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·पिछला माह·discuss
It's not even limited to SWE - there are so many regulations in almost every trade (which sometimes contradict each other) that it often eventually boils down to your experience and your decision which rule to follow and which to 'bend' (for example in "traditional" architecture there are so many rules that the building authority itself has to compromise on following the law by the book).
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·पिछला माह·discuss
Haha, yeah. I tried for it to create a SVG with scissors and it was hopelessly overwhelmed. I think at least the SVG design niche will be safe a little while longer
Markstar
·2 माह पहले·discuss
...and that is okay.

Unfortunately, I have to say that I disagree with almost every statement and sentiment in your post. Your three fundamental qualities? These are meaningless. Even 10 years ago, reach was based on advertisement and luck. Whether or not other people find it and think it is useful is a very brittle sequence of events. Sociality is the same thing. A loyal following is certainly not a sign of a good software and vice versa. And you there a so many examples of large projects with open betas and community event that still suck when they finally come out. And finish? Oh my - my wife has to use this popular software for analyzing sound data and it is a badly built Java application that constantly crashes and is not intuitive at all. Windows itself has been a mess for 30 years and has been "maintained" all this time. Do I need to go on?

And just like art, sometimes you look at it and might say: "I could have done that."
Markstar
·3 वर्ष पहले·discuss
My wife is a researcher in Germany and because of something called the "Wissenschaftszeitgesetz", she is looking for a job outside of Germany for her next research project.

With having 2 kids, the US is definitely on our blacklist despite both of us having gone to school there, still keeping in touch with friends from that time and even professors actually offering her a position. We know many others who feel the same, so my impression is that for most Europeans, the US is not a desirable place to live anymore.