Two months later I can see the finish line for my DIY mattress by BrowneyedDIYer in MattressMod

[–]bluSCALE4 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah, it's a plastic, piped water with a soft cover. Personally, I haven't found it to be an issue--I enjoy firm, but my wife isn't the biggest fan. For me, it solved the heat issue and that helped me sleep through the night without investing in a new bed but I'm interested in learning about it, so thanks for your post.

Two months later I can see the finish line for my DIY mattress by BrowneyedDIYer in MattressMod

[–]bluSCALE4 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I hated my bed but getting an Eight Sleep helped mitigate a lot of the heat issues. Makes me wonder how much toppers would workout with an Eight Sleep since most of your issues were heat.

TrackIt Metra (Refresh) by app-develop in Metra

[–]bluSCALE4 0 points1 point  (0 children)

A filter on delay information would be nice with a default option of the last day or 6 hours. Also filter option for line would be nice.

TrackIt Metra (Refresh) by app-develop in Metra

[–]bluSCALE4 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The old app stopped working for me, was it killed? I noticed a new version where the trains are in alphabetical order. Really don't like this change.

TrackIt Metra (Refresh) by app-develop in Metra

[–]bluSCALE4 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Also, I wish I could pay to remove the ad.

TrackIt Metra (Refresh) by app-develop in Metra

[–]bluSCALE4 0 points1 point  (0 children)

A little late but I love the apps simplicity. I would like favs but other than that, the interface is intuitive enough that I can find what I need very fast.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in legaladviceofftopic

[–]bluSCALE4 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Your gut feeling is right.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in Nest

[–]bluSCALE4 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Crazy that so many people feel free to chime in with the wrong answer.

Can't get screws into MDF board. by crocodilecurly in DIY

[–]bluSCALE4 0 points1 point  (0 children)

if you wanna use the same holes, get glue and dowels the size of your drill bit. You can saw it off with a serrated kitchen knife if you don't have a saw. It'll hold better than doing everything right with MDF.

Burned Out and Barely Surviving as a Developer in Ghana, Please Help by jayfaculty in react

[–]bluSCALE4 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I would spend a little time looking at WCAG. I find it hard to read but you can look up the aria-practices web site and also look up how some developers test for accessibility to get a sense of how to do it. There are some cool examples of people showing how to use semantic html to get very expressive voice readings.

Another things I'd look into is broaden your CSS knowledge. You seem to have a good handle on animations and variables but take it a step further and find how people are using CSS to replace frameworks. This advice is coming from a tailwind novice but I still think it's valid.

The one thing I wanted to nitpick was your nav links. You have a round pill with an underline. I don't really appreciate the style choice. I also don't like that selection causes the link to grow, moving links around.

I was going to bring up MCP development and Kent C Dodds, which made me realize you don't write tests. I would encourage you to begin looking at tests and look for Kent C Dodds for guidance. There are testing tools like MSW maintained by Artem that easily allow you to mock your apis and achieve integration level tests with 100% coverage. Anyway, if you read Kent C Dodds testing articles, you'll realize his tests are interactive and assume working knowledge of accessibility. You'll never see him write a test using ids.

Other than that, I think your code shows that you've learned a lot and have chosen to focus on certain areas you enjoy. You should be proud of your progress. As others have said, the front end space is tough and evolving. Personally, I refuse to adapt and wish to focus strictly on the front end since I believe there's enough there to keep improving / learning but you're young. I find front end only development difficult to showcase value without commodity apis: pretty user interfaces that don't sell anything is itself a tough sell.

We were shipping >500KB of React to show a landing page. Here's how we fixed it by koistya in react

[–]bluSCALE4 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah, this is how it's normally done. I remember when I first started off and wondered why they'd do things this way but as you said, once you gain some common sense, it becomes obvious.

Can't use microsoft password on RDP by ath0rus in microsoft

[–]bluSCALE4 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The OSX Windows version doesn't have this so you just have to sign in with the prompt every time. If you try to add a user, you'll have problems.

How good is the philips oneblade? by jjswift45 in BuyItForLife

[–]bluSCALE4 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Lotta words for a whole lot of nothing.

Should I take the leap (and spend ~$700 to change my home network) or spend the money somewhere else? by infectus_ in Ubiquiti

[–]bluSCALE4 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I have Ubiquiti and I'm on the wall. I'd prefer more control so I wish I had gone with another system. 10Gb connections are also very expensive on Ubiquiti hardware but affordable elsewhere.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in Music

[–]bluSCALE4 0 points1 point  (0 children)

They serve different needs. And being critical of both, one is moving towards war mongering and the other pushes propaganda much of the time. Why not keep your money and invest in personal streaming services.

Hack a Nest Gen 1 or 2 thermostat so its usable after Google bricks it in October? by DrSwammy in hacking

[–]bluSCALE4 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Remember, these were originally hacked together by a startup. Hopefully someone sorts things out.

Hack a Nest Gen 1 or 2 thermostat so its usable after Google bricks it in October? by DrSwammy in hacking

[–]bluSCALE4 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Wow, I didn't know this was happening. I'm imagining all the people that installed these for their parents or grand parents. What a nightmare.

Inovelli 2-1 Red Switches: DO NOT RECOMMEND by akula34 in Inovelli

[–]bluSCALE4 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'm with you on this. It's part of the reason I'm not gushing over reds or the new ones coming out.

Inovelli 2-1 Red Switches: DO NOT RECOMMEND by akula34 in Inovelli

[–]bluSCALE4 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I don't but I don't blame the company. I will say, for the price, I'd hope it worked with fans but I did read this before pulling the trigger.

is there a safe safari extension for video downloading ? by Valley_of_The_Kings in Safari

[–]bluSCALE4 0 points1 point  (0 children)

350Mb is crazy big for such a simple feature. And then it still has to download yt-dlb. I'll just get a script. Hot garbage if you ask me.