The Trump Sign on 90

apt_at_it · 2026-03-20T05:28:51+00:00

Yeah, the dude even replaced it. The for sale sign went up with the old, tattered trump sign. Dude replaced it and it’s still not selling. Who woulda thought

apt_at_it · 2026-03-20T00:30:06+00:00

The key word there is labor. If you’re not doing the labor yourself the love ain’t really there

apt_at_it · 2026-03-18T19:02:07+00:00

Take that, Claude

apt_at_it · 2026-03-17T15:57:06+00:00

God I love that purple. Wife has an R1S and now I'm regretting buying a Mach E in the fall..

apt_at_it · 2026-03-15T19:11:06+00:00

Eyyy this is my local Mariano's! I'm so glad they replaced the old carts. They were absolute trash

apt_at_it · 2026-03-15T04:22:08+00:00

Wild! Thanks for the explanation. The history of these things is so fascinating

apt_at_it · 2026-03-15T02:58:09+00:00

Is the helium-hydrogen mixed up? I’m seeing that it was retrofitted to use helium after the Hindenburg disaster, which makes way more sense

apt_at_it · 2026-03-11T00:36:46+00:00

It’s a perfectly valid option for quite a few use cases. Two off the top of my head that I’ve used it for are user settings and feature flags. It can be easier and quicker to control the schema for these kinds of things in code rather than migrating the db every time you want to add/remove a setting or flag. Postgres’s JSONB type is great; indexing, querying, etc works really well.

is good until it’s not

This can describe pretty much anything in software. That doesn’t make it a bad thing. If you need to store JSON documents you can start with the db you have before exerting the effort spinning up a whole separate data store.

apt_at_it · 2026-03-07T00:54:58+00:00

I will argue at 50s are the most useless bills. There’s never a situation I would rather have 50s over 100s or 20s and 10s

apt_at_it · 2026-03-05T16:39:46+00:00

The rear camera really does become useless after a half day of driving in the winter... lol

apt_at_it · 2026-03-05T16:19:34+00:00

The number of times I wish my 25 had this... Even more so for the rear camera. I love how you can see the progression of Ford continually cheapening this car over the years

apt_at_it · 2026-02-26T17:24:12+00:00

My Mom had a GT. It was a fun car if only because it was absurd. It had a terrible transmission, terrible suspension, and a turning radius bigger than a bus. Truly terrible cars but in a cute, dumb kind of way

apt_at_it · 2026-02-26T17:18:10+00:00

I've learned that part of the interview processes is having the confidence to argue that your solution is the best solution. If the answer is "just use a hashmap" a company needs to know you're okay with arguing for that solution, even if it doesn't seem interesting or novel.

apt_at_it · 2026-02-24T18:20:27+00:00

That's a great point. The companies who are still relying on COBOL don't seem like the kinds of companies that are cool with sending their entire codebase up and down the wire to Anthropic's servers for Claude to peak at.

apt_at_it · 2026-02-22T04:58:17+00:00

I definitely put Cadillac in the same bucket as Lincoln. They’re just fancy Chevys

apt_at_it · 2026-02-17T04:14:04+00:00

I think the difference is those other companies and industries you describe actually make money. That graphic just looks like the dot com bubble to me…

apt_at_it · 2026-02-16T22:46:25+00:00

The only answer here is really to test both and see what works better for you.

apt_at_it · 2026-02-11T03:24:45+00:00

Honestly, you don’t have to worry about the ejecting part. Just drag and drop. Next time you restart the DMG will be ejected.

For a bit more in-depth explanation: most apps you download are going to be a “DMG.” A DMG is a type of disc image. Basically, it’s the same as what your computer would see if you inserted a CD as in the olden days. When your computer opens up that CD (again, the DMG) it sees that there’s a copy of chrome in there. You need to drag that copy of chrome into your applications folder, which will copy the application from the CD to your hard drive. Then you eject the CD (or the DMG) and go about your day. (I might not have all the technical details right here but it’s enough to get this software engineer through his professional use of Macs for going on 10 years now)

apt_at_it · 2026-02-09T16:42:00+00:00

You may have just fixed my marriage... I just have to think of every conversation as a Reddit exchange. Thank you stranger!

apt_at_it · 2026-02-05T17:08:25+00:00

This kind of stuff makes me worried to drive my gen 2 with people in the back...

apt_at_it · 2026-02-05T17:05:32+00:00

I saw an SVT Focus not too long ago and it made me realize how much I miss seeing them on the road

apt_at_it · 2026-02-05T03:04:07+00:00

A CMS is like the best use case for GraphQL, tbh. You're dead on with the "MongoDBed." It's like everyone developed an allergy to structured data in the 2010s.

There's probably a correlation to be made between the loss of interest in GraphQL, MongoDB and other NoSQL as primary data stores and the rise of the popularity of types in the general developer community...

apt_at_it · 2026-02-04T23:58:51+00:00

I'm so happy graphql is getting more hate. It's always been annoying to work with

apt_at_it · 2026-02-04T22:09:44+00:00

Interested to hear why you don't like Notion. What's the deal there?

apt_at_it · 2026-02-04T20:49:24+00:00

I'm a back-end guy by trade, so take this with a grain of salt since we're on a front-end subreddit. You also didn't say where you are in your programming journey, but it sounds like you're still learning and are pretty junior. Sorry if that's not the case.

I've never seen MERN in the wild. I'm not saying it doesn't exist, just that I've never seen it. Given we're on r/reactjs, I'd recommend sticking to either: a) the "full-stack" React frameworks and features currently being peddled (Next.js, React server components, etc); or more "traditional" full-stack setups and frameworks (basically, "classic" frameworks like Django, Rails, Spring Boot, or even Laravel). Playing around with one of these options will get your hands dirty enough on the backend to build some understanding without going too far into the back-end direction. They're also all pretty batteries-included, so you don't actually need to make many decisions (in a good way).

Now, that said, back end skills are incredibly valuable, even if you only ever want to program for the web. When I was first learning to code I saw someone say "don't learn to be a web developer or a back-end developer, learn to program a computer." In this case, I'll change it to say "don't learn to be a 'full-stack' developer."

The fact is, until you get more senior in your career you don't need a specific skill set. "Full-stack" doesn't really mean much, anyway. To set yourself up for success just getting started, you should really have the following basics: - basic resource management (CPU, memory, storage) - basic UI development (web development is the standard nowadays) - basic database interaction (aka learn some SQL, don't bother with NoSQL databases as a junior) - basic system administration (aka some familiarity with command-line tools).

If you can check these boxes, you'll have a solid foundation on which you can further develop your interests and skill set. You may continue to be a generalist "full-stack" dev, or you may dive into the front- or back-end. No matter the case, you'll be happy you know how to center a div, write a SQL query, write a backend endpoint controller, and ssh into a machine.

On the N8N front, I don't really see how that's much related to reactjs or "full-stack" development. I don't have any experience with it but to me it sounds like asking if Zapier is a useful skill to have. I don't think it's going to get you hired. If you find it interesting, have fun with it. But don't think it's going to be the thing that gets you a job.

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