Programmers then and now
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all apps are already built
Couldn't be further from the truth. You also have to consider competition.
Can't think of anything that could serve a major need right now, but I absolutely identified things in my life where I could use a preexisting tool to accomplish my goal, but it's much less hassle for me to use the one I made for myself. You don't have to transform the world, sometimes you can help yourself with a minor inconvenience and then put it out there for anyone who might find themselves with the same inconvenience.
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I have never Googled "how to center div 2025" because the last time I had to center a div was in 2024. I've never asked ChatGPT to fix a syntax error because I use Copilot. Exiting Vim is basically the only thing I know how to do in Vim, but I can do it. And my bug fixin' is generally one-for-one.
On the flip side, I can write some code without StackOverflow and AI. Writing a game in Assembly, these days, is for a specific kind of hobbyist or absolute fools. Languages using pointers are mostly for specific types of application and completely irrelevant for most programmers these days -- and the overwhelming bulk of us are better for it. And writing code by hand is an incredible talent and skill, but again, essentially useless these days.
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I have never Googled "how to center div 2025" because the last time I had to center a div was in 2024. I've never asked ChatGPT to fix a syntax error because I use Copilot. Exiting Vim is basically the only thing I know how to do in Vim, but I can do it. And my bug fixin' is generally one-for-one.
On the flip side, I can write some code without StackOverflow and AI. Writing a game in Assembly, these days, is for a specific kind of hobbyist or absolute fools. Languages using pointers are mostly for specific types of application and completely irrelevant for most programmers these days -- and the overwhelming bulk of us are better for it. And writing code by hand is an incredible talent and skill, but again, essentially useless these days.
wrote on last edited by [email protected]I've never asked ChatGPT to fix a syntax error because I use Copilot
If you are going to be this pedantic, I'll have you know Copilot is a ChatGPT model in a Microsoft skin.
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Wth is "Fixing memory leaks using pointers"?
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tar -eXtract Ze Vucking File
I was about to say
tar -CompressZeVuckingFile; great mnemonic and I use it every time! -
I almost never create a tarball, so I have to look up the syntax for that. Which is as simple as
man tar. But as far as extracting it almost couldn't be easier,tar xf <tarball>and call it a day. Or if you want to list the contents without extracting,tar tf <tarball>. Unless you're using an ancient version of tar, it will detect and handle whatever compression format you're using without you having to remember if you needzorJor whatever.wrote on last edited by [email protected]It can be easier if you're used to the dash before the arguments; it's optional but you can put them:
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I often found the correct answers in the comments of an answer
Still do.
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That deserves a "do you know how to read?", because the exit command is on the lower part of the screen for nano
To be fair, they show up as “^X” or whatever, and typing [Shift]+[6] followed by the [X]-key doesn't do the trick.
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You couldn't crank your CPU in the olden days, it'd make games run in fast forward.
To be fair, unlocking the frame rate on console-to-PC ports still fast-forwards many games including Nier: Automata or breaks the physics like in Skyrim.
It doesn't have to be this way, any more, but it still is because… Lack of expertise?
I really can't think of anything else? -
If using plain CSS, usually it's enough to set
widthappropriately, andmargin-leftandmargin-righttoauto.If using a Modern Frontend/CSS Framework, then may God have mercy on your poor soul.
(Seriously I just started a new project with TailwindCSS and I'm so confused. But not entirely desperate yet.)
My brother in Christ TailwindCSS just gives classes that let you do inline styling in a shorter syntax! (and theme configuration, but mostly inline styling)
Replace
width: ...pxwithw-...,margin-left: ...withml-...andmargin-right: ...withmr-....
Setting both horizontal margins ismx-...and both vertical margins ismy-....If you can do inline styling, TW just makes the syntax a bit shorter, but that's it, really.
