throwaway38405

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by throwaway38405 2y ago
Thank you very much for your feedback and insights! Two follow up questions: You mention that functions/types are just values and can be created at runtime. IMHO you get the same with Java (8+) and everything running atop the JVM, Gola
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by throwaway38405 2y ago
Here we go again. I am happy Plasma is focusing on stability, but I literally do not understand why it hasn't been a focus since the KDE 3 days. Plasma 4 and Plasma 5 would have crashes within minutes of running with the default settin
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Ask HN: Experience using dynamic languages for big projects
3 points by throwaway38405 2y ago|3 comments
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by throwaway38405 2y ago
IMHO the article misses at least one important thing: Microservice architecture. I see Node.js/JavaScript in the backend most often used in microservice architectures where the applications are mostly trivial and the Node.js developers
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by throwaway38405 2y ago
... sorry, this sounds to good to be true. Usually it works like this (forced to use macOS at work and Windows from time to time for special software): One installs some software from trusted websites (VSCode, VLC, Firefox, etc.) on macOS&#
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by throwaway38405 2y ago
Adding to this: I am very often surprised how little most developers of other stacks know and understand about the Java tooling: The IDEs, Frameworks, build tools and the JVM itself are by now so much ahead compared to everything else on th
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by throwaway38405 2y ago
The Linux community is self-selected and highly opinionated on everything. Concerning AppImages: I have no interest at all in them and although Flatpak still has its share of problems, basically all important communities adopted it (but Ubu