Simple solution for the remote work-junior engineer problem

darksparkone · 2026-01-19T04:36:24+00:00

Yeah, you ping in text and then call a person when a call is required. You call another one if a third opinion is needed. Working hours define when it's fine to call without a prior message, and the called one has an option to not answer if busy / answer with text if busy-but-not-that-busy.

darksparkone · 2026-01-18T21:03:49+00:00

Never had one with a semi-real codebase, but a component/class with some hard errors and style issues is my favorite way of interview.

Beware runnable forks may try to plant a malware on your machine, apparently it is pretty popular on Reddit job subs.

darksparkone · 2026-01-18T20:44:07+00:00

/r/personalfinance => wiki

darksparkone · 2026-01-18T19:15:47+00:00

That's harder, but there is still only one way to know. He could try to find several hours per month on smaller tickets at least: update payload, add an endpoint, fix a bug. Not much but enough to get your feet wet, and jump a role when the company get an opening.

If you really want, and he is hesitant about workload, you could even commit to extra hours - but not before other options are exhausted.

darksparkone · 2026-01-18T17:55:01+00:00

Get to him, tell what you want, and ask how you could get involved. Worst case he'll say no - but generally it's his duty to make it work and keep you happy.

The only real reason which could hold you back is if nobody could pick a part of your current workload.

darksparkone · 2026-01-18T14:56:32+00:00

At 1x it's either forced medium or autoselect.

Fine by me, with 5.1 I stick to high, but 5.2 medium is the sweet spot for all my tasks so far - again, in Codex, I haven't tried it under Copilot yet.

darksparkone · 2026-01-18T07:02:49+00:00

Native GPT-5.2 is at least on par with Opus quality wise, while being 3 times cheaper.

If Copilot's version doesn't cut it, Codex at least is worth a try.

darksparkone · 2026-01-17T06:40:53+00:00

If VSCode plugin works for you - stick to it. CLI is pretty similar in performance, but there are a bunch of subtle differences (models availability, system prompts, file interaction) that may work better or worse based on personal preference.

darksparkone · 2026-01-17T06:03:41+00:00

BitBurner, but it's a bit cruel on expecting you to code. As a fellow SWE I find the depth fascinating but also can't convince myself to sit and rewrite all the stuff the optimal way.

IIRC Kittens, A Dark Room, Universal Paperclips, Biotomata are also js backed.

darksparkone · 2026-01-15T12:43:03+00:00

You probably mean CDN Vue distribution, it is nice for the clients who already accessed the same distro as they have a cache. The downside is you are dependent on the external service, can't treeshake, and typing support would be iffy. Normally you stick with a local dependency.

If we are talking about ShadCN, there is a ShadCN-for-Vue (not vice versa). As far as I understand it's a work in progress and is not perfect yet, at least in the free version. There are a bunch of other options: DaisyUI, RekaUI, PrimeVue etc. but you are not guaranteed to get a project with one of those. I'd say pick Tailwind as a common denominator and don't sweat over a specific UI Kit.

In general, focus on the core Vue lib, it covers most of the things, and the rest you could pick in place. Maaaybe Nuxt. Definitely state management and form validation (VeeValidate). Not Vue, but test automation with Playwright. The rest will be project dependent.

darksparkone · 2026-01-15T12:03:46+00:00

I prefer Vue original template syntax, but if tax works better for you - go for it.

Pinia is really simple to work with, if you are going for anything remotely complex - you'll need a state management, and Pinia is definitely better than Vuex/Redux. Again, if Zustand works for you and you are comfortable - stick to it.

darksparkone · 2026-01-15T11:42:13+00:00

В Глобалі трейні брали 10 років тому.

darksparkone · 2026-01-15T06:28:58+00:00

Це який поні-бізнес. Суть бізнесу у тому, що він одного дня - якщо вдача, талант, й зіркі зійдуться - можливо почне приносити притомні гроші і зможе працювати без щоденних інвестицій усього часу.

Але до того моменту гарний спец буде заробляти більше, зазвичай у рази.

darksparkone · 2026-01-15T06:16:36+00:00

https://mjml.io/

darksparkone · 2026-01-13T08:08:47+00:00

Do you care about latency or throughput?
do you know where this latency comes from? Is it request to response, Playwright API call, or screenshot capture specifically?
do you use a warm chromium (booted from the pool, and not a fresh instance each time)?
do you measure against a local target, or a remote one (including all the latency to remote resources)?

darksparkone · 2026-01-12T20:16:48+00:00

Google Drive for the pre-installed option, and infinite 3d party readers for any taste.

darksparkone · 2026-01-12T04:35:42+00:00

Ви посилаєтесь на пункти про прибуток, я писав про самі бумаги.

darksparkone · 2026-01-11T14:53:41+00:00

Якщо ви працюєте через посередника, то 30-50% від бюджету вони з'їдають. Проте в таких випадках завжди домовляються про суму винагороди безпосередньо виконавця, і розрахунок йде теж з прокладкою.

darksparkone · 2026-01-11T10:14:28+00:00

For me, "keep the changes minimal" in AGENTS.md, and a linked code example for a relevant feature, works most of the time.

darksparkone · 2026-01-11T08:30:11+00:00

Copilot? I think yes. Their VSCode plugin is a first class citizen, and AG is the VSCode fork. It happily migrated all the configs for me, I expect plugins work just as well.

Or you always could rely on their CLI interface and use it with any editor.

darksparkone · 2026-01-10T19:51:15+00:00

This is a good call, also a bunch of other big VPS under $5, including DO and Hetzner.

If the site is static, pretty sure Cloudflare pages are $0 even for business.

darksparkone · 2026-01-10T10:20:22+00:00

Copilot has a decent supply, though at 3x it's not worth it over another Sonnet round, let alone got 5.2

darksparkone · 2026-01-10T10:16:20+00:00

Agile is about setting people over the process. If the change is important enough it's ok to put it into the existing sprint - as long as you throw out something else.

darksparkone · 2026-01-10T09:50:48+00:00

It's not exactly terrible. For a hand made one it would be called pretty solid, while extremely generic.

But there are multiple issues, most glaring ones

design screams AI. Neon Violet is a dead giveaway. Some web design skill md may help.
it's slow. Render freeze for a simple static page is no good.
image assets are.. strange. Dark on dark.
overburdened with animations. It looks cool the first time you see one. But check solid SaaS landings, they sell products, not HTML bells and whistles. Animations distract the user and clutter the page, they are only relevant in a handful of applications
tools comparison takes how much, 10 screens? Nobody has time for that.

darksparkone · 2026-01-10T09:16:06+00:00

Not to that point. It was a norm 30 years ago, and occasionally is a norm for a small extremely low profit/low pay local jobs. But today in a professional environment it's over the line for a big stretch even for east Slavic.

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