Just wait, next you have to buy your daily work tasks as a dlc, being at work itself is f2p tho. :)
You can earn cash shop points by doing a lot of grinding.
Readit Newspixelrevision commented on Why everything is becoming a game gurwinder.blog/p/why-ever... · Posted by u/jger15
pixelrevision commented on Principles are products of practice, not the reverse alsado.ca/posts/principle... · Posted by u/majdalsado
The example given in the post was using <div>s rather than semantic HTML elements. The motivation for the principle of using "semantic HTML elements" comes from the lofty ideals of the Semantic Web[0]. However, these principles didn't come from best practice. Instead, someone (Tim Berners-Lee) thought that it was a cool idea and tried to convince everyone of it without demonstrating that it could actually deliver on any of the promises it made. The argument instead is that principles should be based on what is proven to work, rather than what sounds good in theory. I agree with the sentiment in the post.
Thanks, I really didn’t get what they meant with the example they were using.
Out of curiosity why is writing everything as a single element type more ergonomic? I’ve not done frontend web dev in a while and using <p> <h1> and so on seems like it would be more ergonomic to express intent.
pixelrevision commented on The joys of maintenance programming (2011) typicalprogrammer.com/the... · Posted by u/pramodbiligiri
Which happens if the CEO is conscientious enough to insist on collecting and looking at those metrics.
Heh. Going to be a lot less maintenance work if they are.
pixelrevision commented on Tremor – The React library to build dashboards fast tremor.so/... · Posted by u/spansoa
Could you give an example? Most UI tests I see are either a) trivial/tautological, b) test implementation details, or c) doesn’t actually even test the UI, i.e “what is visually painted on-screen.”
At work we use snapshot tests to see visual changes to ui. It helps a lot with code review especially with adding edge case data to tight designs.
We use ui tests specifically for testing accessibility, analytics and data passed along during navigation.
We use fixtures for all of this.
None of these tests really help with bugs. What they do help with is:
- Making sure the ui stays really decoupled from the business logic. This helps a lot with getting the data unit tested which does help a lot with bugs.
- Making sure that analytics and accessibility are not forgotten about. This helps a ton when refactoring.
- Making the intent of the code really clear during review.
It takes a bit of practice and being ruthless about removing/fixing stuff that’s not helping. I have found it makes it much easier for new developers to work, review code and understand how the code is organized. YMMV.
pixelrevision commented on Software effort estimation is mostly fake research (2021) shape-of-code.com/2021/01... · Posted by u/greghn
> “I want to be able to ship something people want to buy, before we run out of money”
Buddy, if I knew the answer to the question "something people want to buy" I would be rich already
Spoiler: no one thinks they should have to pay for software these days.
pixelrevision commented on Automate the CEOs hamiltonnolan.com/p/autom... · Posted by u/headalgorithm
> They were forced to by the shift of ad budgets from print to more targeted advertising
Indeed. As with almost everything else terrible about the world today, the root of the problem is targeted-advertising-based business models.
It really has caused a race to the bottom anywhere it becomes the primary business model. Everyone hates it but no one’s got a solve to get people paying for things once they are “free”.
pixelrevision commented on Show HN: Thoughts on Flash in 2023, in Flash, in 2023 newgrounds.com/portal/vie... · Posted by u/rickdicker
Nothing. The ease with which Flash allowed one to create all these web experiences, with little to no programming, is still unmatched to this day.
Unity is a really good alternative. Flash kinda went sideways and started really trying to lean into the Java crowd with flex. Unity is more like what would have happened if Flash heavily leaned into what it did well.
pixelrevision commented on Show HN: TypeAPI – An OpenAPI alternative optimized for code generation typeapi.org/... · Posted by u/k42b3
> Our goal is to remove the need to develop custom client SDKs for an REST API.
Aren't there enough tools already for OpenAPI to do this?
Yes. And the tooling is pretty straightforward to plug into generally if you need to tweak things. I’ve found that the biggest barrier here is generally not in openapi tooling, but in getting people to take time out to leverage it. This is one of those places that having lots of options and alternatives typically makes things worse.
“I don’t have to finish this” is also quite liberating
But it's a bit challenging to conclusively measure someone's level of "smartness", especially with the usual time constraints of most hiring processes. More importantly, it also depends on what "smart" means to you, the company, etc.