tfleming

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Jul 19

Self-teaching developer with knowledge of the full stack. Degree in Communications, with a focus on Advertising and Public Relations.

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Comment · 6 years ago

I hope things turn around for you as well. If you have free time and are interested, you should check out https://docs.stimulusreflex.com/. It's a new way to build reactive interfaces with Ruby on Rails. I'm not affiliated with the project directly, just another person that can't stand React.

Comment · 6 years ago

Yep, I agree. Was just talking to my wife about Reddit. It's so slow now, especially on mobile. The page constantly crashes on my Android phone and they always recommend the app. No thanks.

Comment · 6 years ago

Awesome! That's like the ideal situation right there. I'm an American that moved to Canada back in 2002 and worked as a contractor for my US employer for more than 4 years. The yearly tax stuff drove me insane.

Comment · 6 years ago

There's a guy by the name of Lee Adler at liquiditytrader.com that does a great job of explaining all this financial market stuff. One thing that he always says is "Don't fight the Fed". The Federal Reserve was pumping billions of dollars per day to stop the market from falling. Now it sounds like leverage is taking the market to extreme levels again, while the Fed is quietly pulling back its support. Nothing good is going to come out of this.

Comment · 6 years ago

Did you install Arch from scratch or are you using Manjaro, etc? I love Arch but I've never installed from scratch. It's on a my bucket list. I'm currently using Endeavour OS, which is easy-install Arch Linux with way less bloat than Manjaro. It's awesome. I'll never install a *buntu type system again.

Comment · 6 years ago

What was it about JavaScript that wanted you to leave programming? I'm just curious.

Comment · 6 years ago

Same here. Used Antergos before and after the project ended, I used Fedora for a number of months, but recently switched to EndeavourOS. Arch is just so flexible--I find it easier to install the things I need.

Comment · 6 years ago

Nice. Got a little hit counter at the bottom too. Ah the good old days of the web. I remember when it was all about "hits", "impressions", and "banner ads".

Comment · 6 years ago

It sure does. You get it all. The ACM has a library of learning materials as well but I haven't looked at those yet. The O'Reilly stuff keeps me busy!

Comment · 6 years ago

> Likewise with books, which also carry with them a 30-50 dollar investment if I can't find them elsewhere.

Not sure if you're aware, but a yearly membership to acm.org (Association of Computing Machinery) includes a subscription to O'Reilly's library of programming books. It doesn't have EVERY programming book written, but it contains quite a bit.

Comment · 6 years ago

You can't go wrong with either one (Kotlin, C#) tbh. The Microsoft Docs and Jetbrains docs are pretty decent.