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lopcode

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About lopcode

rabbit on the internet, software architect / staff engineer working in payments in scotland

writing at https://www.lopcode.com

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    I recall fernflower being an important part of the Minecraft decompilation process, a necessary part of creating the Minecraft Forge modding framework, which was hugely popular a w…

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    Glad the post helped! I totally agree about the notebook price, it is expensive, but I also enjoy using it all the time so it still feels worth it for me. I have a formal diagnosis…

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    I agree, the whole rectangle being a link feels better - I've just pushed the change up. Thanks for the feedback!

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    https://www.carrot.blog I enjoy writing about server-side Kotlin (and a bit about livestreaming). I've found the process of writing about side projects to be really helpful in gett…

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    I think it's often better to "pick your poison" in terms of cloud providers and commit to it, with a rough migration plan that you can execute if you have to. There'll be common pa…

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    I'll usually want to use a custom domain, like carrot.blog, in front of a GitHub Pages site. But it's not strictly necessarily if you're OK with something.github.io

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    I'm a big fan of the GitHub Pages + Jekyll + Cloudflare "stack" for getting a fast, cheap (free, usually) website or blog up and running. If you're strong in a particular ecosystem…

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    Daisy is a Kotlin (server side) message processing library based on some boilerplate I’ve written a number of times privately https://github.com/CarrotCodes/Daisy I’ve been thoroug…

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    There are currently 3 trustees of the charity, including myself, and no employees. It’s illegal for trustees to be compensated for work relating to the charity. We’re careful to pi…

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    Thank you! For interest, we also just submitted our annual report to our regulator, if you'd like to read about the first year of our parent charity https://www.kale.charity/report…

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    Adopt Animals ( https://www.adoptanimals.io/ ) - a charitable passion project for free, independent, and ad/tracking-free animal rehoming listings in the UK. We're partnering with …

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    I'm working on a charitable project around animal adoption in the UK: https://www.adoptanimals.io/ Other aggregators exist, but often have commercial ties, paid listings, and such.…

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    I thoroughly enjoy over-engineering side projects, and writing about them (linked below). The trick for me is in managing expectations. It's completely possible for a learning proj…