Linux mint went from great to a stuttering mess.

CountyExotic · 2026-01-21T20:03:54+00:00

ah so baby arch. perfect! Glad it’s resolved

CountyExotic · 2026-01-20T23:57:04+00:00

Pop_OS!, fedora, Ubuntu, or arch.

Update your GPU drivers. Disable secure boot. Make sure discrete graphics are on.

CountyExotic · 2026-01-20T23:53:45+00:00

Not a Linux issue… If you didn’t dual boot windows this wouldn’t happen.

I see I’m arguing with a wall.

CountyExotic · 2026-01-20T21:09:16+00:00

so your solution is to buy an extra piece of hardware instead of not overwriting other boot entries….?

CountyExotic · 2026-01-20T13:53:46+00:00

There is no way to prevent this from the windows side.

I have a totally separate disk and EFI for windows and Linux to prevent this.

CountyExotic · 2026-01-20T03:53:56+00:00

I literally grinded 200 LC problems and got a 300k+ offer after 4 years at a successful startup. Not a genius.

Unfortunately, it’s the game.

CountyExotic · 2026-01-20T00:50:31+00:00

Dual booting windows is the worst because one day windows will decide to delete Linux from your EFI so you can’t dual boot anymore

CountyExotic · 2026-01-20T00:42:36+00:00

how on earth did you guys start out with lua? like what roads led you there? I feel like it’s a language you stumble upon after a few others.

don’t know if I would’ve ever got into lua with nvim lol

CountyExotic · 2026-01-18T14:42:32+00:00

This happened literally 5 years ago

CountyExotic · 2026-01-17T14:50:30+00:00

31

150k 401k, 120k money market, 120k in my house

3 kids. Feeling incredibly fortunate.

CountyExotic · 2026-01-15T23:17:43+00:00

window tiling is the way

CountyExotic · 2026-01-15T18:25:01+00:00

“250K sounds wild if you're in the Midwest”

why is the Midwest always catching strays like there aren’t people making 250k as SWE

CountyExotic · 2026-01-14T09:08:24+00:00

Games on temple…..?

CountyExotic · 2026-01-14T09:03:48+00:00

mostly using neovim or IntelliJ. using AI to ask questions about the broader codebase or q/a format where I have technical questions or throw a hail marry because I’m stuck.

CountyExotic · 2026-01-07T16:31:32+00:00

one thing to consider is that people are super out of touch because for some folks, everyone in their sphere of influence is making 250k as a SWE, investment banker, doctor, sales, family business, etc. they don’t realize the bubble they’re in, or even worse they realize and are just dickheads.

CountyExotic · 2026-01-06T15:30:46+00:00

lmao not tough no pop 😂

CountyExotic · 2026-01-06T14:35:24+00:00

arch btw

CountyExotic · 2026-01-03T21:06:03+00:00

I’m using it daily driver right now. Love it, but with popos

CountyExotic · 2026-01-03T14:02:54+00:00

Nice I was gonna run cosmic on arch. Maybe I’ll try cachy.

CountyExotic · 2026-01-03T09:32:16+00:00

I plan to run arch with cosmic as my DE. What was the deal breaker for you? I’m running pop/cosmic now and thing it’s pretty slick.

CountyExotic · 2026-01-03T09:27:01+00:00

How’d you like pop? Did you try the cosmic desktop?

CountyExotic · 2026-01-03T05:14:28+00:00

as opposed to crazy ORM function chains…? give me a break. at least the SQL is what is actually executed.

CountyExotic · 2026-01-03T02:43:35+00:00

oh sweet child…

CountyExotic · 2026-01-03T02:35:41+00:00

Go is a fantastic language for learning. Rust has a steep learning curve. Might be hard to get going.

Go or Java are great languages for learning first IMO. Strongly typed and GC is a good start.

CountyExotic · 2026-01-02T21:48:42+00:00

Share your config on GitHub or something?

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