The big one for me is linux support, followed by steam input remapping. Input remapping, turbo, combo / chord buttons is incredibly important for accessibility.
> The common retort is that these don't exist any more
Usually when I see the retort, its also with the understanding that 3rd places need to be free, or essentially free. If theres a significant expectation of money being spent in order to spend time there, its not really a “3rd place” by the intended definition. (Thats the argument I’ve seen)
I agree. My enjoyment of my career as a software developer dropped dramatically about 10-15 years ago when "agile" started taking off. Even in some of the companies I worked at that didn't actually use it, it was mentioned in pitches by sales to show how modern we were and then used as an excuse to shoehorn in all kinds of random features that made no sense.
I have no metrics on this, but I've been seeing/hearing of scrum popping up in all sorts of places, not just in software but in other firms where it doesn't belong. For example, my relative works in a chemical engineering firm and they use scrum. A friend of mine is in another flavor of engineering field and they use scrum as well. The sad truth is agile/scrum has really lost the plot in most places and is mostly used as a way to justify micromanagement of developers (or other roles) and lack of proper long term planning.
There are other ways that AI can hurt the job market in major ways. One, already happening, is AI-generated resumes based on the listing itself, causing HR departments to waste a ton of time, potentially preventing real experienced candidates from even getting a callback.
6. Orthodontists often put braces on young children, as early as age 6-8, even though in many other countries (like Korea), the average age is around 18. I’ve read stories of people who regret early braces, particularly when the wrong teeth were extracted.
This happened to me and caused me all sorts of jaw problems later in adulthood.
Ugh. Yeah going to a dentist is very similar to the average person going to a car mechanic. You just have no good way to self-verify what they are telling you is true. Its one of the ultimate "normal" professions where people with no moral compass can majorly abuse their customers/patients to make a ton of money
A huge problem with touch UIs is the lack of mouse-hover discoverability. At least with desktop applications that don't have labels on UI elements, usually a hover will raise a tooltip description.
From a consumer perspective, Valve is the only one that comes close to deserving that cut. Between Proton, Steam Input mapping, Remote play, Family Sharing, etc... they are by far the most feature rich platform
Yep! And even if you did manage to have a decent job, the effort of keeping it led to extra long hours and stress. I was entering early career right after the dotcom bust and it was very rough going.
Exactly. In theory, I have no problems with a Steam competitor, but the extras Steam gives, plus its support for linux is just unmatched. Input binding, support for non-standard controllers (huge for accessibility), Proton, streaming, remote play, etc. The list goes on and on. Epic... is just a glorified downloader and friend list basically where you are stuck on windows.
Not exactly your target for the question, but thanks to Proton I have fully switched to linux for both productivity and gaming. Other than a few games with invasive kernel-level anti-cheat, I have been able to get every game in my Steam library working well with minimal effort.
Dark mode has basically become unusable for me as I've aged and my vision has gotten worse due to uncorrectable/partially correctable astigmatism. Black text on white-ish backgrounds is far more readable, whereas white text on black background makes each character act like its own little point light and cause all kinds of eye strain
Nice! I recently perma-switched to linux and KDE has come so far from its v3 days, where to be frank I just didn't like it much. Definitely enjoying it now though. Its very usable, customizable, and mostly consistent.
Windows 11's disaster of changes had already pushed me to decide to go full linux on my PCs, this was the straw that got me to stop being lazy and actually execute on that decision.