ThePfromtheO<p><a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/Firefox" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Firefox</span></a> is fine. The people running it are not<br><a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/TheRegister" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TheRegister</span></a> article: <a href="https://www.theregister.com/2025/07/08/firefox_isnt_dead/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">theregister.com/2025/07/08/fir</span><span class="invisible">efox_isnt_dead/</span></a></p><p>"<a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/Mozilla" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Mozilla</span></a>'s management is a <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/bug" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>bug</span></a>, not a <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/feature" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>feature</span></a>"<br>"<a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/Dominance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Dominance</span></a> does not equal <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/importance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>importance</span></a>, nor is dominance the same as <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/relevance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>relevance</span></a>. The <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/snag" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>snag</span></a> at Mozilla is a <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/management" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>management</span></a> layer that doesn't appear to understand what works for its <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/product" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>product</span></a> nor which parts of it matter most to users."<br>"Don't <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/blame" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>blame</span></a> the <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/app" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>app</span></a>, and don't even blame the <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/programmers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>programmers</span></a>. That is, the ones who still have <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/jobs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>jobs</span></a>, after years of <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/engineer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>engineer</span></a> <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/layoffs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>layoffs</span></a>. Don't even blame the whole <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/organization" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>organization</span></a> – blame the <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/management" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>management</span></a>. Steven himself has pointed this out before, early in 2024. So have I. In 2023, I said that Mozilla was asleep at the wheel."</p>
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If you give someone a program, you will frustrate them for a day; if you teach them how to program, you will frustrate them for a lifetime.
— anonymous
One of the big lessons of a big project is you don't want people that aren't really programmers programming, you'll suffer for it!
— John Carmack
Linus Torvalds built #Git in 10 days - and never imagined it would last 20 years https://www.zdnet.com/article/linus-torvalds-built-git-in-10-days-and-never-imagined-it-would-last-20-years/ by @sjvn
Today, many developers can't imagine a world without Git. When it first appeared, most #programmers hated it. Oh, how things have changed!
ZDNET · Linus Torvalds built Git in 10 days - and never imagined it would last 20 years
My Phellow Pharo #Programmers who write scientific #software, do have a look at the Units package, which can safely perform mixed-unit computations like the following to obtain the correct result \(63.21 ft\):
\(\texttt{14foot + 15m.}\)
The NASA-Lockheed Mars Climate Orbiter catastrophe could have been avoided, had the probe control software been implemented in Smalltalk.
GitHubGitHub - zweidenker/Units: A simple package for unitsA simple package for units. Contribute to zweidenker/Units development by creating an account on GitHub.
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@baldur “The only issue I am facing as a professional #art director in games is that I just want them to leave me and my art teams alone so we can make cool art. There is *no problem to be solved here*”.
I don’t think the Art director is looking at this from a business angle. The problem being solved is to reduce the high cost #WhiteCollar workforce and still make a profit.
This has been happening since 2022 when #ChristopherHohn decided SE/SWE cost to much for #Alphabet (#google) and all the SW companies followed.
Why?
Later that year #OpenAI released #ChatGPT.
Here is that article: #programmers / #tech / #software / #AI <https://www.forbes.com/sites/jonathanponciano/2022/11/15/billionaire-hedge-fund-investor-urges-alphabet-to-cut-costs-no-justification-for-salaries-that-are-too-high/>
Forbes · Billionaire Hedge Fund Investor Urges Alphabet To Cut Costs: ‘No Justification’ For Salaries That Are ‘Too High’
Hey coders, don’t hide behind job titles!
Agile teams thrive when everyone is willing to step outside their role when needed. A little flexibility can go a long way in getting things done!
#ThePurge has begun! #MachineLearning #AI #LLMs will #EliminateKnowledgeWorkers #Programmers #Coders much the way #Combines and #FarmMachinery wrought destruction on #Agriculture. #Banking #Medicine #Law #YouPrivilegedFuckersAreNext #Zuckerberg #Meta #WelcomeToTheTrumpMuskyFuture
#German #programmers: if you are writing a #Java program with variable names in German, do you capitalize the first letter (even though that goes against convention)? z.B.
double Gewicht; // oder
double gewicht;
[Edit: a bit later, having downloaded a set of solutions for a Java programming book (https://www.grundkurs-java.de/index.php), it appears they follow convention and use lower case for first letter of variables and upper case for names of Java classes.]
www.grundkurs-java.deDas Buch
𝚂𝗆𝖺𝗋𝗍𝗆𝖺𝗇 𝙰𝗉𝗉𝗌
#TechTuesday
This #Lemmy post https://programming.dev/post/22672085 links to the recording of the talk I gave earlier in the year, about how #dotNet #dotNetMAUI and other #programmers #developers can get the most out of #Mastodon and the #Fediverse in general. Show to people you want to come here, or watch yourself if you feel like you could learn more about it.
CC @andypiper @evanprodromou@evanp.me @evanprodromou@socialwebfoundation.org @Gargron @mapache @alvinashcraft @alvinashcraft.com @jamesmontemagno
programming.dev"Finding your way around the Fediverse" recording - programming.devEarlier this year I gave this talk which is about how programmers can get the
most of the Fediverse, particularly for dotnet/MAUI developers - some of the
killer features which are available and how to use them. The focus of the
examples are with dotnet/MAUI, but these things would undoubtedly also be
available for other languages/ecosystems, I was just using dotnet/MAUI to
illustrate the underlying functionality available to us here. This recording
would be good for anyone who isn’t familiar with these features (maybe anyone
you want to convince to come here, or just if you feel you don’t know everything
that is available). The first part of the recording is a different talk about
MAUI, and the first link below will be where my talk starts, and then some more
links for other key points, if you just want to see the parts you don’t already
know about. Following these recording links will be links to resources that I
talked about… 30:06 start/MAUI Lemmy community
[https://youtu.be/hCzYawTqnT4?si=sDQXhygjxDBQPitL&t=1806] 31:31 overview of talk
[https://youtu.be/hCzYawTqnT4?si=izcKF3v1mtdqu3FZ&t=1891] 33:20 what is the
Fediverse? [https://youtu.be/hCzYawTqnT4?si=qkcwJq1LZ0IgdGbv&t=2000] 38:15 Lemmy
[https://youtu.be/hCzYawTqnT4?si=cUdRxzt-zbtSZsCW&t=2295] 42:08 Mastodon
[https://youtu.be/hCzYawTqnT4?si=02oTLWHQ9IsZSFAq&t=2528] 43:40 Mastodon
dotnet.social [https://youtu.be/hCzYawTqnT4?si=alg3HYcUZNagjHac&t=2620] 46:33
Mastodon Local timeline
[https://youtu.be/hCzYawTqnT4?si=WIpFq8h1Oh7ooYua&t=2793] 48:01 Mastodon
Federated timeline [https://youtu.be/hCzYawTqnT4?si=9Gh1Dz8FYigBv3qR&t=2881]
60:11 Mastodon Lists [https://youtu.be/hCzYawTqnT4?si=zoIl6VtHiCEBZnDs&t=3011]
56:28 Mastodon hashtags
[https://youtu.be/hCzYawTqnT4?si=njy2vmPxeTSm8YYC&t=3388] 56:25 Mastodon pinned
posts [https://youtu.be/hCzYawTqnT4?si=3nAWOpnG95W8rQHZ&t=3566] 1:00:20 follow
Twitter accounts from Mastodon
[https://youtu.be/hCzYawTqnT4?si=23Dwa58JrSHNssm2&t=3620] 1:01:51 how to use
Lemmy from Mastodon [https://youtu.be/hCzYawTqnT4?si=JxBjpdeoMasVhGpt&t=3711]
1:07:25 Mastodon’s killer feature for dev’s - github bots
[https://youtu.be/hCzYawTqnT4?si=i3JsdK39Ffehx9ep&t=4045] 1:10:47 Guide to
Mastodon for .NET and MAUI people
[https://youtu.be/hCzYawTqnT4?si=VZps5Df6oljHcVBr&t=4247] 1:13:15 Pixelfed, UI
comparison [https://youtu.be/hCzYawTqnT4?si=Q3_cba-A-cAdN_KM&t=4430] 1:15:41
Maho Pacheco’s repo (federate static website, etc.)
[https://youtu.be/hCzYawTqnT4?si=lbmmpMTf7nESMjxo&t=4541] 1:17:52 Microsoft
DevBlogs [https://youtu.be/hCzYawTqnT4?si=Y61LToQMQ_Utnas_&t=4672] Links to
resources from this talk Creating MAUI UI’s in C#
[https://dev.to/smartmanapps/creating-maui-uis-in-c-1adf] fediverse.party
[https://fediverse.party/] .NET MAUI @ programming.dev
[https://programming.dev/c/dotnetmaui] .NET MAUI Mastodon bot
[https://dotnet.social/@dotnetmaui@programming.dev] .NET Mastodon bot
[https://dotnet.social/@bot] @SmartmanApps@dotnet.social
[https://dotnet.social/@SmartmanApps] Join dotnet.social
[https://dotnet.social/invite/q8pzN9rL] Join dotnet.social and auto-follow
@SmartmanApps@dotnet.social [https://dotnet.social/invite/JntHpwzG] How to
follow multiple hashtags in a column
[https://dotnet.social/@SmartmanApps/110858924945208556] @Microsoft@bird.makeup
[https://bird.makeup/users/microsoft] Github bots by Carlos Sanchez of Microsoft
[https://dotnet.social/@foo_fighter]… Dotnet github bot
[https://dotnet.social/@dotnetbot] MAUI github bot
[https://dotnet.social/@mauibot] MastodonGitHubBot repo
[https://github.com/ChayoteJarocho/MastodonGitHubBot] Guide to Mastodon for
dotNetMAUI and dotNet peeps
[https://dotnet.social/@SmartmanApps/110648925352232498] Github repo
[https://github.com/mahomedalid] of Maho Paheco of Microsoft
[https://dotnet.social/@mapache@hachyderm.io] Maho’s guide to implement
ActivityPub in a static site (or any website)
[https://maho.dev/2024/02/a-guide-to-implement-activitypub-in-a-static-site-or-any-website/]
Follow Maho’s blog [https://dotnet.social/@blog@maho.dev] from Mastodon (or
almost any Fediverse service!) Follow Microsoft DevBlogs
[https://dotnet.social/@msftdevblogs] (federated thanks to Maho)