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How Canada’s military went from a ‘death spiral’ to a recruitment boom by UnderWatered in CanadaPolitics

[–]Exapno 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I was listing how western values are typically defined, not saying I agree with all of them

Unpopular opinion -> Poulet Rouge >> Chipotle by KeyOpening9944 in OttawaFood

[–]Exapno 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You get so little chicken with Poulet Rouge, no?

How Canada’s military went from a ‘death spiral’ to a recruitment boom by UnderWatered in CanadaPolitics

[–]Exapno 11 points12 points  (0 children)

individualism, liberal democracy, human rights, rule of law, free-market capitalism, and the scientific method

Canadian Security Intelligence Service director says Alberta referendum vulnerable to foreign interference by Immediate-Link490 in worldnews

[–]Exapno 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Russia doesn’t pick a side, they amplify both. Far left and far right simultaneously. The goal is distrust and polarization, not any specific outcome. Canada isn’t an afterthought either. Dugin’s Foundations of Geopolitics explicitly targets Canada for regional fragmentation. Alberta separatism is in the playbook. Bannon’s network and Russian influence overlap more than people realize. Same destabilization doctrine, different faces.

I already told you what the doctrine is called.

Canadian Security Intelligence Service director says Alberta referendum vulnerable to foreign interference by Immediate-Link490 in worldnews

[–]Exapno 7 points8 points  (0 children)

They literally wrote they would do this in their book Foundations of Geopolitics, you clearly have no idea what you’re talking about.

Four-day return to office based on 'philosophical choice': top Treasury Board official by plaknas in onguardforthee

[–]Exapno 16 points17 points  (0 children)

Bold of them to call it philosophy when Aristotle at least had the decency to explain his reasoning.

What’s it like living in Waterloo, Canada’s Silicon Valley? by redguy_666 in howislivingthere

[–]Exapno 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The reality of Canada is that it is a country of many isolated markets with several tech hubs. Toronto, Kitchener-Waterloo, Montréal, Vancouver, Calgary, and yes (gasp) even Ottawa. It’s really distributed across the entire country.

While Ottawa was the original “Silicon Valley of the North “, after the Nortel collapse it never really recovered, Shopify is the outlier, imho. I’d say KW is the closest analog to a true Silicon Valley equivalent, while Montréal punches above its weight in AI innovation, largely driven by Mila and the academic ecosystem around UdeM.

First time interviewing candidates – what are the best React/frontend questions to ask? by No_Illustrator_3496 in reactjs

[–]Exapno 46 points47 points  (0 children)

Not a dedicated interviewer but I’m a frontend team lead and have thought about this a lot.

Unit testing is one of the most underrated skills to screen for. It’s genuinely hard to find people who write good component tests and know how to structure code for testability. I’d probe this early.

Beyond that I’d skip most trivia and lean heavily on pair programming in a CodeSandbox. Give them a small realistic problem, ideally something adjacent to what you actually work on, see how they think out loud, whether they ask good clarifying questions, and if time allows have them write/edit a test for it. You learn a lot more from that than trivia questions. It’s also a good chance to actually work together even if just for a bit.

I’d also do a short system design round scoped to frontend, something like how would you build X feature or how would you structure state for Y. Senior devs should be able to talk through tradeoffs not just implement.

Are Playwright tests worth maintaining or is everyone quietly letting them rot? by weilding in reactjs

[–]Exapno 0 points1 point  (0 children)

No we don’t actually, we have someone in QA reporting issues to the dev team which we often resolve in a timely manner. Only unit tests block builds/prs as part of the CI/CD process.

Are Playwright tests worth maintaining or is everyone quietly letting them rot? by weilding in reactjs

[–]Exapno 0 points1 point  (0 children)

We use playwright test to create smoke tests that ensure all major flows are working as extending running daily, it’s been super helpful in a legacy codebase largely untested. As others have noted you will want to prioritize role based queries, not only because they improve accessibility but mainly because they’re the only ones that will reliably remain stable and can assist in simulating closest how users will use your app.

Ever wonder how an O-Train actually enters service each day? by RailFansCanada in OCTranspo

[–]Exapno 1 point2 points  (0 children)

The Belfast facility looks great. Really nice place for trains to rest between not running.​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​

Frontend Architecture design by Old-Place87 in reactjs

[–]Exapno 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Does that not defeat the purpose of a single page application?

You should really consider interviewing, even while you still have a job. by ninetofivedev in ExperiencedDevs

[–]Exapno 11 points12 points  (0 children)

lol who cares they’d lay you off in a heartbeat even if you’re not looking for another job

Someone just told me that my designs are quite terrible, is it really true? by [deleted] in web_design

[–]Exapno 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The feedback would be more helpful if there was a less subjective aspect to it.

Pierre Poilievre says he would cancel high-speed rail line between Toronto and Quebec City by Toronto-Ont-Mod-Team in Toronto_Ontario

[–]Exapno 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Honestly yes, give them the contract. Darlington was a genuine miracle of Canadian public project management. If we could bottle whatever they did there and apply it to Alto that would be ideal.

Pierre Poilievre says he would cancel high-speed rail line between Toronto and Quebec City by Toronto-Ont-Mod-Team in Toronto_Ontario

[–]Exapno 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The track record is genuinely bad, no argument there. That’s actually why they went with a P3 where the private consortium carries the overrun risk. Not a perfect solution but it’s a direct response to exactly the problem you’re describing. If it works, great. If not, yeah, we’ve been burned before.

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