danjac

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Django Studio: generator for modern Django projects(github.com)
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by danjac 2y ago
Whether you rewrite or refactor the code is not so much the point of my comment - it's more that you should first determine what you actually need, in consultation with the project stakeholders, get rid of whatever you don't need,
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by danjac 2y ago
Often the problem with companies running the Feature Factory production treadmill too long is you have code supporting unused features and business logic, but nobody knows any more which features can be dropped or simplified (particularly a
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by danjac 2y ago
The problem is that once you take the VC coin, you are pushed towards hyper-scale. If you don't take the VC coin it's a much harder and longer path to self-sustainability, unless you have some way to fund yourself e.g. consulting.
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by danjac 2y ago
They are great for throwaway hobbyist side projects where you don't want to worry about AWS billing horror stories or more expensive offerings like Digital Ocean or Linode. I would not recommend them for a serious, money-on-the-table b
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by danjac 3y ago
Normally I hate timesheets, but there is some satisfaction in putting "Company meeting: 4 hours" into a timesheet and knowing the managers will have a mild heart attack when those 4 hours are multiplied for every person across the
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by danjac 3y ago
You would terminate someone for...having an opinion? They didn't mention the company they worked for (if indeed it is their company and not some made-up example). Little secret: outside of self-proclaimed "leaders" in the Lin
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by danjac 3y ago
I have seen so many React code bases that are the polar opposite to "clean, manageable code" that I would strongly disagree with this premise. That's not to say React is to blame, per se, but good code is the result of good d
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by danjac 3y ago
hype
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by danjac 3y ago
Honestly, what is the market for these SAAS starters these days? Is anyone making serious money, or even a modest side income, with some web app? It seems the low-hanging fruit is well and truly picked at this point and building something t
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by danjac 3y ago
Then you have to rely on getting the job by other means than sending your CV. In other words networking. Personally I don't apply to public job listings any more, even when I match all requirements. They are a waste of everyone's
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by danjac 3y ago
Only if you were in right place and time. As a junior dev back then I was earning about the same as any other junior office worker.
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by danjac 3y ago
Everyone laid off will be hanging their consulting nail. Whether there are enough gigs for them is another matter.
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by danjac 3y ago
What evidence is this?
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by danjac 3y ago
Depends on your circle. Most of my peers have families and mortgages, and don't have inherited wealth or sufficient savings. They are fiscally responsible but bootstrapping a company requires more resources than just being sensible wit
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by danjac 3y ago
That's funny, as I apply to Django jobs with plenty of experience and just get ghosted, to the point I'm moving away from Django as it feels more and more like a dead end (though what in tech other than buzzword-du-jour is not a d
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by danjac 3y ago
I would agree. Applying to every public job posting out there is a waste of time. Either the postings are fake (there for legal reasons, or to make the company look like they are healthy and growing) or they will be spammed by so many appli
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by danjac 3y ago
Same here. However I do not believe things will recover, at least in a reasonable time frame for my own career. My thinking is now if this current job ends I need to think about exiting the industry and doing something else. Oh well, tech i
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by danjac 3y ago
I have zero faith that it is going to pick up again. There is no evidence this is going to be the case. Your time would be better spent retraining for another industry, if that is practical for you.
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by danjac 3y ago
This is definitely why I am thinking about leaving the industry, if and when current gig ends. Even with a resume tailored exactly to requirements, crickets. Some copium going around - "it's just interest rates", "thinks
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by danjac 3y ago
I mean Mastodon exists, each instance requiring just a small amount of funding to keep the lights on. There is also Tildes, which I think is a nonprofit registered in Canada. It depends on what your aim is. Had Ello followed a proper nonpro
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by danjac 3y ago
How much profit does Amazon make these days again?
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by danjac 3y ago
Only 700 new IT jobs created in the last year for the whole of the US: https://www.theregister.com/2024/01/08/700_it_jobs_us/ The blood-letting is still ongoing (Pixar and Discord, just talking about tod
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by danjac 3y ago
Only a very few people are in a position to found startups. For most of us we have to learn how to negotiate the workplace.
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by danjac 3y ago
You can totally do this (within the bounds of your contract) but from a career point of view, it's not wise to burn bridges. There's a lot of talk about "networking" to find jobs or opportunities (like your own startup o
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by danjac 3y ago
I see very little evidence for it coming back. The economy in aggregate may be healthy (depending where you live) but that doesn't mean software developers will be in much demand.
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by danjac 3y ago
I already pointed out there's going to be legacy work for a while, especially in certain specialisations. Everything else "AI powered developers are going to startup all the things!!!" is just hype by some poster literally ca
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by danjac 3y ago
They do so out of desperation. If that's the future of the tech industry, I would prefer to leave the industry.
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by danjac 3y ago
Yep, like I said, whistling in the dark.
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by danjac 3y ago
I would be happy to be proven wrong.

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