I've been on the Mac since 2001 for my personal machines, with Windows at work and I've had linux installations on and off since late '92. I have decided that I won't replace my aging M1 MBP. I got an used thinkpad and installed Fedora 41. It's really been a stellar distro. I've been in it full time for a couple months now. Since I'm now retired I don't need to have the latest and greatest. Linux is just fine for me and the remaining development work I do. I guess I've always known I'd end up on Linux.
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Location: Metro Washington DC area
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Technologies: Java, Python, databases (Oracle, MySQL, Postgres, SQL Server), Docker, Linux, Windows
Résumé/CV: https://www.nearlysmart.com/resume/DarrelDavis.pdf
Email: darrel@davisware.net
Hi I'm Darrel. I'm a generalist with 25 years experience in different technologies and languages, mostly backend focused. I am very comfortable working with legacy code as well as developing new applications/features. I am able to learn new technologies and systems and am equally comfortable as an IC or in technical leadership. I have worked with tech as varied as python2 to Apache Kafka.
darreld commented on Writing down what I do in Obsidian v5.chriskrycho.com/journa... · Posted by u/larve
I'd love to try something like this but my problem is that I routinely use 3 different computers throughout the day(Windows, Mac and Linux. Could this be used with git to keep things sync'd?
have you checked LG g502? I don't have long fingers imo, so not sure if it fits your purpose but I have been using it for 8 years now (bought a new one 2 years ago since first one worn out)
I love the 502 Hero mouse. I have the wired version on all my computers. Seems like it took me forever to find my perfect mouse.
[for the record, I'm 58 & and an active software developer]
There are two points I'd like to add:
My brain isn't as elastic as a younger programmer's. My brother, a software developer close to my age, once said, "It's as if I used to have 20 registers, and now I'm down to 12". I can't keep as much in my head as once. My twenty-something co-worker, Belinda, once remarked, "It takes you a while to read code & understand what it's doing". She was right. Using solely that metric (elasticity), I'd have to say that the forty-year-old version of myself was faster than the fifty-eight-year-old version.
The other point I'd like to make is that there's a certain class of developer who has grown tired of developing & learning new skills, but doesn't want to retire. I remember my co-worker Larry would spend far too much time reminiscing about 640k computers and showing pictures of his grand kids. He didn't seem to want to work much. They let him go, and though I liked him personally, I think management made the right decision.
I'm 65 and started a new job as a programmer a few weeks ago. I can relate to your brain elasticity issues for sure. I am really enjoying the new team and the work is fun but it does take its toll on my brain. By the end of a full day of coding or troubleshooting my brain feels... depleted. By friday I find it more difficult than in the past to quickly remember things.
I am doing well in the job and, due to a long career, have experience in a lot of the things they need. I am also still excited about learning new skills and toolsets and I'm in the right place for it.
But I do feel that the brain depletion, it feels like I have used something up - glycogen or something, is noticeable.
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Like many of these types of sweeping inferences, I suspect that the devil is in the details.
Namely, what, exactly, is being measured?
Everybody changes, as we age. I'm almost 60, and, as I look back on my yute (I live in New York, so I have to use the correct lingo), I am amazed at what an addlepated, compulsive, reactive, emotion-driven, knucklehead I was. When I think about what I considered "earth-shatteringly important ideals" back then, I wince. What a waste of energy.
It would be easy to say that I was "more creative" back then, because I had diarrhea of the mouth. You couldn't shut me up, and I was always spouting pseudo-intellectual claptrap. I guess, for some people, they would have considered me to be "a creative intellectual." I also spit out a lot of rather naive little projects and artworks; crowing at each one, as if it were The Mona Lisa.
I probably would have thought I was just a jerk.
These days, I get stuff done. That does mean a lot of compromises, and acceptance of limitations. I don't tilt at windmills, anymore. I hook generators to them.
Same. It took a long time for me to get still enough to really do anything.
As an aside, my grown daughter recently told me that to her numbers have always been gendered. I ran through them quickly and she matter of factly told me their gender. She doesn't work in tech but healthcare. She said it's always been like that.
darreld commented on Poll: Would you choose Windows, Linux, or macOS for a workstation? · Posted by u/freedomben
At this point I personally stopped caring too much about the OS, so I think I would go for Windows: it's messier than macOS, not open source, but you get both a Windows and Unix environment thanks to WSL, which means you can run almost any software without too much trouble. And the desktop environment is good enough to get things done in a productive fashion once you get used to it. The OS itself is stable and almost any hardware is supported so you have lot of choice for your workstation.
I've been in the Unix world almost all my life, switching between MacOS/OS X/macOS and some flavour of Linux every few years, and finally decided to try Windows a few years ago after they announced WSL. And the experience has been really good so far.
I agree with this. In my experience working in the enterprise, Windows is less hassle and works just fine. The sweet spot for me is a Linux VM running on Windows. I get the best of both. WSL is good also.
I have been in unix since '90 and am most comfortable there for work but Windows fits into everything else in the office, as much as it can be done.