sjpwarren

@sjpwarren@programming.dev

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨40 years of Turbo Pascal⁩ ⁨⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  It was a simpler time.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨What operating system and tools should a beginner use to learn programming?⁩ ⁨⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Use the OS you are most comfortable with. When it comes to programmming try and learn 1 “thing” at a time. If you trying to learn Python and how to use Linux as well as Python then you learning 2 (or more…) things at once so stick with what you know for now. If you are comfortable with Linux (or Mint as you say) then stay with that because I have found running Python on Windows is a Pain but that could just be the environment we are using. Good Luck and Have fun!

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨It's Pretty Easy to Build Your Own LinkTree with Analytics Using Hugo and Cloudflare Pages⁩ ⁨⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  The Author of Lynx template is really playing on thieir last name LOL

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨What is your favourite font for code ?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  Me too. I don’t understand why people like ligatures.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Which language you wish would really grow and reach mainstream adoption?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  It’s a pity there is not 1 code example on the Front Page. I spent a few minutes trying to find a page with some code and all I found was Why, Why Not, what is different etc and not any code examples so I am out. Look at Zig within seconds I can see if I like the syntax, does it make sense to me. I would love to know what Pony lang looks like. I might like it but it seems like

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Gitness: Open-source code hosting and pipeline engine⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  I use Drone (bad name for googe searches) and I like it! Simple idea that just works.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Gitness: Open-source code hosting and pipeline engine⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  I think this is more a marketing thing. Gitea is on GitHub too, so it can be found… 10 years ago it would have been on Sourceforge.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨[Meta] Is it OK to ask questions in here or should there be an AskProgramming community?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  You just did

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Google Launches Project IDX, A web-based IDE⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  Turns out it won’t share a Linux machine.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Google Launches Project IDX, A web-based IDE⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  Thanks for sharing about Parsec, it looks interesting. How is the speed? They talk about it being fast but is it?