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> I don't think we take software reliability seriously enough, most of our focus is on speed of release, ever quicker cycles and it being OK to break things. This culture ruined th…

> The only frustrating thing is how clearly it's been highlighted that the rich and powerful countries get all the vaccines and we'll only get them here once everyone in the west h…

Except for the first year in business, you can make that selection at the tax time of current taxes. EDIT: I am wrong: https://www.optionstaxguy.com/mark-to-market

On $100K.

If programming as a hobby, then start with something visual with a quick feedback. You don't want to get stuck in months long projects. When I was kid, I bought a book on video gam…

I will second Laravel. Also PHP developers are cheaper, if one day your project turns into a business, you can hire for a lot less money.

Based on this video, https://www.youtube.com/watch?app=desktop&v=9KtkIarbnMg it seems #2 is more likely scenario.

> All I hear about is "Everybody else can do X! We're the only ones that can't." This is the main issue. If they don't participate in online communities where their friends are, th…

True, but that may be a good thing. This may prevent people from suing for small infractions. On other hand, let's say, if your average software developer knows that they can be su…

You would sue guilty employees even if they quit and move to another company. I feel that would be much better for personal responsibility. And the best part about this would be pe…

How do you find freelance developer roles? I see those as extremely underpaid?

A common theme on this site. I myself have conflicted with this. In my mid-30s, I realized that I need to move into management because I was not able to keep up with new paradigms …

Please don't work for free. Call in sick if your company won't approve PTO. Also take a few sick days because stress is not good for your health, don't waste your vacation time on …

> In modern no-religion societies, where is the pull for good old family values? What we are seeing is better rights and fairness for individuals (same-sex marriage, etc) but is th…

As someone who is semi-atheist, I have started to think that the invention of God was mostly to discipline children and to give them hope. Eventually, those children grew up and to…

I know religious folks who are the most miserable people ever. Because they get jealous when someone else worship more than them. They will criticize and belittle everyone they can…

Why is empathy important? I would love to be able to help people without feeling overwhelmed with their issues. Can one just learn to listen and respond accordingly?

In addition to it just working, it also is great for writing from anywhere. I have a technical + personal blog. This let me log into blog from anywhere and write a quick draft or e…

I was thinking same thing, only accidentally did I discover that hovering mouse over one shows VGA version. And then I read the text.

Never played that games but wow that was so nostalgic. For some reason, I never get that feeling when playing modern games designed in retro/8-bits style.

Thanks, I learned programming on my own by writing macros in Excel/Access as a kid. It seems Python would be a better choice. Gdscript is like Python and seems like Python can be u…

Interesting, would love to know more about your experience. Was it school? or Kids joined it on their own?

That is true, I can imagine that kids getting bored too quickly especially when writing code. Game dev might be too boring for many kids. If using general purpose language, then we…

Thank you for these resources, reviewing them now.

Thanks, we thought about Scratch but it may not work for robotics. Need to look into Logo and BASIC.