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mez, to webdev
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I’m reading this article about the de-skilling of the web, web dev burnout, and how we are no longer allowed to be specialists. I’m reading it while at work where I’m trying to figure out why my SQL queries aren’t working, what I’ve done wrong in a backend server framework, and there’s a design waiting for me to review before I implement it in CSS and HTML. 😖

Please let me hone in on just a couple of these and practice a craft…

https://www.baldurbjarnason.com/2024/the-deskilling-of-web-dev-is-harming-us-all/

mez,
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Proposal to rename “full-stack developer” to “overflow developer” or “stack overflow developer”

fraying, to random
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FEDERAL BILLIONAIRE TAX NOW
https://archive.is/feepm

mez,
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ifixcoinops, to random
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Every winter: 🦝 ah, time to make the annual "Here's how to DIY an anti-SAD lightbox" post
Every summer: 🦝 oho, time to make the annual "Here's how to suck cold air in" post

mez,
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@ifixcoinops Hi, it’s winter down here 🇳🇿 Can I see the anti-SAD post?
It's also cold if you have a reverse of your summer one, but since the outside daytime air is still Cold, the heatpump and insultation is probably my best bet.

mez, to random
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Are AIs/LLMs going to push everyone away from VC & Big Tech content & communication products to self-hosted and/or FOSS products? That would be nice. Though it feels like the method of getting there is the rejuivination that comes after a raging and destructive wildfire.

mez,
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@aligorith True. Plus that other wildfire over there (crypto) is somehow still raging while salting the earth and returning nothing useful. So I don’t expect this one to burn out any time soon.

mez, to telegram
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I have telegram because it was really easy to set up a bot and a bash script to send messages to it-basically my own little notifications app. But it’s also the only thing I use telegram for. What’s a good alternative? Free and open source preferred. Self hosting as well

mez,
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@chebra Does this mean hosting an entire Matrix setup? I’ve been curious if something like Matrix would work, but don’t understand the system well enough.

joncounts, to nz
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The sky over Ōtautahi is insane at the moment. I hope you’re all outside.

mez,
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@joncounts Got out near Lake Ellesmere, absolutely incredible.

(I’ve also never seen so much traffic on the road to Birdlings Flat. Looked like rush hour on the motorway!)

mez,
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@joncounts We stayed out until about 10:30. I wish we could have held out until the midnighth show!

theinternet, to random
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iPad can do a whole batch of things Mac can’t do. Yet my lowly M1 Mac mini can still perform all kinds of processes iPad can’t—even with the latest Pros. Oops.

Apple, it’s time for iPadOS to grow up.

https://theinternet.review/2024/05/08/take-apple-ipad-training-wheels-off/

mez,
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@theinternet @jaredwhite Was just discussing the same setup - mini at home, ipad on the go. Do you have a post sharing your setup, especially the software side?

hbuchel, to random
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I bought a small freezer. I missed that extra midwest garage freezer life (though ours is going in the basement because we have no garage)

mez,
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@hbuchel What’s your inventory method so you don’t forget about things for a year?

hbuchel, to random
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We've been using our outside space a lot more and I ordered a picnic table which comes Saturday. I am SO EXCITED. I am also going to get some of those cheesy summer-ey outside glasses that have watermelons on them.

mez,
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@hbuchel The first toot was nice, but woohoo did you bring it home with the second one! Yay! :D

(Also, I’m pretty sure lemonade tastes better in those glasses 🍉)

weirdwriter, to tech

I wrote about how someone couldn't figure out how to get ahold of me because I wasn't on Facebook and how that really frightened me https://robertkingett.com/posts/6552/

mez,
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@weirdwriter It’s the blank stare/confused/dumbfounded response to “Just text me,” that really gets me.

mez, to webdev
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I just deployed my website to Netlify from a home-hosted git repo powered by Forgejo! This proves I can move off of Github.

Would love to self-host the deployed site as well, but first I need to sort out the serverless function that backs my blog search.

And backups/redundancy so I don’t lose everything when the hard drive dies 😅

mez,
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I also broke my site’s search because something isn’t wired correctly with Netlify’s functions 😕

Good thing I didn't push just before disappearing into the wilderness for the weekend 😶

adam, to pnw
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This creator makes a great point. I support restoring the names of the Cascade peaks to their original names—for justice but also because they are generally superior names.

video/mp4

mez,
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@adam That would be awesome. I’ve looked (weak online search) for the original names of the Three Sisters but was unable to find them. Cause that’s a pretty weak name set as well. Faith, Hope, and Charity is slightly better, but uh… colonial religion much?

mez,
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@BeamsAndBows @adam That matches with the document Adam linked! Thanks you two! I really wish this history was better taught in school.

donaldball, to random
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Okay so fucking off Google: what are good replacements for Docs and Sheets? I think I'm good for everything else. I'm happy to pay a reasonable rate.

mez,
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@lightweight @donaldball Did you have any major reason for choosing OnlyOffice vs LibreOffice / Collabora with NextCloud? (I can’t recall if I asked this before 😅)

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