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Great idea - agreed we need an agency to go to that has some teeth, as the insurance co's will never be afraid of individuals.

This has been happening to me for the past several months. 1. Cigna will not tell you for any reason, why the claim is denied 2. Reps will not help at all other than "Oh I see the …

Also using Kagi - I like the customization how you can boost certain sites results and block or derank others on an individual level. It does take a little getting used to vs Googl…

I really appreciate this comment - when I was working on my old startup, I felt exactly the same way. I quit my old job and was working on what I wanted to, and yet felt this resis…

Agreed - the startup I work with now uses C# and its been very solid. The tooling is good, and the lang has never gotten in the way of getting work done.

Thank you! This also fixed my slowdowns.

> Woodworking or motorcycle repair are hard, and the initial setbacks are extremely demotivating. You won't hit the ground running, so you better prepare for disappointment. This m…

IMO I agree that the real problem is the last one. GrubHub has a history of this, basically co-opting restaurants brands for their own benefit. https://www.theverge.com/2020/1/29/2…

I've also switched to part time IC this year, and it has been much better for my mental health. The ability to work on side projects or pursue hobbies with the extra time is defini…

I've worked remotely for the past several years, so that part has unfortunately not been a benefit for me. Not being able to go to coffee shops/coworking spaces for socialization, …

Learning some Vue.js - struggled a bit to get into React (nothing against React, might try it again later), but I find Vue+Typescript with class components works well for me as a .…

This is a great idea - would love to have this info integrated into nuget. Most likely people aren't going bother to run this on dependencies themselves (not to mention every versi…

Great post - it really resonated with me, having personally tried to do an overambitious startup that failed with a small budget. I agree with you that doing a 'lifestyle business'…

I bought two nest outdoor Cameras on the general recommendation that they were the best all around for the job. I have them hooked up to my home automation system so that they sync…

Good article, I did this several years ago (or rather I quit, got a part time contract job, then went full sabbatical). Definitely agree with the negatives, the procrastination and…

It definitely took a decent amount of work (and a double decent amount of testing). As voltagex_ mentioned, most location providers have a different API flow than Google Maps - rat…

I work for a startup that has mapping/routing as one of its core needs - about a year or two ago we decided that our reliance on Google's mapping APIs was too great and decided to …

Like some of the other commenters, I also enjoy having both a desktop and a laptop. The laptop is of course nice to have to work on the go and in the living room/on trips, but some…

Thanks, I appreciate the perspective! I definitely agree with the real killer being thinking about working while not working. The concept is simple like you said, but actually stic…

Do you have any tips for combating burnout that worked well for you? I'm starting to feel the signs of burnout (which probably means I'm actually in deeper than I think), and I'd l…

Insightful article. I'm only halfway to 60, so I still do a lot of the worrying and mistakes the author mentioned, but even looking back on my 20's there's some situations where I …

Using Azure currently: - Good PaaS offerings and pretty easy to setup - Bizspark ($150 free of services per month per account (and yo u can create up to 5 accounts) for 3 years) - …

OS: Windows 8.1 Hardware: Dell XPS 15 (2014), custom build desktop. Toolchain: C#/Xamarin/ASP MVC w/ VS2013, Git for SCM

I did remote contract dev work for about 2 years with a startup (all members of our team of 3-4 were remote). It did take a little getting used to, but ultimately I enjoyed it. A f…

I've been contracting for about 3 years now, one I found via StackOverflow Careers, and the other was via a co-working space. I think the general consensus here is right. Avoid fin…