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I remember seeing a piece of software on this forum that automatically detects what a string is encoded with (base64, protobuf, etc.) and it will automatically layer decodings to g…

Does anyone know why Bash has low usability? It seems like Bash has tons of footguns and unintuitive syntax. Is this just because the language grew organically?

This reminds me of my `jsmv` tool, which I use for manipulating the file-system in place of Bash / find: https://github.com/vedantroy/jsmv

That last statement was very bold. Do you think there is a direct link between open-sourcing this library and increased telemetry? What about VSCode and increased telemetry?

"It's common among people who think Javascript is a serious language". I can't tell if you think JS is not a serious programming language.

I don't understand the desire for terse code, it makes things harder to read. I also think Typescript makes the right tradeoffs, yes it may not have a Haskell-level type system, bu…

I think the larger issue is that shell scripts are intrinsically bad for writing readable code. Consider the "cut" line in the shell script vs the "map" line in the JS script. The …

I am not a rust expert, but I assume the recent many programming languages have a keyword for function declaration is so that functions can be first class objects.

Sometimes I feel like I'm forced to take verbatim notes on my computer, even though I know that's bad for my learning. Specifically, I'm reading a very detailed textbook on databas…

Most of the time, I don't see an issue with non-native looking UIs. Oftentimes, non-native UIs look better. VSCode and Atom both look great and they're non-native. I also think Sla…

Out of curiosity, why doesn't the stack layout use flexbox? It seems like flexbox is the perfect fit for such a layout.

https://github.com/Co-dfns/Co-dfns

This is definitely an overly ambitious project idea, but now that Google has Jetpack Compose and Apple has SwiftUI, and the web has React, I wonder if it would be possible to make …

I feel like unusual language syntax isn't an issue, as long as the syntax is understandable/readable once the programmer learns the syntax. It doesn't take too long to pick up and …

I feel like JSON is a decent format for storing human-readable configuration data. The use of brackets means if something is broken, you'll know explicitly because your IDE will th…

I noticed Rust was not your list of languages. Is Rust fundamentally different then these languages? If so, why?

I don't know whether Article 11/13 are good or bad (although at first glance they seem to be bad), but I don't think this attitude of "forcing freedom" onto others is good. The ent…

That just isn't possible. Javascript is necessary for many features in today's web.

My point is that people keep on saying Facebook is harming me through its data collection, but no one has provided an example. Same with you, you assert that Facebook is harming me…

>It surprises me that the majority of my family can still tolerate Facebook (and instagram/whatsapp etc.) despite what is known. I'm not sure why it's super surprising. Facebook's …

The point is that developers don't want to be testing against multiple browser/rendering engines--hence why Electron was built. Maybe having multiple engines is good (although mayb…