prahladyeri

Instead of requiring people to become smart power users and equipping them with the tools and training to solve their IT problems, we are dumbing down the tools to suit the lowest average brained human. This isn't taking us in a good direction.

Interesting. Are there some new insights in that applicable to modern programming?

This whole "Walled Gardens" approach reflects a mindset which is all about controlling the users, telling them what's good for their devices, when it's the right time to update, etc. instead of letting them have the control. And this mindset is prevalent in all products of the tech companies across the world, be it corporate America or communist China.

You have the right mindset. Being supportive of someone doesn't mean you have to be a sycophant and start doing all the song and dance. In fact, these people are the exact antithesis of being supportive, they usually become the catalyst for toxic narcissism and impending doom at some point in life of the people they support. In fact, the most supportive person is someone who speaks their mind out and gives genuine advice they need to hear, not the one they want to hear!

"The Pragmatic Programmer" by Andrew Hunt. If you're from computer science or related background, it's a must read. The book was written in 1999 but quite relevant even today. I'd go so far ahead to say that if every developer starts following these basic principles, the amount of technical debt in the IT industry may easily get reduced by over 80%!

They're testing the water it seems. They must have realized that those leaving Reddit for other pasteurs must have already left by now, so there will be little resistance in monetizing those on the platform. Either that, or they're deliberately wanting to lose their user base as part of some grand strategy as Digg did many years ago!

First Binance got rid of USD transactions and now this. Looks like the SEC is tightening the screws in a holistic manner!

That's great news! That means all .NET EXEs and DLLs will be cross-compatible with Ubuntu since 5.0? Mono had been doing substantial efforts since about a decade but was never the popular choice among Linux devs, mostly due to performance and other issues I think. With Microsoft themselves providing support, things must improve.

As for WinForms, there are probably newer alternatives like MAUI coming up since .NET core.

Following compatibility and standards is always good, irrespective of who does it. It'd be great if they supported running .NET and WinForms on Ubuntu some day, might actually happen who knows!

The review process seems quite intimidating as described by the OP. Things like use of localStorage is almost like a given in any extension these days and they ask justification for every permission you ask.