I work with someone who tends to rejects PR suggestions. I also work with someone else who accepts suggestions.
I think that the for the person who accepts suggestions, it's made me wonder if they accept them in part to share ownership with me. I feel like we both maintain and understand the code, and are on the same page.
For the person who rejects PR suggestions, it makes me less inclined to participate in those PRs. Why spend the time doing a thorough review if it's going to get rejected anyways.
> Static typing in Python is the biggest hypocrisy ever
Yes, agreed. I used to work on a large python codebase and tried to add type hints where I could. The issue is that python was not the right tool for the job - except that switching to the right tool was a non-starter. So type hints were the best I could do.
> Almost all the Java web frameworks are giant balls of reflection. Name a function the right way or add the right magic annotation and the framework will autowire it correctly.
I find this to be very powerful, and also very unintuitive/undiscoverable at the same time.
There's another article somewhere indicating how Maga is furious because their money is lost. Someone commented on the article something like - "I'm MAGA and I'm not mad at all".
> use Inkscape via CLI to generate icons, logos, and graphics for your app.
I do the same thing. How many icon sizes does Apple require now? I create one SVG vector, and then dump them all out with a script. Need to change something? Update the SVG and instantly regenerate the icons.
My teammates hit the generate PR button. I'm not reading that, it's a summary of the changes that I am _already_ going to be looking at, wrapped in some flowery language about being "better architecture, cleaner code" etc.
So those PRs may as well not have a description at all as far as I'm concerned.
> so much easier to destroy things than it is to build them, so the builders are always at a distinct disadvantage
Tangentially related, there was a local property nearby that had these large, aesthetic trees in the yard. The house was sold, a developer cut them all and flipped the house for sale.
> For example the washing machine. You dont need real time information because you know how long it takes since you've done it 1000s of times and it beeps. All these things are just managed in our heads subconsciously.
Actually, this is one example of home automation that works very well. My washer will remind me that wash is ready to move to the dryer, and stops reminding me once the washer door opens.
It means that a) I don't have to put it on my mental reminders, b) it works very well with anybody else in the family that does a wash and _they_ forget to move it to the dryer.
A long time ago I was taking flight lessons and I was going through the takeoff checklist. I was going through each item, but my instructor had to remind me that I am not just reading the checklist - I need understand/verify each checklist item before moving on. Always stuck with me.