I love shitting on Python, but I feel like all those problems are present in libraries for other languages as well. There’s a tonne of that crap for JS/TS.

Similarly, I find a fair number of Rust crates (that I want to use) have virtually no doc or inline examples, and use weird metaprogramming that I can’t wrap my head around.

I am brainstorming right now.

M E T A

What is spilled cannot die

dirty onanists spilling their seed

I think ShareDrop does that.

I’m not into home automation, but if I was, I’d much prefer a locally running solution that didn’t involve tech giants. I hope this works out.

I wouldn’t go back, if I were you.

I always enjoy hearing about other people’s bugs. It makes my imposter syndrome recede for a few moments.

yes

The higher up I go, the more I ask why. And the more often “eh, I guess next release will be fine” is the answer.

This is a great summary.

I can’t decide if I’d rather be a nerd or a geek. Maybe I’m a neek? Or a gerd?

This one makes the most sense, and has the fewest failure modes.

Front end is hard. Slapping together some form elements, xhr requests, and DOM updates is easy. Building a usable, consistent UI, that makes proper user of the backend isn’t. On top of that, every jackass thinks they get it because they’re a user, so you get unsolicited suggestions from everywhere.

Source: front end devs sobbing in the cubicle next to me.

I find anything other than light roast espresso gives me stomach pain.

I’ve stopped a few times to make sure I’m not developing an addiction, and yeah, it can be tough.

a lot of programmer “culture” revolves around coffee

It comes up in memes/jokes, but aside from that, what else does it have to do with our subculture?

I’m not sure that it’s even ours. Coffee comes up a lot in general office culture.

They look kinda done tho

Mods on other communities have complained that they’re getting posts with images of CSAM or dead bodies.

Lemmy definitely needs a good new user experience, but tooling to address problems mods are suffering seems worthwhile.

Having said that, I don’t see anything in this proposal that would directly address those issues.

I’m not sure I’d use the phrase “privilege escalation” here, since it has a generally agreed upon meaning. Perhaps something like “gradual access”, “delayed privilege”, or something similar.

I’m not a mod. The complaints I’ve heard from mods have mostly come from image or news communities that are inundated with disturbing images (CSAM, dead bodies). If I were volunteering and I had to look at that shit, I think I’d quit on the spot.

Maybe tooling that addresses those needs would be worthwhile.