clivestaples

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by clivestaples 2mo ago
Never knew about Ben Franklin. Thanks! After spending a week with him, no doubt he was the smartest and best-read person I'd ever been around.
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by clivestaples 2mo ago
I taught Gore Vidal how to use a computer in 1995. After a week worth of trying to use a PowerBook Duo, he went back to pen and paper. When asked how to improve my writing, he said use a pen and transcribe your favorite author. That I would
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by clivestaples 6mo ago
I was surrounded by Canadians in Arizona (BC, Calgary) and Florida (Ontario) this winter. I could not tell a difference in the RV world (2021-present) which I thought was odd given all the boycotts I read about online.
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by clivestaples 9mo ago
I got shingles-ish rash after sitting in an outdoor jacuzzi in Salinas, California. Visited the urgent care and the Standard-trained doctor of immigrant farm laborers said it was related to the pesticides. Said he lost both parents in their
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by clivestaples 1y ago
Likely I'm very naive. But here goes... It seems that taxpayers fund a lot of research. This research is very valuable and lucrative. It finds its way into the hands of those who know how to profit from it. The taxpayer is again screwe
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by clivestaples 2y ago
Realistically, does Ukraine have the manpower to sustain this tempo for years? If not, what countries should put boots on the ground?
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by clivestaples 2y ago
War of attrition. I thought we'd be further along after three years of sanctions and weapons but I wonder if Ukraine has the manpower to keep it up. From what I understand, Ukraine is drafting men ages 25-60 which may signal they need
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by clivestaples 2y ago
Yeah, agree that's what is happening. My original question wasn't rhetorical in nature. I would really like to know what would secure victory without escalating it to involve American troops on the ground and/or potentially a
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by clivestaples 2y ago
So by continuing to send more cash and weapons, it will eventually force Russia to retreat? I'm trying to understand what would secure victory.
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by clivestaples 2y ago
That's exactly what I'm asking: what tools? The only thing I see is endless supply of money and ammo which means attrition. Russia will win in manpower but maybe not economically. I'm kindly asking to be educated with more th
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by clivestaples 2y ago
I don't need a lecture on Russia's character. What I was curious to learn from you, or anyone, what could be done differently to defeat them? How would Russia respond if we send more advanced weaponry? Does Ukraine have the men to
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by clivestaples 2y ago
We've been doing that. What more do you suggest we do?
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by clivestaples 2y ago
The war has been going on for three years with no end in sight. What's the next move? What are your ideas to defeat Russia and take back the areas they've gained since 2014?
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by clivestaples 2y ago
Honest question: Where do you deploy? What do you use for queues? Database? It's impossible to beat React for component libraries but, lemme tell you, I've struggled to be productive with Next when compared to Rails.
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by clivestaples 2y ago
It's nonsense and worse: hype. I recently went through a bunch of Vercel apps and compared them to some of my favorite Rails/Django apps. The best performing Vercel apps were on par at best.
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by clivestaples 2y ago
Can you point us to your Vercel apps and what kind of traffic you're dealing with?
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by clivestaples 2y ago
This is the sticking point for me. I get so many gains in Rails but I quickly sink into time-consuming component research/building. My eyes are always open for HTML/JS component libraries along the lines of react-aria.
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by clivestaples 2y ago
My wife and I adopted two severely abused and neglected children and held out until they were 14. But the thing that we quickly realized is that our children's online life was only as secure as their friends most permissive parent. It
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by clivestaples 2y ago
I'm a full-time RVer and see this all the time with diesel trucks. The trucks get "deleted" and modded for more power and to disable the DEF system. Almost everyone I've known throughout the years begins having transmiss
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by clivestaples 2y ago
Let me tell you how much time I spent with Claude and ChatGPT trying to get Next.js and Lucia with Postgres playing nicely. Never got it to work. Then I hit `rails new -d postgresql -j esbuild -c tailwind` and tried authentication-zero. Up
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by clivestaples 2y ago
My guess is that Remix is not getting the traction they expect and want to leverage React Router's installed base. I often see Next.js in job opportunities but rarely see Remix. Ryan's announcement demo was good.
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by clivestaples 3y ago
They've been trying for a long time. I worked on Instant Ink back in 2013-14.
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by clivestaples 3y ago
Remix is great and it's my favorite meta framework. I've used it on some quick MVPs and a blog but when it comes to production apps as one-man-shop, I always go back to my safety zone of Rails. For those running robust Remix apps:
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by clivestaples 3y ago
Same thing here. Perception is everything.
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by clivestaples 3y ago
Me either. I don't understand the lack of interest from a product AND engineering perspective. It's super cool.
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by clivestaples 3y ago
I see your point but I let the technology do the talking. People focus on personalities but the work is what matters to me. I used to get annoyed at DHH but then I just ignored it and built stuff really fast.
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by clivestaples 3y ago
In the case of Rails, I lose type safety but also get a huge boost of productivity in other with extremely well-documented features: database migrations, testing, mailers, queues/jobs, file storage, rich text, authentication helpers (e
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by clivestaples 3y ago
Yes. Hotwire is an incredible productivity booster. There can be some lag on waiting for the server to respond in some scenarios but I just drop into Stimulus and perform some manual "optimistic" UI updates -- usually in a just a
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by clivestaples 3y ago
Spot on. Laravel is amazing but bang for buck, Rails is king. I like React a lot and it checks a lot of boxes, but my personal projects are almost always Rails (sometimes Astro) these day.
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by clivestaples 3y ago
This is great and I love the simplicity and speed (of page load and development). Curious, I ran it through Lighthouse and received a performance score of 100. By way of comparison, some of the more notable blogs on cloud edge were consiste

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