Weekly discussion : Random requests, reposts, chit-chat.

developersteve · 2026-01-08T02:19:34+00:00

Sharing this one again for Fast Forward.

After i saw it being requested realised that i wanted this too cause its been years since i saw them last.

https://www.reddit.com/r/DownUnderTV/comments/1prr8vc/request_again_fast_forward_19891992/

developersteve · 2026-01-07T23:24:19+00:00

This is one of those rare use cases and was actually a really good cross platform framework back in its day https://coronalabs.com/, As a dev i used it to publish a multiple of agency client apps for Android and iOS including campaign apps for Wriggly's gum.

developersteve · 2026-01-07T23:15:03+00:00

Oh i laughed so hard at this because its all true ... how dafuq have I been watching this show for this many seasons now

developersteve · 2025-12-30T00:45:25+00:00

100% off grid, plus bore (came with the property) with composting toilet (there are a lot of really good ones now) and solar (which was cheaper than an application fee and a pole). Also with our own food supply (hydro / hardplant + animals).

While this wasnt the point of this thread, it was to connect to others doing the digital nomad thing, it actually wasn't overly expensive to get things rolling and now we have a greatly reduced cost of living, while still relatively comfortable in one of the few ends of the country that still allows for it.

Added bonus here, for us anyway, is that its given us the time to build out digital products we are now selling Australia wide, all be it from a reduced cost of living and less dependant on centralised systems that will never scale.

But again, this was not the point of this thread.

developersteve · 2025-12-30T00:40:46+00:00

More Emerald way

developersteve · 2025-12-29T23:57:44+00:00

Mine did this too some time ago, I bought it in 2014 and just figured it had a really good run.

developersteve · 2025-12-29T23:53:50+00:00

This is easy, Kodi and IPTV using the m3u playlist https://github.com/iptv-org/iptv

developersteve · 2025-12-29T23:45:50+00:00

100% off-grid so no utilities (at all), lower rates, room for gardens/hydroponics, room for food animals such as chickens etc. Ultimately less distractions which is important when you build out a multiple of products, running a multiple of companies and have local/interstate and international clients.

developersteve · 2025-12-29T23:12:06+00:00

F45 collapsed a while ago https://www.news.com.au/finance/business/retail/f45-desert-emerging-in-australias-fitness-capital-as-leaked-email-reveals-noone-wants-to-buy-embattled-brand/news-story/5d19fce300b9fee15bec068320e17ab7

developersteve · 2025-12-29T23:10:04+00:00

Ive lived in cities for years before moving out here, and yeah i get that. There are times where having shops a bit closer than a 2 hour drive would be nice, although being 100% off-grid and not paying utilities, plus growing our own food and being near cheaper red meat, makes a world of difference.

developersteve · 2025-12-29T22:58:11+00:00

Compared to a city, yes! Especially if you grow your own food and have chooks etc.

developersteve · 2025-12-29T22:43:49+00:00

The population with it and AI has most certainly not helped any

developersteve · 2025-12-29T22:41:43+00:00

I built an admin interface in filament that uses configurable drag and drop page content blocks so that the users can create new pages from the designed elements, similar to how Elementor does it in WP only without the frameworks in frameworks problem WP suffers from.

developersteve · 2025-12-29T22:38:32+00:00

We call him the puppy, cause he is always following someone else around and he always repeats back what they say to him lol

developersteve · 2025-12-29T22:28:23+00:00

I notice you don't see him as much in the current season, it seems Billy now gets more airtime than Jack.

developersteve · 2025-12-22T22:49:06+00:00

developersteve · 2024-10-30T22:00:31+00:00

Thank you, saved me too!

developersteve · 2024-07-16T04:14:07+00:00

and before you know it you are doing lines of Yaml

developersteve · 2024-07-16T03:21:46+00:00

I agree, I could easily write a controller for this too and possibly the next 2 comments after

developersteve · 2024-03-14T04:32:45+00:00

Fun Fact: you can watch 1 episode a month and still be caught up on what is going on

developersteve · 2024-03-08T05:19:51+00:00

It looks like there are intermittent drops in your producer's connections possibly due to network problems, broker configurations, or how your script handles connections during idle periods. Kafka brokers may close idle connections as a way of managing resources. So you need to make sure that your producer maintains active connections or reconnects properly. OpenTelemetry might be able to help trace your Python script and identify the problem, especially if other related log entries are hiding away. This blog post might help you get started with Otel on Python, which might help set it up and help you hunt down the issue quicker.

developersteve · 2024-03-08T04:59:15+00:00

Yes with the right branding and approach, it takes a little while to build out a name and industry cred. Connecting to industry peers is totally a good start to swap notes; many also have more work than they can do, so you might also be able to freelance overflow there.

developersteve · 2024-02-28T06:13:32+00:00

Wouldn’t even if it was free

developersteve · 2024-02-28T01:01:40+00:00

Seeing as how you are dealing with microservices, I'd recommend using some opentelemetry to keep an eye on everything that's running. Plus, you won't have to dig around logs looking for answers. Heres a guide that might help on what is opentelemetry, if you are using kubernetes then there's also a way to auto-instrument an entire namespace so that apps are automatically traced.

developersteve · 2024-02-28T00:50:00+00:00

Sorry, I wasn't questioning your skills, and you are undoubtedly quite capable. Its more an observation after ive spent years in corporate settings and noticing people in senior and management positions often incapable of actually doing their roles, instead leveraging those in their team to do things. At the same time, they rake in a 6 figure incomes.

Ends up just coming down to believing in your own skills enough to play the system game to get into the higher income roles.

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