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egfx commented on Over 50% of CEOs say they’re considering cutting jobs over the next 6 months marketwatch.com/story/mor... · Posted by u/bluedino

musha68k · 3 years ago

It’s not going to hit you if you work in “tech” and have both a professional mindset and regimen in place.

Software is still and ever increasingly eating the world FWIW…

Don’t fall for the doomsday folks, they either don’t understand the dynamics and/or are just in it for the drama.

It’s actually still a great time to negotiate for premiums. Keep calm and carry on.

egfx · 3 years ago

not so fast

https://www.marketwatch.com/story/it-will-be-mostly-a-white-...

https://www.theguardian.com/business/2022/sep/17/tech-silico...

egfx commented on Putin annexes four regions of Ukraine in major escalation of Russia’s war theguardian.com/world/202... · Posted by u/Michelangelo11

ugjka · 3 years ago

Those particular regions were Ukraine's industrial "powerhouse". They are also rich with untapped oil and gas fields. No wonder Zelensky won't give up. Now Putin's game will be to take Odessa to turn Ukraine into a land locked country which basically kills the whole economy

egfx · 3 years ago

They’ll never take Odessa.

egfx commented on Penpot, Open Source Figma alternative, raises $8M in funding techcrunch.com/2022/09/27... · Posted by u/simulo

jjcm · 3 years ago

It's pretty easy actually! Take a look at this page for just a button component: https://i.imgur.com/TodWS0r.png

It has 1.3k layers, and this is for one component. Most design systems have around 50 components, many more complex than just a button. This is from the Ant Design System: https://www.figma.com/community/file/831698976089873405

Another way to think of it that may help put it into perspective for devs, think of the number of html elements in your average storybook page. Atlassian's page for their button has around 2k html elements to display all the variants and documentation: https://atlassian.design/components/button/examples. A Figma file represents all of the components in the same file, which quickly leads to an explosion of layering. Performance becomes a concern VERY quick.

egfx · 3 years ago

Holy cow. Wow. This image really opened my eyes to the design world. I’m just personally wondering whatever happened with “an eye for design” and intuition.

egfx commented on Ask HN: What platforms have the fastest 3rd party app approval process? · Posted by u/jamestimmins

egfx · 3 years ago

Chrome web store. Avoid Shopify at all costs.

egfx commented on Ask HN: Why Adobe still can’t figure out Flash on WASM? · Posted by u/bartq

deckard1 · 3 years ago

people that romanticize Flash are selectively remembering the cool uses such as Newgrounds and Homestar Runner. They are forgetting Flash ads, which were stuffed on a page to the point they would crash your browser. Or the constant fun of hunt-the-talking-banner. You could always tell when you landed on one of these pages by how fast your CPU fans started spinning. If your PC sounds like a jet engine, you're on a heavy Flash site and should close your browser ASAP.

egfx · 3 years ago

It’s not just about AlbinoBlacksheep and NewGrounds. Flash was the most consequential technology on the web’s frontend prior to and even after html5. It was enabled on a staggering 98% of web browsers. So much so it was basically synonymous with web browsing. You can trace the trail of flash to the invention and adoption of social media. There would be no MySpace, no YouTube and Meebo. The internet would have had a completely different story.