. Be sure and check out SnapCode: https://reportmill.com/SnapCode . It also offers a lot of ‘paving the onramp…

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    Comment #42793811

    I'm a huge fan of JDeploy - deployment used to be my biggest headache. Now I just run 'jdeploy' in the command line, change the version in the UI app and hit the 'Publish' button. …

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    Show HN: Java Markdown – living docs with Java code

    I've been playing with the idea of living documents with Java code. I found the notebook paradigm slightly frustrating and thought the markdown paradigm more interesting. This is p…

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    Show HN: Java Markdown – living docs with Java code

    I've been playing with the idea of living documents with Java code. I found the notebook paradigm slightly frustrating and thought the markdown paradigm could be interesting. This …

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    Show HN: Java Markdown – living docs with Java code

    I've been playing around with the idea of living documents with Java code. I found the notebook paradigm slightly frustrating and thought the markdown paradigm could be interesting…

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    Comment #41904368

    That may be the wrong question, though that might help avoid the sunk cost fallacy ("It's better to burn out, than fade away!"). On the other hand, sticking with things has its ben…