coltorl

@coltorl@programming.dev

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Apparently, all you need to do to "git gud" in an online FPS is to reduce hand "stress" while aiming.⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  GustavoM your name sounds familiar, did you play Planetside? I was (technically still am) in one of the leetfits and we would have some of the aim gods try to share their knowledge and it boiled down to something similar. Don’t tense your hand, prioritize a relaxed posture, and learn your mouse grip (try them all out!). I’ve heard OSU is very good for those that want to improve their hand eye coordination (and get comfortable with their mouse). I’ve also heard of using spacebar to shoot but only when you want to isolate aim from shooting. But you should train both together as well.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨What is your favorite software stack for full-stack web development?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  It’s honestly not that hard, the language was made to be simple. The complexity associated with the language largely has to do with the legacy applications the language supports. If you look at a greenfield project (eg CHADstack) you’ll actually pick the language features up pretty quickly.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Chad scraper⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  API might cost a lot of money for the amount of requests you want to send. API may not include some fields in the data you want. API is rate limited, scraping might not be. API requires agreement to usage terms, scraping does not (though the recent LinkedIn scraping case might weaken that argument.)

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨What is your favorite programming language?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  C++, I am a library developer with some embedded experience. I can easily interface with c libs and expose my lib with a c interface. With clang, static analysis catches most bugs before runtime. Everything I write can be compiled nearly anywhere with very little dependencies required. Excellent IDE and LSP support with a ton of documentation on the language features available (admittedly, there are a lot). It is used everywhere, so resources and example source code in C++ are very easy to come by. Project configuration (via CMake) is extremely powerful and expressive (though not technically C++).

  Some languages have some of the elements I listed, but no language has them all.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Is MSVC worth it?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  If you’re supporting windows anyway you should use their tooling. This isn’t controversial, MSVC is a good compiler supported by good developers. I find MSVC more reliable than MinGW on windows as well. I recommend maintaining a single CMake project so that you can switch between compilers and build tools.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Is lemmy.ml turn into authoritarian?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  You’re acting like this is a right wing play, but the tactic of using fascism as an insult toward left wing parties actually has precedent even within left wing politics. [Before world war 2, even.](en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Social_fascism#:~:text=So…

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨The only thing doing tech tests has taught me is that I'm too stupid to do the job I've been doing professionally for the better part of 2 decades.⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  I believe algorithm focused technical tests are useful. However, if the interviewing team hasn’t taken the time to understand both the problem and the answer, then they are completely pointless. So you’re exactly right here to challenge their bullshit.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨What programming languages aren't too criticized here?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  A lot of the criticisms at specific languages are really directed at people especially those that have “{languages} brain”, where everything looks solvable by said language even if it isn’t the best tool for the job.

  If you pick the best tool for the job, no one has standing to rightly criticize you. What’s the right tool? One that you know and has proven itself in its ability to solve problems you’re seeking to solve.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨What's stopping WebAssembly from effectively replacing JavaScript?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  I don’t know what you mean by WASM being a subset of javascript (maybe you mean AssemblyScript?). You can still program in higher level languages like C and have it compile into WASM as one would compile C to assembly.