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Re: Show HN: Weeks of Your Life

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Post by kvakvs »

diimdeep wrote: post #6

Date picker is broken, also it is really slow webpage for what it is doing. Every web developer in 2024 and forwartd should have average device released at least 10 years ago to understand that what they are writing these deys using this horrendous web frameworks is unusable on these devices.

As you click the date picker, it updates entire page for that incomplete date, and it QUEUES dates for more update, even if you manage to click the correct year, it continues slowly through every year you touched/scrolled before that.

Re: Show HN: Weeks of Your Life

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Post by Aperocky »

msie wrote: post #9

Sometimes I think this concept is depressing because it increases the pressure to "do something" with your life. When you are presented with the finiteness of your life you feel pressure to fill each moment/cell with something "meaningful" or "worthwhile". When someone is enjoying a hobby they will lose track of time yet that hobby may be frivolous in the eyes of someone else. Do they want something like this to trac…

> that hobby may be frivolous in the eyes of someone else.

So what? That's missing the entire point of .

Re: Show HN: Weeks of Your Life

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Post by jokethrowaway »

MzHN wrote: post #20

> As far as I know, there’s no way to set a dynamic width for an HTML input with pure CSS (please lmk if that’s not the case). Setting max-content doesn’t work, for example, because inputs are replaced elements that have intrinsic dimensions and behaviors that are not fully governed by CSS. This is the case currently, but when field-sizing: content; lands, you can do it with a single property. Also I get a weird feel…

I did a small project recently (a form to edit N instances of an object, each containing N instances of other objects, so standard input, add / delete buttons, saving to server) and I decided to not use React or any form of templating, just DOM. It reminded me of when I used to ship jQuery projects.

It was refreshingly simple and, despite being more verbose, it was clear what everything would happen once a certain event would happen. With a bit of clever refactoring dealing with elements factories wasn't too bad, even without a templating engine.

Not having to think "How is this going to be rendered by React, is it going to be efficient or trash performance" was great and I think it's intrinsic of picking a certain abstraction and we'll always have that.

Sure, the better the abstraction the less this problem happens eg. Solid is calling the component function once, which makes things easy to reason about

Re: Show HN: Weeks of Your Life

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Post by rubicon33 »

This is a visualization of how I have been feeling for the last couple of years.

I'm in my mid 30s and lately have been going through what I'm sure is a mid life crisis. Seeing all these empty cells really underscores the point.

- Aware of my limited time

- Aware of my limited health (despite exercising, eating healthy, avoiding alcohol and drugs, sleeping well, etc... I don't feel like I did in my 20s)

- Difficulty finding meaning in my work / life ... lots of existential thoughts and worries.

- Bored and burned out, not really sure "what else" there is yet constantly reminded of time that is running out.

Anyone else been feeling this way? My "solution" has been to just accept it and take each day as it comes. I haven't given up, I'm just trying to chill out and let go a little bit. The last three decades were all about gas, gas, gas and maybe I need to just accept that I've reached a time in life where my body and mind is telling me to ease up on the accelerator, enjoy the small things, and accept that what will be will be.

Re: Show HN: Weeks of Your Life

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Post by 2024throwaway »

rubicon33 wrote: post #24

This is a visualization of how I have been feeling for the last couple of years. I'm in my mid 30s and lately have been going through what I'm sure is a mid life crisis. Seeing all these empty cells really underscores the point. - Aware of my limited time - Aware of my limited health (despite exercising, eating healthy, avoiding alcohol and drugs, sleeping well, etc... I don't feel like I did in my 20s) - Difficulty…

Eat some yummy unhealthy foods. Have a beer. Life is too short.

Re: Show HN: Weeks of Your Life

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Post by mortallywounded »

rubicon33 wrote: post #24

This is a visualization of how I have been feeling for the last couple of years. I'm in my mid 30s and lately have been going through what I'm sure is a mid life crisis. Seeing all these empty cells really underscores the point. - Aware of my limited time - Aware of my limited health (despite exercising, eating healthy, avoiding alcohol and drugs, sleeping well, etc... I don't feel like I did in my 20s) - Difficulty…

I've felt that way since my mid-20s because I started "late" professionally. I've been playing catch up ever since.

Although I've had a lot of success by conventional means (I run my own company solo, work for myself, I'm married with children, I own my house with no mortgage, etc).

My sights are still higher and I feel like I'm still playing catch up. I've been debating about what to focus my time on these days-- do I push more on my business and attain more success? Do I allow myself time to pursue interests that have little to negative financial upsides? Do I forget all of it and just spend that time with my family?

Wish I had a solution or answer for you, but I'm still figuring it out.

Re: Show HN: Weeks of Your Life

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Post by rubicon33 »

mortallywounded wrote: post #26
rubicon33 wrote: post #24

This is a visualization of how I have been feeling for the last couple of years. I'm in my mid 30s and lately have been going through what I'm sure is a mid life crisis. Seeing all these empty cells really underscores the point. - Aware of my limited time - Aware of my limited health (despite exercising, eating healthy, avoiding alcohol and drugs, sleeping well, etc... I don't feel like I did in my 20s) - Difficulty…

I've felt that way since my mid-20s because I started "late" professionally. I've been playing catch up ever since. Although I've had a lot of success by conventional means (I run my own company solo, work for myself, I'm married with children, I own my house with no mortgage, etc). My sights are still higher and I feel like I'm still playing catch up. I've been debating about what to focus my time on these days-- do…

Those questions are the same questions I would have. Not sure there's an easy answer for either of us unfortunately.

If I were you I'd probably spend time with my kids. They're only young once and getting to enjoy those years would probably mean the most to me.

Re: Show HN: Weeks of Your Life

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Post by rubicon33 »

2024throwaway wrote: post #25
rubicon33 wrote: post #24

This is a visualization of how I have been feeling for the last couple of years. I'm in my mid 30s and lately have been going through what I'm sure is a mid life crisis. Seeing all these empty cells really underscores the point. - Aware of my limited time - Aware of my limited health (despite exercising, eating healthy, avoiding alcohol and drugs, sleeping well, etc... I don't feel like I did in my 20s) - Difficulty…

Eat some yummy unhealthy foods. Have a beer. Life is too short.

heh, been doing that more and more... not sure its helping though honestly!

Re: Show HN: Weeks of Your Life

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Post by palemoonale »

rubicon33 wrote: post #24

This is a visualization of how I have been feeling for the last couple of years. I'm in my mid 30s and lately have been going through what I'm sure is a mid life crisis. Seeing all these empty cells really underscores the point. - Aware of my limited time - Aware of my limited health (despite exercising, eating healthy, avoiding alcohol and drugs, sleeping well, etc... I don't feel like I did in my 20s) - Difficulty…

Do little exercising, eat what is on your mind, do alcohol and drugs, try to still sleep well after having fun partying, etc... life is too short to restrain yourself. Splurge on things you never did, will bring some fresh breath and newfound hunger for life.
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