cwbrandsma

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Chris Brandsma, see http://elegantcode.com for bio.
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Comment · 1 month ago
Because it is already supported in VS Code.

I don't think this is a hot take, but I'm predicting Microsoft will gradually phase out Visual Studio in favor of VS Code.

Comment · 5 months ago
My eye sight got MUCH worse after a covid infection. I was 20/20 or better before covid, now everything is blurry outside of a very narrow distance range, and white anything can hurt. Granted I'm over 50, so I was expecting my eyes to go bad at some point.
Comment · 7 months ago
So I was part of a company that did this. They used XML as a programming language, then built apps to manage the "code". This was all done to create mobile apps for old Windows Phone devices back in the Windows Phone 5 and 6 days (before iPhone).

Because of the tooling, you weren't actually writing the XML either, you used a custom built editor (a tree view with a property panel). It all sucked. I was looking at the thing trying to figure out if I could create an intermediate language with my own "compiler" to get around the xml editors they build.

Anyway, every developer hated it. All of them. Well, everyone but the guy that created the monstrosity anyway.

Comment · 8 months ago
Long Covid and ME/CFS can make you fragile. At least it has for me. I never used to get emotionally overwhelmed, now I do. I don't have it as bad as she does, but I've been bedbound because of this. And being sick for months to years, already leaves you feeling on the brink of depression.
Comment · 8 months ago
IPOs also kill a lot of companies. Now you have a new list of investors you are obligated to attend to, and what those investors what is not always to make your company more successful, if it can make more money now.
Comment · 1 year ago
* How much stress? * How many hours?
Comment · 1 year ago
Braden Health | Boise (ONSITE) | Full-time

We are writing and maintaining health software for rural hospitals in Tennessee and Virginia. Small team, products in active development.

We are looking for a full stack developer, comfortable in backend and frontend.

Tech we use: C#, ASP.NET, TypeScript, React, Sql Server. Nice to have: knowledge of HL7, general familiarity with how hospitals work

Email resume to [email protected]

Comment · 1 year ago
AI is somehow supposed to generate $1T a year by 2028? From where? Never mind the lack of electric grid capacity to keep all of this running.
Comment · 1 year ago
She wasn't even reading it, I was telling her my name, all she had to do was repeat it and she couldn't do it.
Comment · 1 year ago
And you will forever have your name mispronounced by English speakers that can’t wrap their tongues around the -sma or -stra ending.

Things like TerpSON, TerpSmith, Terp….

One time while voting the lady working there butchered my name 8 times, she literally could not get it right.

Comment · 1 year ago
* Step 2: design is "tested" with the users, later we find out the users really had no idea what was going on because they weren't really paying attention. Then the real product is delivered and they are shocked that the changes were made behind their back and without their input.
Comment · 1 year ago
That sucks, since I developed a neurological issue from Covid I could really use a refresh of my nervous system.
Comment · 1 year ago
Doesn't look like they are paywalling existing feature, just some new AI back functionality. Considering how much is costs to run those sorts of features I can understand.

Plus, there are lots of alternative app that are free and easy to download and install.

Comment · 1 year ago
The language that could have been. I did a bunch of Delphi around the Delphi 5 and 6 era. It was a nice middle ground between VB6 and C++.

Unfortunately it made my startup more difficult to sell. Eventually Microsoft bought it, but there were a lot of rounds.

Comment · 1 year ago
You forgot: Engineering is requesting this. So no.

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