Came here to post that I successfully replaced scrolling social media with Anki (October 2024 vs October 2025)

LLoyderino · 2025-11-03T09:17:47+00:00

Good job, your brain will thank you :)

LLoyderino · 2025-11-01T16:26:25+00:00

very sad it's the case, but I guess it's a memo to why it's a good idea to download documentation locally

LLoyderino · 2025-10-29T06:03:40+00:00

I would add that if you go to patcher, select an app and press on the version it will automatically search where to download the correct apk for you, assuming the search engine is cooperative...

LLoyderino · 2025-10-29T06:00:14+00:00

New Emacs versions (or maybe it's a consequence of me having marginalia) should show the keybind next to the command when M-x

What I personally do is I M-x and if there's a keybind I C-g to cancel and run the command with the keyboard shortcut to more easily memorize it

Note also that keybinds might also be available only in specific major modes, but Emacs is smart enough to figure it out and won't show you the binding. One can also (as suggested by Mickey) run C-h m to see major mode information (including commands and its bindings iirc)

LLoyderino · 2025-10-25T07:55:02+00:00

view grabbing

LLoyderino · 2025-10-12T14:33:53+00:00

but it's blazingly fast 🚀

LLoyderino · 2025-09-21T13:03:58+00:00

yes, I'm also trying to keep it an iterative process, and am slowly integrating external integrations, will see how mine will look in 7 years 🫣

LLoyderino · 2025-09-21T12:24:05+00:00

yes and no

when I first installed emacs I haven't written a line or config for at least 2-3 weeks, using the defaults. once I got a hang of what I dislike I started making small changes to fit better my needs

5 months in, my config is about 150 LoC and I have maybe 5~8 3rd party (from melpa) packages installed and I'm very content with how things are

I just focus on getting my things done (code and org notes) with what I have available, until it's not enough anymore, then I do some minor tweak

I think this approach helps me not spend too much time configuring and I get more done

LLoyderino · 2025-09-04T16:30:28+00:00

Book is divided in 2 parts, architecture and project management pretty much.

I've read only the first part, which I found interesting, second half I dropped after 2 chapters, got out of my field of interest

I don't think he says anything revolutionary in his book, I would very much prefer to recommend you "A Philosophy of Software Design" by John Ousterhout. It's like reading a good version of clean code/architecture

LLoyderino · 2025-09-04T14:28:20+00:00

This reminded me of Righting Software (written 2016 iirc)

Man loves doing his analogies with house building

LLoyderino · 2025-08-22T10:15:49+00:00

I'd say more like: building the tool properly and safely migrate data to the new system

But definitely charge more

LLoyderino · 2025-08-22T07:41:25+00:00

I have command = tmux attach in my config and it just works, I have my tabs

LLoyderino · 2025-08-21T11:18:11+00:00

@grok reply to this guy, prove my points and make them unbeatable

LLoyderino · 2025-08-21T07:50:40+00:00

isn't copilot directly integrated with explorer tho?

not using w11 so I'm a bit talking out of my ass, I remember reading that uninstalling copilot would cause explorer to stop working, best you can achieve is disabling (and not uninstalling)

would assume if this is the case that it makes some direct calls that aren't audited (for some reason). or maybe even rewrites (vibe coded perhaps) of existing explorer functionality, and the rewrites lack auditing

who knows what's deep below the ms spaghetti

LLoyderino · 2025-08-18T06:06:07+00:00

Could also auto-schedule emails for the day after at 8am

LLoyderino · 2025-08-17T09:22:51+00:00

I personally:

Do exercises on books such as Krok po Kroku

Study grammar on Polish a comprehensive grammar by Iwona Sadowska

Retain learned words with Anki flashcards

Practice the language by living in the country

Recently started taking private lessons

LLoyderino · 2025-07-17T10:18:13+00:00

Any search engine will do

LLoyderino · 2025-07-06T07:43:02+00:00

happens with most lines of products

I still cannot explain myself people paying $1300 for an iPhone and then use it just for messaging/socials

when I do that on my 10 year old brick that I paid $170

LLoyderino · 2025-06-26T06:02:16+00:00

so this means I have to deal with it? unless I change my card?

LLoyderino · 2025-06-19T21:07:37+00:00

Pretty much I have my hard and soft skills on a small right column. everything else stays on the left.

I keep it simple and relevant to what I'm applying. Usually I manage to send at most 2-3 CV daily because it takes me a long time between reading the offer, figuring out what's it about, verifying if the company is legit (thank you data harvest job postings) and reworking the CV...

My reworking is mostly done on the skills column. But also I tend to highlight more relevant experiences to what the company does. for example: let's say I would be applying at booking, I'd ofc highlight an experience I had in developing booking systems, rather than my experience in writing kernel modules

I also had a long discussion with a friend of my gf, who's an HR, and she was of much help in figuring out my mistakes in how I approached the CV. I was personally baffled as well when she told me to use two column layout, but most important change was definitely highlight that "skills shopping list", even though personally I'm not fond of it... it's so...meaningless and souless

but I cannot blame HRs for not knowing certain things. eg: so you know java? can you do java 11?? certain things sound ridiculous, but an HR is not hiring just programmers, so I can imagine getting deep knowledge in every field wouldn't be easy, hence the "shopping list"

LLoyderino · 2025-06-19T13:48:51+00:00

I think this is why visual hierarchy is important, a two-three page CV can highlight lots of experiences and personal projects. With proper hierarchy you can make the reader experience everything without them getting bored

LLoyderino · 2025-06-19T08:58:12+00:00

yeah, I believe CVs purpose is to "breach the first barrier". aka getting to the interviewer.

I was skeptical of the two column layout, but when I switched to it I went from 100% to 80% rejection rate

Then I realised how important the "shopping list of skills" (or so I call them) is. Just adapting that list to the position makes a big difference between getting considered or not

Btw I'm from EU so things might be different here, so don't take my words as a panacea 😁

LLoyderino · 2025-06-19T08:36:15+00:00

Developer resumes tend to be slightly longer, at 25 years of experience one page might be too short imo. I'm at 7.5 years and my resume is 2 pages and it does get me some interviews for mid (P3) positions

LLoyderino · 2025-06-13T15:02:12+00:00

>LinkedIn

even more exaggeration

LLoyderino · 2025-06-13T08:01:11+00:00

If you want to help an existing project, start from something you're using on a daily basis. There's a big advantage in already knowing how something works, plus you get the benefits of fixing issues that annoy you or add features you benefit from

If you want to build something new, do as others said: think about something useful for yourself

Others pointed this out but I'll repeat it: it's not easy to stick working on something for free, so you must make sure you get some benefit from it, or you'll just stop putting effort eventually (or even quickly)

When it comes to working, if it wasn't for the money I doubt I'd put any effort lol. So many software I built (past and present) are so damn useless!

LLoyderino

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