IMO the problem for developers is that they have to provide general solutions, so they have to cover each case all the time instead of just a singular case at a time.

Obligatory video when it comes to time zones: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-5wpm-gesOY

“But why? It both has to do with computers!” - literally a project manager at my current software project.

Mastodon is written in Ruby. Nowhere near as big as Facebook or the ML field yet

FTFY ;)

Pro tip: you can actually get organized in a union and strike just to get more money, no need for AI or getting fired. CEOs hate this trick!

constantly rewrite both the code and tests as you better understand how you’re going to solve the task while trying

The tests should be decoupled from the “how” though. It’s obviously not possible to completely decouple them, but if you’re “constantly” rewriting, something is going wrong.

Brilliant talk on that topic (with slight audio problems): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EZ05e7EMOLM

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Two new files wouldn’t create a merge conflict though (unless they have the same name)?

What I expected when I read “Retro Handheld”.

Well, the chargers were at least a step in the right direction (though probably with the focus more on consumer friendliness than environmental impact).

And not only money - resources and energy as well.