Any recommended learning resources?
get your feet wet with elixir or gleam. i think they are way more approachable than erlang
Readit Newswebspaceadam commented on Two million checkboxes (written in Elixir) twomillioncheckboxes.com... · Posted by u/pjullrich
The word simple jumps on me as a semantically unpractical word. Simple can mean direct, as well as short. PG refers to simple as direct, i would argue. Especially when you read the last words of this text, when he talks about editing a draft. He describes how he achieves simplicity in his writing. That's the most important aspect of this text.
webspaceadam commented on MVP.css – Minimalist stylesheet for HTML elements andybrewer.github.io/mvp/... · Posted by u/thunderbong
looks cool. i will try this for my pocs
webspaceadam commented on A Framework for Engineering Managers github.com/jorgef/enginee... · Posted by u/aviramha
On the first glance i really like that approach, but i have the feeling that something is missing. They address the issue, that different people can be on different stages in different axes, but there is no real explanation of how to handle the differences. Someone can come in with little knowledge about the technology, hence not using it before but is very well suited to "lead" discussions about architecture or processes.
webspaceadam commented on Manhattan rents cross $5k threshold for first time axios.com/2022/07/14/manh... · Posted by u/rascul
> The big picture: This points to a conundrum. The Fed is raising rates to cool inflation. But rate hikes are driving higher rents, which are fueling inflation.
Why everyone and their dog says Fed is raising rates, when Fed just barely raised rates. Year over year inflation is 9.3% and Fed interest rate is only 1.5%, while it should be 2% points over inflation.
this is bullshit. big time
webspaceadam commented on Supply chain issues are killing synth companies synthtopia.com/content/20... · Posted by u/anigbrowl
I'm a co-founder of a niche multi-effect pedalboard company and we're filing for bankruptcy in Germany this very week.
It's not only the crazy price changes and random stocking issues. Small players have zero leverage with suppliers and are a much weaker link in this whole chaos. Good luck trying to find investors willing to put money to drive growth.
Hardware startups is absolutely brutal. No surprise so many fail after a "successful" Kickstarter campaign.
I'm actually surprised we're only going under nearly 30 months after the pandemic started. I would bet that millions of people will be unemployed because a gazillion of small companies will shut off in the next 18 months.
I'll never start (or work for) a hardware company for the rest of my life. Software is so much a better business to invest that makes me cry just thinking how much money and years I lost of my life.
das tut mir wirklich leid. nur das beste für die zukunft. manchmal wird mut nicht belohnt :(
webspaceadam commented on The Mysterious Return of Imposter Syndrome e-flux.com/notes/477232/t... · Posted by u/anarbadalov
I think the author miss some points about the global social context.
Working in tech (but i guess it could apply to any corporate job) one of the reason I feel like an imposter is the significant salary gap between my job and other very technical and essentials job like : nurses, teachers, farmer, etc...
Yes my job is maybe useful in some way but nothing I do seem so special that it justifies such a salary difference with people than actually enable us to exist as a society. You'd think Covid would have change thing a little, but back to normal with covid we are...
I agree. Sometimes i wonder when i go out of my daily work and meet with people outside of the tech bubble. And yeah. They are struggeling
webspaceadam commented on In Praise of Memorization pearlleff.com/in-praise-o... · Posted by u/exaltation
I've never regarded memorization highly. Whenever we had to learn the times tables or the squares at school, I would just work them out in my head instead of memorizing them.
Of course, I still ended up learning the squares and the times tables by heart, but not because I actively memorized them, but because I just used them so much that I couldn't help but remember them eventually.
I'm of the opinion that this leads to a good rule of thumb: never memorize anything - if you use the thing often enough, you can't help but memorize it anyway.
Of course, you could argue that how often you use something isn't necessarily equivalent to how much utility you might get out of memorizing said thing, and I don't disagree with that.
All that being said, I do agree with the article's premise that an expansive knowledge base aids reasoning, which does seem to be in conflict with my principle. I definitely do possess a basic knowledge of geography, and it does definitely aid my reasoning, but I don't ever remember actively memorizing that - not at school, nor elsewhere.
i highly recommend reading "make it stick". i thought the same way as you until i read the book
tolkiens approach to creativity is truly inspiring.
webspaceadam commented on Celebrate tiny learning milestones jvns.ca/blog/2022/03/13/c... · Posted by u/guiambros
The author describes just the most basic of all advice for achieving goals: subdividing them into smaller goals. Depending on the nature of the top goal, it may, of course, even be advisable to have multiple levels of subgoals. ("learn C/C++" -> "write a tiny Linux kernel module" -> "learn about the Linux kernel" -> "learn about Linux device drivers" -> "learn about Linux device drivers for sound" -> ...)
basically i would call this planning ahead of execution. But totally cool, if this helps the author