Almost every software tool decision I make is one of garbage quality with features vs ok quality with no features. I can choose a text editor that does the basics but nothing else I need or an ide that does everything poorly. From browsers to package managers to debuggers to operations tools, the quality of software tools is absolutely atrocious. Why master any of this garbage when more garbage tools will be required later? It's hard to stay sane just using them. Yes, non software tools like reading and writing comprehension are useful, but for the most part, investing heavily in a tool that's bound to fail over and over again seems like a terrible idea. Then again, there simply isn't enough time to write proper versions of these tools. But amazing things have been built with much less tooling than we use today which leads me to think that the proliferation of software tools partly exists only to make the tool developers happy as they create useless rube Goldberg machines (especially in js land).
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joesmo commented on The need for tooling and the need for mastering your tools muratbuffalo.blogspot.com... · Posted by u/r4um
Justice is whatever the 'justice' systems says it is. Citizens have no recourse. The 'justice' system has no checks or balances that can be accessed, except by the rich. There are no penalties for abuse or misuse, even when uncovered.
Yeah, that's exactly what I think of when I think of the concept of 'justice'. One day some people might create a just society, but it almost certainly won't be in the US.
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joesmo commented on Reddit Gearing Up to Ban or Quarantine the Alt Right Subreddit heatst.com/tech/reddit-ba... · Posted by u/lucodibidil
Just because you disagree with their opinion does not mean you should want to kick them out. They are not acting upon their views in any way that affects you. Totally free expression is crucial and in no way will it affect you physically. I disagree with almost everything they stand for, but their presence is crucial for an open discussion of issues in our global societies.
How can you have an intelligent discussion without a lot of racism and hate thrown in? It's impossible.
joesmo commented on Reddit Gearing Up to Ban or Quarantine the Alt Right Subreddit heatst.com/tech/reddit-ba... · Posted by u/lucodibidil
Reddit has traditionally been a place where free speech is prized above all else. That they might 'censor' the alt right is symbolic. What it is symbolic of is in question though, pick one of:
1) The alt right has become so hateful that regardless of your approach to free speech that allowing it to propagate is unacceptable
2) Societies view of free speech has changed in the face of things like the alt right.
3) The expected role of sites like Reddit has changed as those platforms are used to spread hate speech, false news etc.
You're thinking of 4chan. Reddit has never been that--it's been moderated for many years.
joesmo commented on Amazon Aurora Update – PostgreSQL Compatibility aws.amazon.com/blogs/aws/... · Posted by u/jasonlotito
Couldn't agree more. If you have a monolith, you can probably get away doing dev ops as long as you don't grow too much. We have a handful of microservices and trying to keep up with the ops work has been hell, though part of that is due to AWS's tools. And this is without even a growing user base, just a growing app base. Burn out is definitely a problem in either case.