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After 180 Websites, I’m Ready to Start the Rest of My Life as a Coder

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Re: After 180 Websites, I’m Ready to Start the Rest of My Life as a Coder

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Mention some of those things, then. I suppose programming Microcontrollers for appliances, but I have never seen job postings for that (although they must exist). Might be because I didn't look at C jobs, though. What I meant is also that most apps these days can be coded as web apps, and it is difficult to justify not doing so.

Well, I'm working in HFT - not very many exchanges speak HTTP. Web browser tech itself quite obviously can't all be built as a web app. A lot of things could be built as a web app but it's plain silly to - I don't want to lose access to my text editor when I lose networking (I could run a server on my local machine, but that's several layers of abstraction that clearly aren't necessary and I'm not confident they're h…

I'd argue those are pretty niche. I certainly wouldn't focus on browser development unless I worked for one of the three or four big browser vendors.

Text editors have been moved onto the web, and probably more and more text editing is being done online, for example in Wordpress blogs.

Nothing against "native" text editors, but again, how promising would it be to start out developing a new text editor these days? It still happens, but it is rare enough to get the top HN slot when it happens.

Re: After 180 Websites, I’m Ready to Start the Rest of My Life as a Coder

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Well, I'm working in HFT - not very many exchanges speak HTTP. Web browser tech itself quite obviously can't all be built as a web app. A lot of things could be built as a web app but it's plain silly to - I don't want to lose access to my text editor when I lose networking (I could run a server on my local machine, but that's several layers of abstraction that clearly aren't necessary and I'm not confident they're h…

I'd argue those are pretty niche. I certainly wouldn't focus on browser development unless I worked for one of the three or four big browser vendors. Text editors have been moved onto the web, and probably more and more text editing is being done online, for example in Wordpress blogs. Nothing against "native" text editors, but again, how promising would it be to start out developing a new text editor these days? It…

Here's a secret - the vast majority of programming done in this world is "niche" for some niche, web and non-web. It doesn't mean the relevant skills are niche.

Re: After 180 Websites, I’m Ready to Start the Rest of My Life as a Coder

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I certainly have no trouble understanding why you'd never net a women. No, hint of masoginy there at all.

A truly excellent reply, refuting all of the GP's argument with a simple, and effective, ad hominem! I applaud you, non-sarcastically.

His argument is fine. I was just ribbing his style. Most women would have the good sense to go buy a new freaking motherboard.
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