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Re: Programming culture in the late aughts (2022)

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Post by namaria » Sat, Jun 10, 2023, 6:14 AM UTC

aa-jv wrote: post #48

divbzero wrote: post #22

12 years ago, even without AWS, you could get a Linode, host an app on its naked IP, and not made to feel too much like you weren't "serious" about hosting your app. These days you almost always need to know a fair bit of Docker and Docker Compose, a lot of people want to Kubernetes, ELBs got replaced by ALBs + NLBs which you gotta manage in VPCs which you gotta manage through Security Groups and your traffic gets ro…

>We do have a choice though. I took the choice: to run from the web with my hair on fire, screaming. Towards embedded, where none of this matters, and where the crux of the whole thing is really, really important: its the atoms, then the electrons... We don't need the web if the user holds our interface in their hands. Surprisingly enough, the web holds an iron grip on that face/phone interface, but .. one easy solut…

I keep finding myself reading Forth literature and playing with gforth in the evenings, thinking fondly of hardware to escape the atrocities of editing yaml and waiting 10-30 minutes to see results. Maybe I should run in the same direction...

Re: Programming culture in the late aughts (2022)

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Post by aa-jv » Sat, Jun 10, 2023, 8:01 PM UTC

namaria wrote: post #121

aa-jv wrote: post #48

Earlier quoted context omitted.

>We do have a choice though. I took the choice: to run from the web with my hair on fire, screaming. Towards embedded, where none of this matters, and where the crux of the whole thing is really, really important: its the atoms, then the electrons... We don't need the web if the user holds our interface in their hands. Surprisingly enough, the web holds an iron grip on that face/phone interface, but .. one easy solut…

I keep finding myself reading Forth literature and playing with gforth in the evenings, thinking fondly of hardware to escape the atrocities of editing yaml and waiting 10-30 minutes to see results. Maybe I should run in the same direction...

You really should. I encourage you to do so. There is still so much potential in the embedded world to "get it right" - i.e. undo all the cruft and bloat of the desktop/web/etc.

But, be careful, its requires just as much rigour as any other market. Perhaps more so, in some ways. Tooling and methodology are a lot more important ..

Re: Programming culture in the late aughts (2022)

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Post by tasuki » Tue, Jun 13, 2023, 7:53 PM UTC

jhawleypeters wrote: post #71

tasuki wrote: post #70

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> Getting in and out of a "regular" sized car routinely injures me. The injuries are painful, immobilize me for weeks at a time, and occur several times per year. How does it injure you?

I'm tall. The doors are too low to the ground and small, so I injure my back getting in and out. Edit, more context: I've routinely gotten in and out of small sedans all my life. When I was younger, this wasn't much of a problem, but now that I'm in my thirties, it's become very frustrating and dibilitating.

Thanks for the reply. Being tall has its advantages, but not best for knees and back. Best of luck to you!