dustinfarris

how is this different from using PGP with Gmail?

This is what Touch Bar should have been from the beginning IMO. I've been on the fence to upgrade my 2012 MBP. I've been concerned about buying into the Touch Bar hardware when it seems like it is not coming to any other Macs.

Why should I devote time to learning Touch Bar and trying to find ways to integrate it with my workflow when keyboard shortcuts are more than enough—and probably better? What happens when I sit down at my iMac where I spend >50% of my time?

Pock. has the answer. Turn the Touch Bar into the Mac Dock. Full screen everything and still have quick visuals on app notifications. Don't have to command-tabtabtabtab to get to a different open app—just tap it on the dock in Touch Bar. It's the perfect solution to an actual problem—give me more space on a small screen without sacrificing any of the experience.

Agreed, I learned Elm a year ago and haven’t looked back. Love being able to dismiss all other frontend web talk without a second thought.

Why introduce additional syntax when the native language works fine?

Elm is a functional language, and you build the desired DOM structure with functions. Why should it be any other way?

JSx looks sort of like HTML, but HTML isn't even the target here, just DOM nodes.

Answered rattray's question.

I think Django is showing its age, but not in a bad way, in a mature way. I truly admire the way Django and its core team have matured. They have been role-models for me for years and still are.

Django's momentum is only getting greater. Mozilla has been dumping money into it recently, and important projects like Django REST Framework are getting funded as well. Django is level-headed and forward-facing. I can't emphasize the importance of those two characteristics enough. Look no further than projects like Andrew Godwin's django-channels for evidence. I think starting a new project in Django absolutely sets you up for success.

That being said, Phoenix is terrific so far. It's fast, fun, and the Erlang/OTP concurrency story is really exciting! I'm lucky to be at a place where I can take a few months to really explore it; and I'm loving it! I will choose Phoenix for my future projects, but not because Django is losing any steam.