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I bought and worked through Let’s Go by Alex Edwards and found it really good and re-use lots of the code ideas and structure in other projects - link (no affiliate) https://lets-g…

I’m not a coder day-to-day (I was in the past, mainly C#) but I still write toy stuff to make my life easier, and the stuff I write in Go I’m more likely to be able to return to a …

I left tech (C# developer for a partner reselling/customising the MS XRM/Dynamics CRM platform in the UK a few years ago to get my HGV (CDL in the US?) license and drive trucks. Ho…

As a current UK HGV driver (currently on my break at services in a max 44t unit+trailer) a range of 375miles would just about cover the longest shift I do but some range anxiety wo…

I’ve tried Factorio and could never get into it … Satisfactory on the other hand is a game where I can look at the time and realise I should of had lunch two hours ago

Love the UI and much faster than JustWatch, _but_ checked a film I watched this weekend and it says it’s not available (whereas JustWatch lists the streaming platform it’s on)

For me it’s the fact I hand my keys in at the end of a shift, and I don’t have to think about work until I go in for my next shift - liberating after years of checking work emails …

I’d guesstimate if you were in a high-demand/niche role with a high hourly rate, plus you can max out your hours each week, probably around £65k?

Surpringly the shortage of drivers is not actually a thing anymore (during Covid perhaps) but the large number of people who got their HGV license when the government changed the r…

Yes, work is covered under both the Working Time Directive (which I’ve opted out of the night work limit and the 48hr working week) and the EU Drivers Hours rules - work are hot on…

I don’t do nights out or away, so I’m home every night (morning as I work 3pm until I’m done, generally 1-2am, sometimes 5am) No spouse or kids which probably helps and is why I do…

I’ve not had any issues with vibrations but I’ve not been driving perhaps long enough? That said, the newer generation of trucks are so smooth I don’t think that’s as much of an is…

It takes surprisingly little time to get used to the size - that said I’m more confident I the rigid vehicles than the artics in terms of tighter manoeuvring. Most of my work is tr…

I think for me it’s not having a time pressure - if it takes me 2 weeks spending 2 hours a day to implement something there’s no issue when it’s just projects for myself (I’ve basi…

I went the opposite way (in the UK) and moved from development (mainly C#) to lorry driving (everything from 12T rigids to 44T artics) however in my free time I’m enjoying developi…

Nothing public, but I’ve moved from tech into driving trucks, and I wrote a small website I use daily to track my working hours, rest, payslips, mileage and weight - so far it’s be…

Were you by any chance listening to Rewinder on BBC R4 just now as well?

I’ve gone the other way - I used to work in tech (although I used to work in more traditional LOB development roles rather than VC/startup based) and I now work as a HGV (truck) dr…

The vans and trucks I drive at work (not Amazon) have had similar driver-facing cameras installed recently - the first time out in one, on the motorway I picked up my travel mug an…