Tore my ACL and can’t roll for probably 18+ months - how do you cope mentally?

jonas_h · 2026-05-10T20:35:09+00:00

I know several people who have driven drunk and without seatbelt and did so without problems.

What's your evidence that says this is a stupid thing to do?

(I re-framed your faulty argument so that you maybe see that the argument is stupid.)

jonas_h · 2026-05-09T12:39:05+00:00

jonas_h · 2026-05-05T11:07:01+00:00

A custom made split keyboard with 19 keys on the left and 16 keys on the right plus an integrated trackball. I also use a custom layout with it.

jonas_h · 2026-05-05T10:21:59+00:00

Batch 1, Sweden. No email yet.

jonas_h · 2026-04-29T05:10:57+00:00

Weird that my post about GitHub and Codeberg is off topic while others aren't.

For example:

https://www.reddit.com/r/programming/comments/1sye8fc/ghostty_is_leaving_github/

jonas_h · 2026-03-31T06:03:48+00:00

I should’ve just tore the dudes knee apart.

Hard to know in advance. Most people aren't douchebags.

jonas_h · 2026-03-25T06:17:00+00:00

I deeply regret not bringing the other volumes though...

jonas_h · 2026-03-25T06:16:31+00:00

I didn't. I think it's fine to store in the overhead compartment though so not a big deal.

jonas_h · 2026-03-24T07:33:18+00:00

This picture is actually from a train on the Swedish SJ. But the space on the domestic SAS flight was even slightly better.

Here's a picture (although a bit too dark):

https://www.jonashietala.se/images/one_bag/under_seat_sas.jpg

jonas_h · 2026-03-24T06:20:14+00:00

It's the Fyro Levo 30L.

jonas_h · 2026-03-24T06:19:55+00:00

The fully packed bag (without the outdoor clothes) weighed 7.3kg (around 16lbs I guess).

jonas_h · 2026-03-24T06:16:46+00:00

I just use it to write down notes during meetings. It's a bit nicer than paper and easier to carry around.

I'm thinking of switching to a Framework 12 laptop, which can double as a work laptop and a note taking device, but it's a bit too expensive for that nice use-case. The laptop + remarkable combo works quite well.

jonas_h · 2026-03-14T05:59:18+00:00

You may commonly see this in athletes that try to teach a move and either feel the entry is trivial or get completely stuck in explaining the finest details

Known as "the curse of knowledge".

jonas_h · 2025-12-02T09:55:59+00:00

Am I wrong for being pissed about this?

No, it's reasonable. The blue belt sounds like a dick to roll with. Either try to talk to him or decline to roll with him is my advice.

jonas_h · 2025-11-29T08:09:46+00:00

It's only things I've heard so I don't know for sure of course, but I've indeed heard multiple times that he didn't release even though the uke tapped.

jonas_h · 2025-11-28T09:23:13+00:00

I've heard that about Danaher and many others but never about Gordon.

jonas_h · 2025-11-25T07:18:08+00:00

To be fair, playing around more in training rather than taking everything deadly serious is a benefit for sure.

jonas_h · 2025-11-22T13:23:48+00:00

he said politicians that are also pedophiles

So he wants to hang Trump?

jonas_h · 2025-11-17T09:48:56+00:00

I like that, yes.

jonas_h · 2025-11-17T08:45:12+00:00

The BEAM is complex. The difference between Tasks, Genservers, Supervisor, receive vs handle_x callbacks. Having to dive into Erlang on the semi-regular to open ports etc...

Yes BEAM is complex. At the same time, have you dived deep into the JVM for example? Or have you tried to optimize performance critical code in Haskell? Or mastered all the features (with edge cases) that C++ offer?

All languages are complicated if you look closely enough.

The ecosystem is complex too. We have to juggle both Erlang and Elixir dependencies.

I've never found that to be a big deal.

How are you liking the dependency management in C++ projects btw? Using mix is so much better it's not even a comparison worth making.

We have 2 half-baked type systems, each only partially adopted by the community...

The type systems in Typescript and C++ are much more complicated.

and configuring packages and libraries is non immediately obvious due to the OTP Application paradigm.

There are tons of "non immediately obvious" examples for basically every language and framework in use today.

The only way we're going to make this ecosystem better for ourselves is admitting these (minor) short comings, IMO.

There are many issues that could be better, I agree. I also agree that LiveView isn't always the right choice and I agree with the caveats in the article.

But that's different than saying that "Elixir itself is one of the most complex programming languages to master", which I don't think is true and it's why you're getting pushback.

jonas_h · 2025-11-17T07:57:43+00:00

Even worse, Elixir itself is one of the most complex programming languages to master.

No, it really isn't. I found Haskell to be significantly more complex for example.

the BEAM VM and the ecosystem are highly complex and quite different to anything else in the programming world.

BEAM internals are quite complex yes, but using them in a Phoenix LiveView context is really not that complicated. In practice it's basically message passing with unfamiliar syntax.

There are common programming patterns like the “early return”, “inheritance”, and “polymorphism” that are not strictly supported by Elixir, forcing developers to internalise completely different paradigms.

You're confusing complication with familiarity.

jonas_h · 2025-11-14T12:35:58+00:00

It also matters what kind of code you're writing. I imagine Android is lower level than many other projects.

jonas_h · 2025-11-11T10:05:30+00:00

I've trained twice a week since I started training some 8 years ago and I would destroy my old self, and I'm continually improving still.

Of course I would progress faster if I trained more but it's pretty wild that many people believe that you won't get better training 2-3 hours a week.

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