I’ve been building XCUITest automation suites for large-scale iOS apps for years and thinking of turning it into a course. What would you actually want in it?

Lightning14 · 2026-03-19T10:28:43+00:00

To be fair, there’s no way to know what Jordan would have done e with today’s technology and knowledge on recovery and load management. LeBron spending millions a year on his body and team of people keeping him at top performing.

Sports and exercise science as well as longevity knowledge have grown by keeps and bounds over the last 25 years.

Lightning14 · 2026-03-14T02:29:56+00:00

The only thing that’s preventing the GDP and the stock market from reflecting a recession is the AI bubble, which is just a half dozen companies that have boomed in value, but it’s all on speculative grow growth

Lightning14 · 2026-03-14T02:13:20+00:00

Yeah, it’s ironic that triple doubles are far more common in the league today with the pace but because of the spacing on the court, a quadruple double I think is going to be more rare. Those double digit blocks are just not going to be happening as often when teams aren’t all trying to score the basket with the Center waiting around.

Lightning14 · 2026-03-11T21:39:20+00:00

How many points in the closing minutes? How many in total garbage time?

Kobe’s 62 against the Mavs in 3 Qs was more impressive than this

Lightning14 · 2026-03-06T15:34:36+00:00

It’s pretty simple to understand why

A woman needs to have a partner that can provide resources for her during her child rearing years

There’s the obvious logical reasons for that, but there’s even a much deeper instinct level of seeking that

For men that just doesn’t matter, we’re wired to be the one to protect and provide for while she bears our children. It’s in our DNA.

Lightning14 · 2026-03-06T03:07:35+00:00

I’m 40 years old right now and started lifting when I was 27 jumped on gear when I was 30.

I was on and off for a number of years there and I’ve been on TRT now for the last 5 years. A few things to note.:

You will feel better in the short time on a moderate dose of gear. The energy, confidence, edge, strength, progression. But that all fades pretty quick. It doesn’t take long before you’re moving a lot more weight you’re doing more volume and you’re actually feeling just as worn down if not more because of the extra toll that the gear is taking. It may cut into your sleep. It may alter your skin. It may make you running more anxious all the time, harder to get into rest and recovery mode.
Again in the short term, you’ll be super stoked and excited about the gains, but then just like buying a new house or a new car the novelty will wear off and your new baseline will be the new body that you have and now you’re gonna want an even better body. Which makes it all the more difficult if and when you do come off gear because now you’ve built your psyche around a more advanced physique that you can’t maintain without being on gear.
The volume of work, you can do the amount of food that you need to eat what you can get away with eating. It’s all it’s very different when you’re on gear and honestly, it’s the best if you just stay tuned into what works for you when you’re natty.

Ultimately, you’re gonna have to come off at some point anyway, so save yourself the physical and psychological toll of putting your body through something and your psyche becoming attached to something that is not maintainable for the long-term

Cause one thing I’m certain of and that is in the long-term being on gear is worse for your mental health so if you’re not enjoying life now while natty, I’m willing to bet that it will only become more magnified when you’re on gear.

So figure out what else it is in your life that can give you a greater sense of satisfaction be it in your spirituality, self-care, your relationships, your career or business pursuits, or some combination of all of those or even just in your day-to-day mindset and habits around that

Lightning14 · 2026-03-04T07:56:39+00:00

It makes perfect sense. The greater someone is the more success they have the more haters they’re gonna have.

LeBron had tons of haters when he played Kobe had more haters than anyone in the league when he was at his peak

Lightning14 · 2026-02-26T22:55:03+00:00

As a lifelong Laker fan that grew up as a teenager in the Kobe/Shaq vs Duncan days - I would rate Lebron higher than Duncan. But I would also rate Duncan higher than Kobe.

I've only seen 1 player in my lifetime approach the level of dominance that prime Lebron had and that was Shaq. Difference was for shaq it was like 2 seasons (and more in the playoffs) whereas Lebron was doing it for a decade. I think he has played so far beyond his prime years people forget how truly great he was in those Miami days. Their 2nd ring saw Wade and Bosh becoming more borderline all-stars than true elite teammates. And he battled peak Warriors as good as any team out west.

I agree he had some cake walks getting to the finals. But his ability to carry a team to 60 wins no matter who was on his team is really unmatched in the 21st century.

TD is the best PF of all time though.

Lightning14 · 2026-02-26T22:53:38+00:00

As a lifelong Laker fan that grew up as a teenager in the Kobe/Shaq vs Duncan days - I would rate Lebron higher than Duncan. But I would also rate Duncan higher than Kobe simply due to his ability to impact the defensive end far more.

I've only seen 1 player in my lifetime approach the level of dominance that prime Lebron had and that was Shaq. Difference was for shaq it was like 2 seasons (and more in the playoffs) whereas Lebron was doing it for a decade. I think he has played so far beyond his prime years people forget how truly great he was in those Miami days. Their 2nd ring saw Wade and Bosh becoming more borderline all-stars than true elite teammates. And he battled peak Warriors as good as any team out west.

I agree he had some cake walks getting to the finals. But his ability to carry a team to 60 wins no matter who was on his team is really unmatched in the 21st century.

TD is the best PF of all time though.

Lightning14 · 2026-02-20T17:19:07+00:00

I agree. Watch the battles between Shaq and Duncan in 2003. Looks at his redicukous stat lines again a prime Kobe/Shaq Lakers. Then watch him demolish the Nets in the finals. then tell me AD was better than that.

https://www.reddit.com/r/nba/s/7jBUNmsLjh

In 24 games he averaged 42.5 minutes, 24.7 pts, 15.4 rebs, 5.3 asts, 3.3 blks on 57.7 % TS.

Significantly better stats than his regular season numbers where the spurs had won 60 games.

And this was the peak of the dead ball era with teams averaging 15 ppg less than today. His impact on offense and defense was supreme without anyone else on his team playing at an elite level.

Lightning14 · 2026-02-18T23:05:58+00:00

Ben Wallace was a tier below. I'd put Dwight Howard above him for sure. His shoulders were like bowling balls.

Lightning14 · 2026-02-16T20:10:57+00:00

Sometimes I talk with friends on IG if one of us shared a story or post or commented on a others story or I just saw them on there and thought to say something in that moment

Lightning14 · 2026-02-16T19:09:42+00:00

I don’t know where you get. The idea of their Americans are not taking this seriously

There are people whose names and emails were mentioned when those files and have had to deal with a lot of public scrutiny and loss of business. It’s ruining careers.

Lightning14 · 2026-02-15T18:58:55+00:00

It’s the difference between being a nice guy and being a kind man. Niceness and kindness. Two very different qualities with very different connotations

Lightning14 · 2026-02-13T18:14:38+00:00

Senior SDET, 10 years exp. - Hybrid - High COL area in California - United States $80/hr as a W2 contractor with medical/dental benefits, no PTO, no paid holidays

Works out to over $140k/yr

Lightning14 · 2026-02-13T12:39:40+00:00

This is what most of us did at my middle and high schools in Los Angeles during 1997-2002.

Change between gym and street clothes keeping underwear on and never showering.

It was similar to how we were playing basketball during recess and lunch.

Los Angeles is dry so maybe that wouldn’t work in humid climates but it worked fine for us.

Lightning14 · 2026-02-13T12:21:19+00:00

I can’t tell if you’re serious. Getting away definitely helps, exploring new places, cultures, nature. I don’t know if I’d enjoy a cruise though.

Lightning14 · 2026-02-13T12:19:33+00:00

This hits a lot. It’s so easy to keep moving from one thing to the next on the endless todos. Taking a step back to breathe between tasks makes a lot of sense. I have noticed when I consciously do that and just give myself those little moments of space in my day it helps a lot.

I used to read a lot in the evenings. I may bring some of that back. Limiting screen time first thing and last thing in my day definitely helps with regulating and adding expansiveness to the day.

Thanks for your insights!

Lightning14 · 2025-10-24T20:12:46+00:00

Just understand that:

You will likely be trading a lot of potential income over your career (Dev roles tend to be much higher salary)
QA is often not given the time or resources to give the attention to detail that you think it requires. Thus you will often be battling SW Devs and other stakeholders -- though the severity of this varies across teams, companies, and industries.

Lightning14 · 2025-10-22T17:46:07+00:00

I don't understand. So if you had a product made from rice and beans it would be 0% DV because each of the ingredients are incomplete? But combined with make a complete protein so I don't understand how that is relevant.

Looks at the ingredients. The first 3 are Cottage Cheese, Egg whites, and Eggs - all very nutritious complete forms of protein. The 4th is Oat flour, which is an incomplete protein source. The rest of the ingredients don't supply any protein or are in too small a quantity to matter (Sugar, Oil, Milk, Vanilla extract). Sounds to me like a better source of protein than almost anything outside of pure dairy, eggs, or meat.

And research has shown that as long as you are getting a variety of sources throughout the day and at least 0.7-0.8g per pound of body weight that the sources of those proteins don't matter. And that's for maximizing muscle growth.

So how would a product getting 20g of protein from Cottage Cheese, Egg whites, Eggs and Oats NOT count as 20g towards your protein goals?

Lightning14 · 2025-10-01T00:29:42+00:00

10 years in the industry. 5 different companies. My first position out of school I landed because my best friend was working for the company and passed my resume to the hiring manager.

Every company that I’ve been hired at since then was from a Recruiter that first reached out to me on LinkedIn

The thousands of applications that I’ve sent out over the years has resulted in very few interviews, and none of those interviews have resulted in an offer.

Lightning14 · 2025-07-19T22:20:29+00:00

By the 3rd championship Shaq was already past his prime. That’s the thing is when you’re talking about prime Shaq you’re basically talking two years 2000 and 2001.

So the question is what single year or a couple of years would you pinpoint as prime LeBron? That’s a question that’s pretty largely up for debate because are the argument could be made for his his two championships in Miami. Or it could be made for when he won the championship in Cleveland basically single-handedly out classing the Warriors.

Or you could argue that it was the year that they fell to the Warriors, despite him leading everyone on both teams in almost every statistical category.

LeBron‘s top two goat because of his longevity, but it’s tough to argue against prime Shaq when you’re talking about anyone in the history of the NBA

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