tricksforfree

NYC feels like a free-for-all nowadays.

Post-Covid I see the following every single time I step outside.

- stop signs are optional

- gas powered mopeds in the bicycle lanes

- e-bike Citi bikers being riding recklessly

- bicycles on the sidewalks

- NYPD nowhere to be seen.

Traffic cameras are easily beaten by tinted license plates. I see them often in NYC.

Question for car owners with massive screens in the console who live in rural areas:

Does the ambient interior light from the screen + dashboard overpower your ability to see the road at night?

Why did you use React for landing page?

One deck is made of wood. One deck is made made of steel. They will behave differently after years of weathering.

Just because they are both both decks doesn't mean they are the same.

That's true. But we know exactly why it can't do it.

How often are calculators confidently wrong?

I've seen this time and time again when attempting to implement a centralized design system across a group of existing apps.

I'm sorry but if someone is trying to get a job with the title, "Software Engineer" in it and they cannot do a nested for loop (the slow O^2 solution) I don't know what to tell you other than that person is not fit for the job.

In terms of basics it's akin to "fizz buzz".

I just interviewed a developer for a senior level front end position and they couldn't print a 2d array to the console. They apparently worked on a large web application and wrote typescript everyday.

What I've known for years, I'm finally seeing first hand: There are way too many people out there that should never have been engineers in the first place.

This is a rebalancing. Those who are competent will always be hired. Those who are are not, the jig is up.

A perfect cog.

It must have been so cool to be a Soviet and have all your work and wealth go directly to the state and only be used for the good of your people. /s