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thefrog
·5 yıl önce·discuss
> We have it AMAZINGLY WELL being in tech, and we have luxuries that are unique to tech and bewildering to folks in other fields.

This all fucking day. The worst part of this industry is the entitlement and straight up lack of gratitude for your position. It's taken for granted.
thefrog
·5 yıl önce·discuss
Okay. And?
thefrog
·5 yıl önce·discuss
There is a need for F#, but the reality is that it will never be needed or used as much as C# is.

The problem with F# devs is that they can't/won't shut up about how great their language is and constantly ask/shame/berate other .NET devs with "why not convince your boss to use it on your next project?" or "can't you see how much better F# is compared to every other .NET language?"

By what measure is it better, exactly? Fewer/no nulls (a pipe dream in a world of C# interop?) The use of whitespace?

These devs ignore the very real issues of peer buy-in, the need to support the language down the road in the company you write it in, the skill makeup of the devs on your team, the local market for finding devs even willing to do F#... the list goes on and on.

F# is a great language. Just stop trying to shove it down our throats, F# devs. We hear you.
thefrog
·5 yıl önce·discuss
Borderline frivolous.
thefrog
·5 yıl önce·discuss
Amen.
thefrog
·5 yıl önce·discuss
Pass. The person asking the question is also very nearly begging it.
thefrog
·5 yıl önce·discuss
The idea was not "fantastic" if there's no market for it willing to pay.
thefrog
·6 yıl önce·discuss
Programming work that no one else wants to do, to the tune of $750k/year in annual revenue with one employee and one contractor. Think semi-legacy, like old-ish Java (but not as bad).
thefrog
·6 yıl önce·discuss
> Also, please don't judge me, I just have a morbid curiosity to see what these people are talking about and how they think.

To be afraid of being "judged" for your relatively tame and objective comments speaks volumes about the state of our increasingly polarized culture.
thefrog
·6 yıl önce·discuss
> It's hard to take this seriously.

Agreed. The premises are laughable.
thefrog
·6 yıl önce·discuss
Fuck Sahil.
thefrog
·6 yıl önce·discuss
Hey Gruber:

Fuck off.

You may be randomly right sometimes, but your shitty attitude (https://blog.codinghorror.com/standard-markdown-is-now-commo...) and air of total self importance is offputting.
thefrog
·6 yıl önce·discuss
I'll always take a good opportunity to shit on Mozilla. I was disgusted when Eich was outed and still am. Haven't used a Mozilla product since.

What is happening to them now is a function of poor management and even poorer judgment. It's what happens when you solely rely on a cash cow and fail to innovate meaningfully.

Fuck Mozilla!
thefrog
·6 yıl önce·discuss
Sad this is getting downvoted, as you speak only the truth.
thefrog
·6 yıl önce·discuss
John Gruber isn't wrong, but he's still a fucking idiot ivory tower moron.
thefrog
·6 yıl önce·discuss
Long winded but appropriately so given the technical nature of the article.
thefrog
·6 yıl önce·discuss
Hey, fuck Mozilla! Just here to say that.
thefrog
·6 yıl önce·discuss
Wow, you should play the stock market. /s
thefrog
·6 yıl önce·discuss
100% this.
thefrog
·6 yıl önce·discuss
And yet 250 Matts and Olivias (the groundfolk) still find themselves out of a job - you can thank their failures at the top for that.