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by zabil 24d ago
I've had issues with this e-visa implementation and was told I could not board flights. As a someone in tech, I feel this a classic case study of how NOT to roll out a release and develop a solution. The release was chaotic, none of th
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by zabil 2mo ago
I hate these alcohol fueled company parties. Every one of them I've been too (at-least 7) ended up with 1 or more people being fired because they can't handle their drinks. I avoid them of go back to my hotel room after they open
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by zabil 3mo ago
There more things in a pull request other that just reviews. It can run a build pipeline and give feedback, provision test instances to run quick tests. It can also be used to add context and have a conversation around the why's before
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by zabil 4mo ago
I switched from Claude code to the GitHub copilot app recently. Since our repositories are hosted on GitHub I find the copilot app better integrated for the PR workflow with PR management available in the app. I don’t think I miss any of th
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by zabil 6mo ago
I am learning music. I used codex to create a native metronome app, a circle of fifths app, a practice journal app. I try to build a native app alternatives. I have no plans of publishing them or making the open source, so it will not be a
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by zabil 6mo ago
After watching a few seasons of traitors (UK) I feel none of these techniques work and may even end up accusing the wrong person. The show had former detectives and police folks failing miserably. It just boils down to evidence.
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by zabil 10mo ago
I have a slight dislike for JSON+REST for API's. The design overhead involved in determining the correct URL and HTTP method adds a layer of subjectivity to the design and bike shedding arguments. I’m not a huge fan of Protobuf/GR
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by zabil 1y ago
I don’t think it’s bad on its own, but from my experience, the rollout can be messy and lock people out. Aadhaar in India had long registration queues, biometric issues, and banks making it mandatory. Even in the UK, the digital residency p
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by zabil 1y ago
It’s hard not to be overwhelmed by the Sagrada Família — it feels less like a building and more like a living organism stretching toward the sky. Makes Barcelona along all that it already offers a beautiful city to visit. I also feel the tr
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by zabil 1y ago
Not a fan of the new Safari design. I used to like it for its compact and minimalist look, but now the address bar and tab bar feel like they take up more space than they should.
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by zabil 1y ago
In my experience, Page Objects sound neat in theory but end up as a leaky abstraction: they mix UI details with test logic, duplicate flows, and make even trivial UI changes ripple through dozens of files. What I’ve seen is indirection that
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by zabil 1y ago
Part of this is on developers. Refactoring is fine, but too often it turns into yak-shaving and nothing ships. The approach usually works: refactor in small steps and tie it to a feature so it’s testable and adds value.
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by zabil 1y ago
Does anybody have tips on how to invalidate a wallet address response if it's intercepted and modified like this?
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by zabil 1y ago
Surprisingly, no. I make a list know the aisles, pick stuff. But it’s not the same case on the web.
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by zabil 1y ago
I’ve noticed that every time I open a browser to use the web version of an app, I get distracted and end up browsing unrelated stuff. Switching to a standalone app helps me avoid that — fewer distractions, less wasted time. I’ve tried break
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by zabil 1y ago
Used trunk-based dev a lot. Not a fan. It sounds good on paper, but in practice, it gets messy fast and code quality is hard to maintain, especially when teams are remote. What actually works is trunk-based deployments — keep main always de
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by zabil 1y ago
One thing I really appreciated during the peak years of working with XSLT was how much I learned about XPath. Once it clicks, it’s surprisingly intuitive and powerful. I don’t use XSLT much these days, but I still find myself using XPath oc
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by zabil 1y ago
Love this app, saw a guide using this app on an early morning birdsong walk—gave it a try and it's really good. Very accurate and super easy to use. I think a lot of serious bird enthusiasts use this in the UK.
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by zabil 1y ago
sure https://gauge.org and https://taiko.dev
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by zabil 1y ago
I’ve had some moderate success with a couple of open-source projects, and I get where you’re coming from. Promotion is hard work, especially if you’re used to just building. Here’s what worked for me: Start with a solid project page – Focus
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by zabil 1y ago
> I didn't "get it" the first go round. Same here—I missed it the first time around and found it pretty weird when I finally watched it. But on a recent trip to the Lake District, we ended up visiting a bunch of the filmin
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by zabil 1y ago
> You’ll find people in every hobby who are more into the gear than the actual activity Honestly, that’s part of the fun for some of us, even early on. I’ve been playing guitar for a while now, and while I enjoy it, the repetitive nature
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by zabil 1y ago
Like others mentioned, this is mostly an ethnic Kazakh tradition, not something specific to Kyrgyzstan. I visited the eagle festival in Ölgii (Mongolia) a year ago, a teenage girl won. They represent their village. There were a lot of parti
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by zabil 1y ago
Yeah, I’ve spent some time building IntelliJ plugins, and honestly, the authoring experience has some real limitations. It’s not the easiest platform to work with, especially when it comes to writing automated tests. That might be part of t
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by zabil 1y ago
Bangalore
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by zabil 1y ago
I recently moved to London(been a few years) and love the city, but the cost of living is extremely high—whether it’s dining out, attending concerts, going to the theatre, or especially paying rent. A large portion of my salary goes toward
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by zabil 1y ago
The network effect is strong, but it’s not unbeatable. History has shown that new social platforms can thrive despite the “everyone is already there” argument—Facebook vs MySpace, Insta, TikTok et al. I can’t predict how openspot will turn
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by zabil 2y ago
I enjoy the taste of hops and personally, I find zero version better than their alcoholic counterparts, not sure everyone else feels like that. I wonder why it took the market so long to boom in this segment. Nice to see other recommendatio
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by zabil 2y ago
I visit Knepp a few times a year. There’s a great circular loop you can walk, and I’ve seen plenty of trees with stork nests—an amazing sight to see firsthand.
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by zabil 2y ago
We do this. We deploy on commit to main and use the commit SHA for versioning. So squash merges makes it easier to know which commit caused a bug or bisect. This work well for our PR based workflows. If required the PR can be used as refere

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