I'm truly and deeply bothered by

import {Object} form "module"

instead of

import { Object } from "module"

What's worse is that I'm bothered by the fact that I'm bothered about this as I'm normally able to laugh away discussions about syntax A being better than syntax B.

tl;dr Which new laptop + Linux distro combo should I get when seeking for minimal configuration and maintenance hassle?

Hey devRant gang!

I'm looking for a new laptop: which one is supported out-of-the-box by Ubuntu based Linux distros like Elementary OS?

Why Elementary OS you ask? Well, I want to move away from macOS and/but keep the minimal (and pretty) design/interface!

But: I don't want to waste time configuring stuff after install or a kernel update. I don't have time for that: I need to get shit done.

As much as I dislike closed source/evil corporate stuff the fact of the matter is that my MacBook Pro Just Works (and lets me get shit done).

Client: A thing I know abso-fucking-lute-ly nothing about shouldn't take you long to implement.

I did it! I crafted and pushed

if filter is not None:
# stuff

to GitHub.

Oh, the shame!

TFW you call BS on a client/colleague's actions, they concede and you feel guilty for confroting them.

TIL that Python's "everything is an object" mentality allows you to do

def some_function():
some_function.variable = "abc"

print(some_function.variable)
> abc

Want to waste some time? Tell duplicity to

- - include /home/user/A/
- - include /home/user/B/
- - exclude /

and watch it backup only *part of* B.

TIL If you haven't restored from backup at least once you do not have a backup... fml.

devRanters: WORDPRESS SUCKS, AAARGH!
Me: You've got a good alternative?
devRanters: Nah, not really.

Me: 😑

Client: We want a contact form on our site that accepts files.
Me: OK. Here are the backend options (custom built, WordPress, third-party service, etc).
C: Mmm... why is it so complicated? A simple form doesn't need a backend.
Me: FFUUUUU Y DONT YOU DO IT THEN! DIDN'T KNOW BROWSERS SEND EMAIL?!
Me: *backspace*, *backspace*, *backspace*
Me: Browsers cannot send emails; you need a backend to process the form.

Check this out: the company that times its Web searches in milliseconds can't retrieve a bunch of rows from their internal database... GTFO.

"Accused of underpaying women, Google says it's too expensive to get wage data."

https://theguardian.com/technology/...

I'm hesitant to try React because it's developed by Facebook. I don't like Facebook.

Is anyone else suffering from this?

Client: We are really happy with your work and enjoy working with you!
Me: Thanks, happy to hear that! I appreciate our collaboration as well.
Client: Great! So... can we get a discount?

Why do people think that being nice also means being cheap!?

It's never good when a site looks like I (full stack dev) designed it.

Looking at you AWS.

[3:18 AM] Me: Heya team, I fixed X, tested it and pushed to production. Lemme know what you think when you wake up.
[6:30 AM] Me: Yo, I just checked X and everything is peachy. Let me know if it works on your end.
[9:14] Colleague A: Whoop! Yeah! Awesome!
[9:15] Boss: Nice.
[9:30] A: X doesn't work for me.
Me: OK, did you do M as I told you.
A: yes
Me: *checks logs and database, finds no trace of M*
Me: A, you sure you did M on production? Send me a sreenshot plz.
A: yeah, I'm sure it's on production.
Me: *opens sreenshot, gets slapped in the face by https://staging.app.xyz*
Me: A, that's staging, you need to test it on production.
A: right, OK.
[10:46] A: works, yeah! Awesome, whoop!
[10:47] Boss: Nice.
Me: Ok! A, thanks for testing...
Me: *... and wasting my time*.
[10:47:23] Boss: Yo, did you fix Y?
Courageous/snarky me: *Hey boss, see, I knew you'd ask this right after I fixed X knowing that I could not have done anything else while troubleshooting A's testing snafu since you said 'Nice' twice. So, yesterday, I cloned myself and put me to work in parallel on Y on order fulfill your unreasonable expectations come morning.*
Real me: No, that's planned for tomorrow.

I hooked our Web app to Sentry and fixed a bunch of never before perceived errors. It now feels like a bullet train steaming down sturdy tracks instead of a goat suffering from fainting syndrome.

Spent the night coding and am bathing in an accomplishment bliss that I don't get from many other activities.