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I agree with the spirit of this piece, but I think Wordle is a weird choice to try to highlight the point. I enjoy Wordle, but I'm certainly not going to die without it. Not to dow…

I used to use Fira Code. Then I played this font game and I switched to JetBrains Mono. https://www.codingfont.com/

This font ships with a ligature-less version.

Tangential thought: if you're using a passphrase you're not going to ever type manually, for example something you're going to generate once and stick in a secret management system…

That's the exact sentence that made me give up on this... blog entry? Whatever this thing is?

Me, too. And I even want to quit my job. But this did not inspire me to do so.

For people like me who don't have time to watch the talk, what's the answer to the question posed on the blog post? "Why aren’t we using the Language Server Protocol (LSP) or Langu…

They'll get a rude awakening and realize OP is being nice and that's not standard operating procedure.

I love it. Honestly, it could be less professional.

It's a personal choice. I respect their choice.

"Don't believe everything you read on the internet." -- Abraham Lincoln -- Michael Scott

Meh. I am a tech people, and I'd gladly go to prison if all the other tech people had to go, too.

I like this idea a lot, but I don't trust it to stick around. Mozilla is going to pull a Google and this will be a very painful thing to undo.

I've also got bingo. https://outage.bingo/?month=1&seed=86425

Aw, they couldn't stuff one more in there to get a power of two? (I know it doesn't really matter for qubits, but still.)

The real story here is not about the code. When it's your own personal project and you can be your own little tyrant, do whatever you want. Be as "clean" as you need to be. But thi…

Not quite "bans". They could face fines, which means it's legal for a price.

What is a computer if not a very fancy programmable calculator?

length ≠ effort

Counterpoint: Cunningham's Law

There's gotta be some way to programmatically determine it, right? It may not be portable. It may require some system calls or something, but there's gotta be a way, right?

That's the right mentality. Thank you!

Treat it as a hobby, not a means to a payday. It's your free time. If you're not having fun, why do it?