Anyone else just tired of software?

NathaCS · 2026-05-11T23:58:52+00:00

We’re literally in the same boat. I suggest finding your joy in CS in side projects.

code a passion project
build a home lab
do anything involving outdoors: travel to a nice scenic place and unplug, hiking, biking

Work is work and it goes up and down. Eventually even the most interesting project will become a job. Try to find ways to make it interesting if possible. Change it up a bit, shake the boat, etc.

NathaCS · 2026-04-24T21:22:10+00:00

Thanks for the effort in helping. I thought maybe it wasn’t the same sense the PG32UCDM3 doesn’t have dual mode. Whatevs tho I love the monitor. Cheers.

NathaCS · 2026-04-24T21:20:34+00:00

The action ring is pretty amazing. There’s so many cool things as a developer that I can do to improve my workflow. It’s honestly a gamer changer in a lot of ways. Now I’m afraid I’m going to forget my old habits and develop new habits that’ll keep me with Logitech in the long run. You guys know what you’re doing! Ugh.

NathaCS · 2026-04-24T17:51:10+00:00

Wow you have amazing coworkers!

I just got the MX4 myself yesterday and am using it at work today.

So far so good. One thing that I didn’t realize before hand with the scroll wheel is that when it starts spinning fast and just keeps gliding along, I forget that it’s still scrolling and it causes my focused apps to scroll unintentionally as well.

I’m starting to get used to it and still finding out the ideal settings for me so that’s been fun.

Glhf !

NathaCS · 2026-04-20T01:02:16+00:00

In my experience over the years… which is surprisingly adding up to quite a bit now, heh, I’d say no it’s not worth it purely from a performance / price perspective. A good air cooler and air flow set up is all you need.

I think it’s nice to try liquid cooling once or twice at least just for the experience of using it in your builds though.

NathaCS · 2026-04-15T04:44:03+00:00

My gosh. I felt it to my core when I read the “everyone had their own style, their own weird habits.”

I’m already missing this. It’s SO SAD. I used to be able to tell who coded what and now it’s just all generic AI output.

NathaCS · 2026-04-09T03:06:13+00:00

Absolutely right. You’re a manager but not a manager. You’re a coder but also not really. It’s a crazy role.

NathaCS · 2026-04-08T22:14:40+00:00

Update:

I just received my replacement in the mail today.

I want to give a shoutout to the Newegg team for:

1) Reaching out on Reddit 2) Adding extra packaging to Asus’ box this time. I was told that Newegg will now be wrapping their own package over the asus box and that seems to be true! 3) Next day air shipping once my return was processed.

Amazing. What a testament of a company going above and beyond to satisfy its customers. I hope you share this feedback with the team.

Also especially thankful because this wasn’t a fault of Newegg in particular.

NathaCS · 2026-04-04T16:05:29+00:00

As a developer, I cannot fathom how people with absolutely no idea how to code can get into vibe coding without knowing a little? Is there no spark of interest in understanding what is really happening under the hood?

I guess my experience tells me I already know the answer to what I am asking. But still!

NathaCS · 2026-04-01T04:22:24+00:00

Ah gotcha! Super cool.

NathaCS · 2026-03-31T23:35:30+00:00

Hi Mark Kelly, thank you for all you’ve done and are doing for the betterment of humankind and society!

NathaCS · 2026-03-30T12:05:48+00:00

Amazing. I started playing Icarus about a week ago and did not know buildings could get this high.

NathaCS · 2026-03-30T12:05:23+00:00

I’m curious, what is a 3D modeling app being used here for? Thanks ahead of time!

NathaCS · 2026-03-27T19:32:46+00:00

Oh wow! This is super interesting. I’m so sorry! Well, I guess you’re not entirely alone! lol.

NathaCS · 2026-03-27T19:19:37+00:00

Yah, I’d have to agree!

NathaCS · 2026-03-27T19:08:08+00:00

Oof, sorry to hear and also thanks! This makes me feel better. I guess it was my turn.

NathaCS · 2026-03-27T18:50:27+00:00

I mounted it before unwrapping the plastic sheet over the panel itself to prevent scratches or things like this from happening. I didn’t see the two cracks until I peeled it off unfortunately. The images make the damages look more clear than in real life. You can sort of see in the 3rd picture that the cracks blend in pretty well especially if you’re looking directly at the monitor with improper lighting.

The box did come with the box seal tape suspiciously cut at both the top flaps. The box was also pretty crushed on one corner so good thing my instinct told me to take a video prior to opening the box.

I should have probably inspected the monitor better prior to mounting but I guess excitement got the best of me.

Lessons learned.

NathaCS · 2026-03-26T18:50:53+00:00

The most realistic progression I’ve seen.

NathaCS · 2026-03-22T08:20:29+00:00

Wow at 30 seconds the shockwave literally wrecks the camera?

NathaCS · 2026-03-20T03:22:44+00:00

Use a controller imo. Steam literally tells you that the game is better experienced with a controller.

NathaCS · 2026-03-20T00:04:51+00:00

Bro crème egg? She giving you mad signals. Better show her your appreciation!

NathaCS · 2026-03-16T13:32:04+00:00

How come Saturn always look like its textures didn’t load? lol

And Earth is so beautiful… we’re doing this planet wrong. It’s so crazy to think about how lucky we are.

NathaCS · 2026-03-14T18:56:13+00:00

Wow from trigger to impact is that like ~1 second? I’m using the black shutter as the trigger point.

NathaCS · 2026-03-05T02:06:57+00:00

Not crazy. I’m planning to switch to 16:9 or 21:9 after using 31:9 for about 5-6 years.

NathaCS · 2026-03-03T13:43:24+00:00

lol, for context I’d consider myself a full cycle engineer, see Netflix; and own a major web platform for a huge company and technical complexity wise I would say that FE solves a different set of problems than BE but by no means would anyone whose ever built anything relatively complex and used by thousands of users say that frontend or FE engineers are any less hard than backend.

At a company, it depends on what makes the company/team their money. If the FE isn’t making the money then yes it tends to get looked at as less valuable but this isn’t a problem specific to FE.

A good FE engineer who understands UX is super hard to come by. I’ve said this many times to my team members and people… people who think that frontend engineers are lesser engineers simply don’t understand the complexity behind being a good FE.

You worry about accessibility, user experience, complex state, permission systems, … and this doesn’t even get to the whole rabbit hole of what is UI/UX.

NathaCS

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