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There are a lot of things to like about Django. Remember being blown away when I discovered Django Content Types[1]. Basically generic foreign keys to any model type. [1]: https://…

Writing programs in C has simplified developer experience over Assembly. Issue with JS frameworks is that many find them complex, i.e. complexity has not been abstracted away (whic…

I wonder if this could go down similar way some SaaS systems went to lower barrier to customisation so less technical users could do it. For example, having to interface with some …

Or API_KEY = os.environ.get("YOUTUBE_API_KEY") CHANNEL_ID = os.environ.get("YOUTUBE_CHANNEL_ID") assert(API_KEY, "Missing YOUTUBE_API_KEY") assert(CHANNEL_ID, "Missing CHANNEL_ID")…

Would love to explore this in Python. But would it be correct to assume single process service would not be as performant due to GIL?

After some experience, starting to use a new programming language is not such a big challenge. Mastering the new language eco system is. AI might help you generate new code faster,…

Advertising is out of control. Doing mundane things like filling up fuel at a petrol stations, or catching a lift at work - there is a little screen targeting you with ads.

Got introduced to Rufus Sewell in 'The Man in The High Castle'. He played an SS commander. Most intimidating and frightening presence on the screen - without raising his voice and …

Isn't that Svelte?

And not much mention of how you do releases and version control with low-code.

Stuff like MS Power Apps. More traditionally MS Access. Basically drag and drop App builder - UI form builder, connectors to connect to public API-s and even store data.

Point I was trying to make was that low-code is a lock-in IMO, and I would pick Ruby, Django, or whatever any day for no other reason than being able to modify/maintain/own code.

Code is cost. Low-code is getting a vendor to generate code for you (cost again) and putting into a black box you can't access. i.e. lock in.

Interesting what you say about having to face some existential questions if you remove some ego enforcing ideas about yourself. Ernest Becker's book 'Denial of Death' suggests that…

Interesting. Wonder sometimes how much of consulting business is motivated by accountability avoidance - "accountability sinks" for hire

Code generation was a thing for decades but there are still jobs writing CRUD based apps by hand.

This might help with building new software. But large part of the job is maintenance and changes. How long will next outage take to understand without people with deep understandin…

We are all temporarily embarrassed millionaires. That big project idea just around the corner...

Rebranding project coming up at CrowdStrike?

Yes. We are heavily manipulated by the media to think that we need 20 brands of deodorant. I think this is the subject of Herman/Chomsky book "Manufacturing Consent" (from a more p…

Can we trust it though that is what Alan Kay would say?

Stuff that gets pulled in when you do 'npm install' is scary for a more traditional server-side developer. Python for example comes with a lot of built-in libs maintained by the co…

Interesting you mention 'intuition'. I feel it is a big part of software development as you gain experience and it flows through as you are doing the work and would be tough to pla…

Talk that introduced me to this idea of corporations as Paperclip Maximiser AI - "Dude you broke the Future" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RmIgJ64z6Y4

Tough to judge without any experience. I am sure there were not bullshit jobs. Must be satisfying to see fruits of your labor end to end. Many of us in the cities would not know wh…