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cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ml/post/37947683 ... read full post
In my decade-plus of maintaining my dotfiles, I’ve written a lot of little shell scripts. Here’s a big list of my personal favorites.
The ghosts of ancient Hackers past still roam the machines and—through the culture they established—our minds. Their legacy of the forging of craft lingers. A deep and kinetic craft we’ve extended and built a passionate industry on. We are driven by the same wonder, sense of achievement, and elegance of puzzle-solving as they were. Still driven by “The Right Thing.” These constitutional ideas, the very identity of programmers, are increasingly imperiled. Under threat. The future of programming, once so bright and apparent, is now cloaked in foreboding darkness, grifts, and uncertainty. ... read full post
cross-posted from: https://reddthat.com/post/52215274
I’m searching for programming Q&A sites like Stack Overflow where I can ask “how-to” or practical coding questions without worrying about moderators closing my posts. Ideally, a community that’s beginner-friendly and encourages learning rather than strictly enforcing rules. Any recommendations?
Is having CS50 on your CV absolutely necessary for getting a job or is it one of those myths people create?
Some friends of mine are saying that this might be the next big thing on IT. As someone who still thinks of starting a new career in this field (just got my associate level certificate in system analysis after a long time being a journalist who works in PR), especially considering that my company is becoming a bottomless pit, should I start building my stack on this before things get really sour at my current job? ... read full post
Qt 6.10 is now available, with new features and improvements for application developers and device creators! ... read full post
Apologies for being nonspecific, but I don't know how else to describe Bob's struggles. Bob has been on the team for over a year now, and his code is just... not okay. ... read full post
The new and updated data-sharing options will be released in the next couple of weeks with the upcoming 2025.2.4 update of JetBrains IDEs. Non-commercial users will get a notification about the updates in the terms of use. For holders of other types of licenses, if you never provided consent, nothing will change.
Found this article interesting. Some (technological) highlights for me: ... read full post
Result presentation (first 25 mins) and discussion of an accessibility study that Thunderbird ran. They explain various accessibility technologies (like screen readers, eye tracking etc.) and problems they encountered in their design when users relied on these technologies.
Nothing really groundbreaking in here, but still good for challenging one's assumptions.