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   by flats 7d ago

   Namewise, I feel like this is the original Duo: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PowerBook_Duo
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   by flats 1mo ago

   I was wondering the same thing —Perseus has been around since _1987_ & seems to have more features? I guess this is a bit more attractively laid out…
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   by flats 2mo ago

   The true gift is being honest & kind at the same time. It takes more effort, but I think it’s worth it!
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   by flats 3mo ago

   Senior Software Engineer Location: Brooklyn, NY Remote: optional, open to in-person in the NY area. Willing to relocate: probably not. Technologies: Ruby, Ruby on Rails, RSpec, HTML/CSS, JavaScript, React, Alpine.js, Git, Tailwind, Max
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   by flats 4mo ago

   Yes, typing would obviate the need for the sorts of extensive unit testing I'm talking about here. I feel that. Luckily, the frontier LLMs (especially Claude) have gotten _really_ good at writing Rspec...
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   by flats 4mo ago

   Honest question: what’s an example of a fully-featured web framework that makes upgrading a “large & old” application painless? In my experience, upgrading an underlying framework that a piece of complex software depends upon without br
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   by flats 4mo ago

   I have had similar experiences & we are not alone: https://bytecode.hr/posts/why-ruby-is-the-better-language-fo... . There are indeed so many compelling arguments against using Ruby these days (e.g. performance, typ
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   by flats 5mo ago

   Senior Software Engineer Location: Brooklyn, NY Remote: optional, open to in-person in the NY area. Willing to relocate: probably not. Technologies: Ruby, Ruby on Rails, RSpec, HTML/CSS, JavaScript, React, Alpine.js, Git, Tailwind, Str
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   by flats 5mo ago

   I subscribed to MacAddict in the mid-90s, back when Gil Amelio was Apple’s CEO, the company couldn’t ship software (Copland, Dylan, Gershwin, etc.), & they could barely afford to acquire NeXT. It still blows my mind that this is the sam
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    by flats 5mo ago

    I absolutely agree with you. Also, some folks seem to be forgetting the virtues of boring, time-tested platforms & technologies in their rush to embrace the new & shiny & vibe-***ed. & also forgetting to thoroughly read docu
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    by flats 5mo ago

    One does not even need OpenClaw to achieve this outcome: https://x.com/lifeof_jer/status/2048103471019434248
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    by flats 5mo ago

    Absolutely yes, all over the place! Startups are building greenfield software with Rails as we speak. Loads of established businesses have Ruby applications that are quietly chugging along doing their jobs well. & Shopify, a company wit
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    by flats 5mo ago

    That makes sense. Thanks for clarifying!
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    by flats 5mo ago

    I was very skeptical of these plans at first—as a New Yorker, I don’t exactly have a lot of trust in our city’s government to run things well. But I’ve come around. Let’s try something new! Let’s show people that local governments in the Un
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    by flats 5mo ago

    It’s the complete disregard of typesetting in ebooks that has always repelled me. I fundamentally reject the notion that all books can be reduced to text files. Design matters!
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    by flats 6mo ago

    I live in a section of Brooklyn (the "flat south section" per this fantastically detailed Wikipedia entry: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_lettered_Brooklyn_aven... ) in which the avenues (which run east
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    by flats 6mo ago

    I agree with almost all of this, & yes, retreats can be life-changing. They certainly have been for me! However, I do not understand this comment: For the Soto Zen and Vipassana traditions, practice is everything - not philosophy, opin
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    by flats 6mo ago

    I don’t think it counts as NIMBYism if you don’t want it in yours or anybody’s backyard, ever. I would describe that as principled opposition. Also, what happens when we don’t need such enormous data centers anymore? How many communities in
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    by flats 6mo ago

    Came here for this, thank you. I knew I’d seen this sort of thing before. Curation feels better with this implementation?
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    by flats 6mo ago

    Interesting—this feels like a very “engineering manager” sort of observation that isn’t actually all that generalizable. My observation is that people share incredibly creative work all the time in all different sorts of societies. Humans a
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    by flats 1y ago

    I’m currently working on a sequencer DAW plug-in (MIDI, audio) with multiple voices & precise timing/articulation controls, including a templating system & transformations to apply these changes to several steps/voices at
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    by flats 1y ago

    +1, Max for the rapid prototyping & flexible control, Csound for its concision & high fidelity.
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    by flats 1y ago

    I don’t believe this is true? I’m pretty sure that you’re prohibited from making money from that fan fiction, not from writing it at all. So I don’t understand the claim that copyright “massively stifles” creativity. There are of course exa
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    by flats 1y ago

    Thank you! It was really helpful to be reminded of this truth such an unexpected context. I am finally beginning to grab that “ordinary person’s life” & getting there has indeed been _the path_. May we all get there & be free of suf
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    by flats 1y ago

    Very well put. I’m open to a future in which nothing is copyrighted & everything is in the public domain, but the byproduct of that public domain material should _also_ be owned by the public. Otherwise, we’re making the judgement that
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    by flats 1y ago

    Strongly agree. I don't see how this post in any way deserves flagging based on the guidelines. Is there no karmic penalty for false flags?
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    by flats 2y ago

    I feel you on a lot of this! But out of the box Python support? Does anybody actually want that? It’s pretty darn quick & straightforward to get a Python environment up & running on MacOS. Maybe I’m misunderstanding what you mean he
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    by flats 2y ago

    this should be on a wall somewhere
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    by flats 2y ago

    As opposed to using JavaScript on the front end & back end? That benefit of JS has always seemed a bit overrated to me—the context for front-end & server-side JS is pretty darn different, too. Anyway, Ruby & Rails are such a joy
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    by flats 2y ago

    Feel you on the entry-level features making people worried that Apple is prosumer-izing their baby. I worry about that sometimes. Yes, Max is amazing. Thanks for sharing your instruments! Sidewinder looks particularly cool. I also got into