And it was incredibly affordable compared to today.
Professional software engineer, musician, gamer, stoic, democratic socialist
And it was incredibly affordable compared to today.


OH! tmux obviously. It’s rock solid.


foot has been pretty solid for me. No complaints.


Tmux has better keybinding support in my experience. I started on tmux, tried zellij, but I wasn’t able to migrate my keybindings over. So I’m still with tmux.
Guys. This problem is solved already. Landlock, bubblewrap, UNIX DAC.


What’s their op ex though? I feel like there must be a sizable portion of that which isn’t actually necessary to keep the service up.


Seriously. If Google really wants to shove ads down our throats, they could at least regulate them so they’re not constantly horny scams. But that would cost them money, oh the humanity.


A mix of gpt-5.5 and claude opus 4.7, wrapped in my own mobile web UI that doubles as planning software and document editor.
The reason for the mobile focus is I’ve been trying to detach from my home office as much as possible, meaning I do a lot of up-front planning via ADRs and task/story writing, then I spawn agents to actually work on coding tasks. The only part that really requires sitting at a desk is code review, manual testing, and deeper human-in-the-loop coding or debugging sessions.
If you are able to max out the $100/mo plans from either OpenAI or Anthropic, then that is already a very cost-effective option.
You should file an issue.


Seems pretty similar to DBOS


I never hear the end of complaints from my mom about how her EV’s range is too short and takes forever to charge.


Why would I use their wireguard android app instead of the official one?
Doesn’t Matrix do everything you just listed?


Where did you get the idea that Zig is an “easy” language?


Copyparty. Or any other web file server.
Most of these takes seem pretty agreeable to me. I would push back on the premise a bit in specific cases, like when you have a manager that always seems to want something new and changes their mind all the time. You need to insulate yourself from that stream of wasteful work by just not doing it until it’s obviously necessary.
speed alone doesn’t make someone a good programmer
OP didn’t make that claim. They said all else being equal fast is better than slow. They also said that in their experience, the best programmers they knew were good because they were fast (not withholding other potential reasons they were good).
Your point is consistent with the OP’s thesis.
Rootless docker exists now. Not sure why people still don’t use it.


Sorry but you will never get me to enjoy writing or even reading code on a tiny display.
I would say it’s more than just an icky feeling. It’s a justified moral opposition. But otherwise I agree. Just a tool.