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Meanwhile Primagen: " I Am Using Cursor - CURSOR FOUNDER TEACHES ME CURSOR!!!!!!! #ad "
Go on, link a video where he actually recommends Cursor.
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True, the barrier to becoming a tech influencer are very low now and yet it's harder than ever. This suggests that dumb luck plays an increasing role. Current tech influencers are generally smart and qualified but they aren't experts in anything specific and they aren't innovative in any way. They are chosen by algorithms out of a large pool of possible candidates.
> This suggests that dumb luck plays an increasing role. Nah. It’s not luck. It’s charisma. And skill at performance & in many cases clowning. Some people just have that certain something that makes people enjoy listening to them. It can be learned, but like programming it takes a lifetime to master. And like programming, some people are naturals at it. I know because I’ve been training in improv theatre and clowning…
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That’s a really interesting take. I say that as I’m the opposite — a slow reader — and I, too, cannot stand learning via video. I’m by no means a weak reader, I love reading and do so often. I just find myself re-reading complex sections to ensure that I understand 100%. I also like to be able to read something and then follow it on a train of thought. For example, if a post/article says that X causes Y because of Z…
I'm also a slow-reader by your standards, re-reading to me is part of the learning process. Going over text with your eyes is not reading, let alone learning. I think your dislike of video over text is because you're a quick learner. Like you said, going on a tangent and researching some word or sentence or statement makes you a thorough learner I think. Eventually you have a quicker and bigger grasp of the subject a…
I do agree with the thorough learner aspect. I think having come from physical engineering backgrounds helps a lot with that.
When studying aerospace, for example, there was a lot of ‘but why’ which usually ended up leading to ‘natural phenomenon’ after abstracting far enough.
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> This suggests that dumb luck plays an increasing role. Nah. It’s not luck. It’s charisma. And skill at performance & in many cases clowning. Some people just have that certain something that makes people enjoy listening to them. It can be learned, but like programming it takes a lifetime to master. And like programming, some people are naturals at it. I know because I’ve been training in improv theatre and clowning…
There's no doubt the Primeagen has a popular channel (459K subs at last count), but his videos are super annoying to me. Many of them are just him reading a blog post and adding some light clowning to it. To me it feels like a waste of time...I can just read the article myself a lot faster and the clowning doesn't add any value to me.
That sounds like I’m a snob - but I really get it. I’ve been watching Inkmaster lately with my gf - which is a reality tv show about tattooing. It’s super fun sitting on the couch judging all the tattoos they do. It would be nowhere near as much fun if I had to actually think, or do work while watching the show.
I think primagen is like that. It’s kinda like a trashy reality tv show about programming. If you don’t know any programming, you’ll probably learn a thing or two along the way. But you aren’t going to become a great software engineer by watching his channel. Not any more than I’m going to become a great tattoo artist by sitting on my arse, eating chocolate and watching ink master. I still do it. But I wouldn’t call it educational.
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This is exactly why I am a huge fan of ember.js Unfortunatelly it fell behind in popularity mostly due to some unimportant reasons (eg not being able to render 1M rows faster than react) and some important ones (load times), but boy did they build a stable ecosystem! I haven't seen such a commitment to stability and guardrail upgrades to this day on any other piece of front end library.
I'm thinking of building a long term living app (say an app that I will use the next 30 years). It has to be a web app so I was thinking of going pure JS. With that requirements in mind would you recommend ember.js?
Having said that, 30 years are very VERY long time in web development. Maybe pure js isn't a bad call, but it depends on how large it is going to be. Someone else mentioned considering sever rendering, not a bad cinsideration either.
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Yep. That’s basically Basecamp’s philosophy and it’s worked pretty damn well for them. Considering there’s a near-zero chance you won’t be starting the next Facebook or Stripe, “Don’t grow” is a great philosophy. If you do happen to hit that 0.1%, congratulations you’ve got money to tear everything down and rewrite it in the JavaScript framework du jour.
> Considering there’s a near-zero chance you won’t be starting the next Facebook or Stripe This is like gym beginners worrying they'll get too bulky overnight. You don't want to start with a don't grow philosophy. That's a thing to think when you are big enough.
You can start with a Don’t Grow mentality. I have, and it’s working out great. My company makes choices based on that principle, and we’re profitable. But we understand that we don’t want to be a huge corporate conglomeration and never will be.