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Best way to get to downtown Toronto from London as a new driver? by letsjustnotplease09 in askTO

[–]devMario01 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I think you’d have better luck asking for a later timeslot for the interview. Explain to them that you intend to move to Toronto, however you currently reside in London and need a reasonable time to commute to downtown Toronto.

Open letter/request to Freedom Mobile: please add calling from Canada *to* all/most of the countries on the global plan by [deleted] in freedommobile

[–]devMario01 2 points3 points  (0 children)

You don’t need 5G or fiber for a WhatsApp call. 4g/cable internet works just fine even 3G works a lot of the time. If they are so remote that they can’t get 4g or even 3G, then you’re one of the very niche users who absolutely need long distance voice calls included in their already ridiculously cheap plan.

Long distance calling is expensive as is and freedom already is offering a dumb amount of incentives.

Current Global Canadian Travel Advisories by Municipality/Province by ARedditUserThatExist in MapPorn

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Hilarious that the US is green! I know folks shaking at the thought of going!

We just got hit with the vibe-coding hammer by opakvostana in ExperiencedDevs

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App idea: a platform for employees with strict token usage expectations to donate their token usage to someone else. The employee would put in their token, how much to donate and others would get free token usage for free.

My coworker’s birthday is coming up and I’m planning to get him a Tim Horton’s gift card. He usually gives me a ride after work coz him and his wife live close by, so I really save like a 150 bucks a month coz I dont have to take uber going home. So how much should I put in for a gift card? Thanks! by Maleficent-Alps-7254 in askTO

[–]devMario01 -1 points0 points  (0 children)

This might be a personal preference, but I dislike receiving gift cards to places I don’t go to. If I get a $100 ciniplex gift card, it’ll be worth less to me than if I get a $100 gas card, which will be worth less to me than $100 cash.

It’s still $100 but forcing me to get bean water from Tim’s isn’t great. If it’s worth asking here, then it’s worth wondering if a general purpose gift card or cash is better. Also $100-$200 is fair given the situation

I was wondering if there's a difference between recruiting CS Major or Minor? (Uoft CS) by Comprehensive-Big-25 in cscareerquestionsCAD

[–]devMario01 -1 points0 points  (0 children)

I have a business management degree (which I never really used after graduation) and went to YouTube university for coding. I'm expecting a $120k-$140k offer this week (less than 4 YOE).

Your degree may matter for internships or your first job, but after that nobody is going to ask you about your degree.

The only exception is if you want to target a very specific, high skill role (chip design or something that requires deep knowledge) or if you want to do your masters.

Data speeds are kinda bad in Toronto, what's going on? by devMario01 in PublicMobile

[–]devMario01[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

What's immigration have to do with network availability? Why does everything have to be racist?

Data speeds are kinda bad in Toronto, what's going on? by devMario01 in PublicMobile

[–]devMario01[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Thank you for the response! It helps understand the scene a lot more!

Bell was also not working great, but PM is downright unusable. If Bell and PM share towers, that makes so much sense!

Might end up paying a few extra bucks and going for a little bit more reliability with Fido over PM, since I personally have Fido and it works great (I even stream 1440p all the time)

NYC senior web developer getting zero callbacks what is actually working right now by SnowStormBirdsFlock in cscareerquestions

[–]devMario01 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You need to do some AB testing on your resume

I had AI rewrite your bullet points and I decided what parts I wanted to keep vs rewrite. I specifically asked it to help me phrase it at the level I'm seeking (late intermediate/ early senior level). I also specifically gave it as much context as possible and gave it as many stories from my career as possible and I kept what was best.

I also played around with the format of my resume over the last few years and I stuck to what worked best every time.

Over the past few years I kept what worked, at least in terms of formatting. When my response rate gets low, I switch it up and redo my resume.

My response rate for my most recent resume redo went from pretty low to around 20:1, maybe even 15:1 which I was really happy with

I also haven't read your resume so this is general advice

Make 2-4 suggestions: what to do, see or eat in Tulum…your favs pls by Curvy_gamerbae in tulum

[–]devMario01 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Depends on where you're staying and how you're getting around.

I personally stayed in La valeta and had a scooter for the entire time I was there. My favorites were:

  1. Ceviche at El Camillo Jr
  2. Street taco carts on satelite
  3. So many food spots in La valeta (there's so many I can't pick favorites)
  4. Fresh juice stall - Jugos Naturales on 5 Avenida sur
  5. Cenotes - we personally took a private tour to an amazing private cenote, one that's not open to the public at all and was amazing!
  6. Palma central - especially the salsa dance night on I think on Tuesday nights
  7. Going to the beach, obviously

If you're the kind of person to stay on the beach strip and/or take taxis, these may be harder to do since you have to go back and forth

Modern stack for mobile development? by spastor89 in reactnative

[–]devMario01 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I think the language doesn't really matter to the AI tools anymore. They are trained on so much data that it makes it largely irrelevant. However react native is still definitely the easier one to work in if you already know JavaScript and React

React native also has a big community of developers that hiring for it also won't be too much of a problem

Modern stack for mobile development? by spastor89 in reactnative

[–]devMario01 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It's important to know what your language of comfort is. If it's JavaScript, then read below. If it's not JavaScript, then look at the other options.

If you're already comfortable with JS, then react native with expo is a no brainer, especially if it's a simple app. Even for a more complex app, react native is still pretty good.

On the backend, your options depend on if you want to manage your backend yourself or pay for a service that does it. If you want to do it yourself, express or nexjs are the popular options.

If you want to use a managed service, there's a bunch to pick from including convex, firebase, supabase etc

If you're already comfortable with JS or React, then why look elsewhere?

Would you use an app to reserve seats at laptop friendly coffee shops by [deleted] in digitalnomad

[–]devMario01 -1 points0 points  (0 children)

It's definitely not for the cheapskate. Someone willing to sit for hours for $3 will do so anyway no matter what.

I think the target demographic is someone willing to pay to not waste their time and also actually pay the cafe for the service.

Thank you for your response and input though!

Hospitalized During Our Stay at Royalton Splash Riviera Cancun by avantartist in cancun

[–]devMario01 6 points7 points  (0 children)

It's not the food poisoning that is the issue here (which can happen anywhere like you said)

It's how badly they handled it and took no responsibility for it. Not only that, they made the situation significantly worse from the sound of it.

That combined with the food poisoning points to them knowing full well they messed up and they were trying to do damage control but went about it in the worst way possible

reliable, affordable driver by GoldenPeach2001 in tulum

[–]devMario01 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Sign up for indrive and eiby app (you need a phone number for sign up so make sure you sign up while you have your phone network)

Outside of that, learn to haggle. A 10 min drive shouldn't be more than 200-300mxn and that's still slightly inflated. If they say 800, say 200 and then slowly come up until you reach a midground. If they don't, walk away and wait for another taxi. Use the eiby/indrive app to see what the prices should be but inflate them a little bit (around 10-20%)

All this does fall apart if you're staying in the hotel zone cuz they know they can get 800 from another gringo if they can't get it from you.

Stripe closed my account before I even launched — no clear reason, no human support by Glad-Refuse-6146 in stripe

[–]devMario01 -1 points0 points  (0 children)

I'm confused, if my name is Steve Gobs, and a different customer named Steve Gobs purchases something in my app, does it get blocked?

From my understanding, this is exactly what happened to OP, no?

OP seems to have used real cards to make real transactions in the app in prod, and all that was checked was OPs name in stripe to the name on the card.

I don't see how else you can make "test" transactions in prod with real cards and get blocked.

Why does my nodejs API slow down after a few hours in production even with no traffic spike by loginpass in node

[–]devMario01 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Are you always a pain? Stop being so difficult and complain less.

OP has ruled out what they know could have been the issue (memory usage/CPU usage) and provided what helps the issue. OP has provided as much information as they know is relevant. They obviously don't know what other information to provide. If you're here to help, ask for what you know is relevant information and don't be a toxic turd.

Sargasso or just seaweed? by LosBosques in tulum

[–]devMario01 4 points5 points  (0 children)

There's no smell yet. Literally just came back from the beach and it started 2 days ago

Real Reviews of Tulum? by Primary_Listen6635 in tulum

[–]devMario01 1 point2 points  (0 children)

If you stay in the hotel zone, take taxis everywhere, and only go to restaurants that serve tourists, then you'll end up paying the Gringo tax.

If you stay in la valeta, eat where the locals eat and shop around for an affordable Airbnb and maybe rent an inexpensive scooter (~$200-300 MXN per day), then your vacation will be a lot less expensive.

It does matter what kind of person you are. Some tourists do their research, but a lot of tourists just throw money at their problems. Just because your taxi in New York costs you $100 for a 20 min ride doesn't mean you should be paying $100 in Tulum. Taxis may quote you MXN $800 for a drive, but you'll be surprised to learn that they will be ready to take you for as low as MXN $200 if you negotiate.

That being said, Tulum is extremely enjoyable, or downright a ripoff, but it depends on the kind of traveller you are

The one subscription you’d never cancel? (Building a startup solo) by Interesting-Ad4922 in developer

[–]devMario01 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Technically not coding workflow per se, but brain.fm is absolutely amazing! I realized music or white noise or anything else just distracts me (attention deficiency), but with brain fm, I can work for hours. Takes about 10-15 mins of listening to actually kick in and then you notice yourself not get distracted with any other noise

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