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ADHD, finishing projects and being independent

How do I trick my brain into completing a project? I’m making an app that shows which voice actor plays a character in the movie and what other movies they act in. It’s useful for me personally so the internal motivation is here but sometimes I feel like I’m making something that’s been done numerous times over and I...

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I had to learn to be my own PM and do the whole task grooming bit. Checking things off gamified the process.

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It’s a lot easier than I initially thought: just write down a high-level, abstract sentence fragment of what needs to be done. Get it off your chest and put it in ink (or pixels?). Then ask yourself: how can I split this into two parts? Rinse and repeat.

The initial limiter for me was anxiety and fear about it. Once I got into the habit, the limiter was avoiding hyperfocus and micromanaging myself in the project plan. I try not to break things down beyond 1-2 hour tasks.

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Not exactly static text, but discord.gg/golang on Discord is pretty busy.

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How to make lots of friends and enrich the lives of everyone around you:

  1. Play Kenya
  2. Lock screen
  3. Go to lunch
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Maybe if Zuck & Meta want to continue to present themselves as an elite & cutting edge tech company, they should avoid using dated buzzwords like “organic” in official communications. It makes them look like a has-been.

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I haven’t tried it for them, but the --no-install-recommends and delete list/package cache nags are some “doh” things I tend to forget.

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It’s likely not the full story, but there were some crazy export restrictions in the 90s. Apple made a commercial poking at it: www.youtube.com/watch?v=XjkoYlpf3EA

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They use Atlanta Metro, AWS and GCP as far as I know. I want to say they own the Oregon DC but can’t remember.

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Right-clicking and inspecting the end of it is interesting. It’s like html waltz

h3> font > font > h3 > font > font > h3 > font > font > h3 > font > font > h3> font > font

center > font > font.

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I’m not really going to address the speaker directly since after reading NSF forums for a few years, I’m convinced aerospace engineers can devolve any innocent or academic discussion into 4chan levels at rates exceeding the speed of light. Of note: the speaker doesn’t speak to anything specific that is being worked on to address issues, and only addresses “linux” as a whole, which is about as useful as addressing SVR4 as a whole.

I will address the blog writer as not being particularly diligent in filling that gap, though. Here’s a few links of what’s going on in that realm since there’s people here of all walks and ages:

Wind River RTLinux

Zephyr Project

OSADL SIL2LinuxMP

Xenomai

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It depends on where you are in your career and what you’re doing. A lot of devs don’t need them for early career or at small companies, but if you want to get out of a pigeonhole and switch it up then they can help make that happen. And at large companies, they’re very quantitative when it comes to performance reviews and can give you a bit of shielding from moody reviewers’ feelings.

If you’re finding yourself more in an architecture role, they help buy a little cred with the infra crew since they really like their certs. And if you’re approaching a consulting principal type of role, they can serve as kind of a lingua franca for people who know little about you but are considering trusting you with their business.

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A more honest code test:

interviewer: “see if you can get this project my nephew made in high school to run”

job: getting the next project their nephew made in high school to run

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PREFERRED:

  • PhD in quantum cryptography
  • 3 years of janitorial services experience
  • Proof of current therapist
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Historical note: the golden age of crazy uncle email forwards made me completely reject capitalized sql statements

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I am not a FE dev but really like Svelte. I chose Astro as the go-to for the island problem; is there a tighter combination? I kinda chose it for the community since everyone always seems excited

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De Morgan strikes again!

josh, to programming
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const const const version = "v0.9.9.9.9.9.9.9.9"!

For experienced devs, were you put on PIP early in your career? How did you bounce back from it to stay in the industry?

I'm a new grad who started at one of the Big Tech companies this past year. Been recently notified that I'm in danger of being placed under PIP due to underperformance, which I thought was fair due to extenuating familial circumstances. I'm personally feeling despair in being capable or being able to stay in the tech industry...

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Don't sweat looking around in more traditional companies. There are a LOT of big tech and big 4 refugees that chose family over work.

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