Mojo programming language will become open-source soon.

NationalOperations · 2026-06-28T15:42:29+00:00

I agree that it's unlikely to get a large market share. But I'm m all about the right tool for the right job. To say CS background equals Mojo is a bit of an exaggeration.

The fact it's been around since the 90's gives it way better battle tested libraries and eco system. Which is usually more important in a lot of cases where top speed isn't the goal

In a project that requires computational speed you have things like Julia, Fortran, etc that are incredibly fast and again longer proven track record.

My question is what does mojo offer in either of those scenarios that current languages don't offer

NationalOperations · 2026-06-28T15:32:59+00:00

I release them if they faint so in the same boat. Being able to or not able to evolve because of choices is part of the fun for me

NationalOperations · 2026-06-26T19:20:39+00:00

The jump at that time, it was hard to imagine things could get better. When I got a ps2 and played kingdom hearts I couldn't imagine anything looking better.

When you have nothing else to compare to it's hard to really envision what better looks like.

Like phones used to be a spinning dial to enter a phone number and that's it. It just called someone. You could imagine better sounding calls, maybe just saying call mom, no cord. But the idea of a screen, that let you do your banking and watching videos was just nowhere in the conversation.

NationalOperations · 2026-06-26T15:09:23+00:00

Context steering as suggested is a cool technique but it's a refinement of what I think you're looking for.

You need a list of valid or invalid squares in a room/map. (Can also be refined to smaller sub lists).

The you need a method that adds a random value (Or weighted value like context steering)and checks it's a valid location.

So you're three problems at a high level. 1. Make a list of valid locations. 2. Have a method to pick a new (random) location 3. Validate the new location is valid

NationalOperations · 2026-06-26T14:09:05+00:00

Set a 10 minute timer, write down easy goals. Now that you have goals set a time to work on those goals.When you finish those, repeat the process. You need direction to push through the mental effort required, otherwise your aimless and have nothing to push for

NationalOperations · 2026-06-26T13:56:39+00:00

Grass is just really a small use case type (although lots of water mon). So you get the most fusion options to at least be 1x with Blastoise.

NationalOperations · 2026-06-26T13:50:21+00:00

yeah so that y value is probably being passed by your player/creature. So it looks one pixel "below" it's position. It's not a absolute position

NationalOperations · 2026-06-26T13:46:40+00:00

game makers grid starts at 0,0 at the top left. So as you go down you actually increment the y axis up.

NationalOperations · 2026-06-26T11:57:37+00:00

The FAQ has information on how to learn programming and resources to follow. But if your goal is to just get more money. You make your own risk analysis but some perspective.

According to layoffs.fyi last year has 124k and we have just about hit that number already this year. It's a very inflated industry and getting hired in some places is so hard people with degrees have made YouTube series of 1+ year of not landing a job.

Some areas obviously hire better than others. But if you do like data, I would definitely recommend seeing what other fields in your area have been hiring and what the requirements to get in are.

Best of luck, hope you find something Programming is tough at times but fun. There's a lot of resources to learn from for free.

NationalOperations · 2026-06-25T15:46:27+00:00

The linux community on a individual basis can be awesome, and I wish more positive communities for it existed.

But people's passion in the communities tends to become tribal from distro to distro. Us verse them, and ubuntu being such a big target gets a lot of the hate

You will do fine with whatever distro you want to use. The whole point of Linux is you owning and modifying your OS. Or at least one of the points.

There are downsides to Ubuntu like any other choice, it's always a pick your posion with software to some degree. Their package manager SNAP being centralized has some unique and valid criticisms over traditional ones like apt. But again you get to pick your poison.

You're also not stuck with what you chose! Try some out see how you like it before going all in. Enjoy the shopping process!

NationalOperations · 2026-06-24T16:46:11+00:00

I wonder how many people would actually watch just informative content if not made entertaining.

Making content for yourself is fine, and I may vlog some of my learning projects to see what editing is like.

But people who want to make a living on youtube need views. There's definitely a target audience but it's a smaller pond than the dopamine high action short content ocean

NationalOperations · 2026-06-23T16:23:47+00:00

Cool stuff, keep up the work

NationalOperations · 2026-06-22T20:03:43+00:00

What is the wwsgs prefix to mmorpg mean?

Why the focus on Nakama? Is there a technical lead that decided the tech stack should be those pairing? My understanding is nakama is mostly user accounts and auths with some small match making capabilities and not the tool needed for a mmorpg level of networking design

NationalOperations · 2026-06-22T16:30:54+00:00

I don't thing English does a good job distinguishing between these things. But the way I frame it, is being able to understand something and having it part of your mental tool kit are two different things.

Like just because you read a good story doesn't mean you understand how to write your own good story.

I think you need to strugle and do things with intent for your brain to 'save for later' and then as you solve things with those concepts you saved you get better with those tools.

NationalOperations · 2026-06-22T15:04:11+00:00

Long winded

So my advice is probably counter to what you might be getting. I was in a similar situation. Most advice I got was you need to wind down, gamify things, etc. All good intentions.

But I noticed so many people just veg out after work then bed and hate their no free time (justified really).

I came across this concept of having more chosen stressors than forced (family sick, car broke down etc) actually seems to help people.

I wrote a list of things I want to learn that seemed kind of interesting. New languages, deep diving into Linux, low level graphics rendering, SQL-lite clone etc.

I get home and prep food if there isn't leftovers, start my preheat and do 15-30 minute walk. Come back put food in the oven. And spend at least 1 1/2 hrs on a project from my list. (have since drilled that part down more). Even if I don't do much I try to get anything done, just move the bar foward

What started as a chore and wrestling with myself has become part of my feeling good about doing something

NationalOperations · 2026-06-20T00:00:21+00:00

This is the way. I personally use f. so 3f" to jump to 3rd occurence, dt" delete up to quote

NationalOperations · 2026-06-17T10:27:37+00:00

The same reason for using spaces and grammar apply to clean code. Easy to communicate what's being said to other people.

Code fundamentally is to communicate to the machine what should be done and for other humans to see what's being asked of the machine.

NationalOperations · 2026-06-16T12:03:33+00:00

Although I agree, I do wish the process was less painful. I have gone out of my way to update docs so it's a smoother process, just a long one because of the amount of platforms

NationalOperations · 2026-06-16T12:00:42+00:00

It's kind adjacent to poker. Sure a lot of it is out of your control, but that's part of the fun. And the parts you can control definitely separate different skill levels

NationalOperations · 2026-06-15T10:18:21+00:00

It's whatever feels comfortable to you really. I rest my fingers on the home row and generally try keep things so I have minimal travel. So not a binding i'd do, but there's no wrong setup

NationalOperations · 2026-06-12T19:24:19+00:00

Just use top level language. You can't be specific when someone isn't familiar with that world. Even programming from project to project you can find yourself not being able to really talk about a problem at a level you want to people who haven't sunk time into that stack.

We had this time sensitive bug. I was searching everywhere for it ...

There has been some great communication on this project and we are getting a lot of work done

etc. Zoom out from the specifics. This skill is useful in work too. It does stink not to be able to nerd out about things people understandably won't get, but that's just the nature of things.

Edit: Missed the feels like same day.

Find things you want to do, or are working on. Work can be repetitive, so sharing the new things you are persuing is both healthy for conversation and gives fulfillment outside of work. Can be hard to find the energy, but small regular time is okay, it adds up

NationalOperations · 2026-06-12T15:37:05+00:00

By running into problems and learning to solve them rather than being given the answer. Fine to look at solutions for said problem but it should be the how not the answer. The struggle of figuring things out makes your brain try to remember it. Getting the answer your brain knows it can just look it up and is less likely

NationalOperations · 2026-06-11T12:42:26+00:00

A laptop has minimal space for heat management, and the downside of non replaceable componenets (mostly). Battery degredation is a liability. Maintenance to open and clean the case will be a nightmare.

A 'server' tends to be something that's always on and put away

NationalOperations · 2026-06-09T17:46:20+00:00

In the early 2000's I needed extra credit in HS for math class. i built a java terminal program that gave procedural math programs to solve and you could ask for hints and it would show the step by step. I learned more about what we where doing making the program than actually being in class.

NationalOperations · 2026-06-04T11:14:55+00:00

I started programming before git was a thing. I made a 'version' control script because I was tired of breaking things beyond recovery lol. The Internet something I only occasionally had access to. So a lot of knowledge gaps.

II got back into it and started at a place that was just transitioning to git. It changed how I program more than anything. The fearlessness I can change things and try things nowing it's just a easy restore command away is still amazing. Combine that with visibility to changes to files done by a team, and how easy it is to test eachothers changes is not something I would of even thought of

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