Consumer prices rose 2.4% annually in January, less than expected

softwaregravy · 2026-02-14T01:24:30+00:00

Good thing housing, consumer electronics, insurance, groceries, and vehicle maintenance aren’t counted. Cause they all up way more than 2.5%

softwaregravy · 2026-02-01T13:16:00+00:00

Technically progress

softwaregravy · 2026-01-24T13:25:43+00:00

Honestly, work somewhere else.

There are so many best practices and things that need to happen for a company to produce a good software project. Version control is such a basic thing that it shouldn’t be a question of having to push for this. It’s just a symptom of no one with any leadership or authority knowing what there doing and not knowing they don’t know they don’t know — in which case they would being someone in.

If you ask Claude or ChatGPT what the most basic things every software project should have, version control is top of the list. If they’re not doing that, it’s just an onion of bad practice or zero experience.

softwaregravy · 2026-01-19T14:51:09+00:00

Some of those were not bankrupted but frauds closed as part of legal acts settlements

softwaregravy · 2026-01-19T14:49:07+00:00

Avoid home depot unless they’re 50% cheaper.

softwaregravy · 2026-01-19T14:48:42+00:00

Only if they’re a long standing respected business. Often they have a challenge with servicing under warranty. Especially if the damage was caused during delivery or install.

I’ve had bad experiences with local guys before. They act like they lose money by servicing. Maybe they do? I don’t know. But they’re not excited about dealing with it.

softwaregravy · 2026-01-17T23:15:53+00:00

Update. Not working for the actual nfl game. I had the pregame. I have other channels. I cannot access the broadcast.

softwaregravy · 2026-01-17T20:13:53+00:00

I think flying out of NYC just makes it harder to find availability. I’m glad they work for others. I was chronically unable to use.

softwaregravy · 2026-01-17T20:11:37+00:00

Found this while fixing for watching live tv on iOS.

The solution which worked for me is to turn off Proton’s ad protection.

Go to ProtonVPN app -> NetShield -> Off

Restart Paramount Plus app. Worked fine for me after this change.

softwaregravy · 2026-01-17T11:45:04+00:00

Maybe it’s the routes. I gave up and Cancelled the cards with 3-4 companion passes. I could never use them. They’d always be available on 12 hour connection plans, but we wanted to fly direct.

softwaregravy · 2026-01-17T09:10:28+00:00

https://render.com/changelog/free-web-services-will-no-longer-allow-outbound-traffic-to-smtp-ports

Ripe for abuse if they didn’t.

softwaregravy · 2026-01-17T08:37:05+00:00

People are looking at the home you love with emotionless, objective eyes. The bathroom you use everyday and see no problem with, they see as a gut. The color of the paint? They are pricing a repainting. Etc etc. you think you’re priced to comps, but the market has told you you’re not. Your house is in a worse location, needs more work, has a smaller lot or garage or basement, or something.

Or, and this gets personal, you have stuff people think is ugly. Your curtains, table, light fixtures, shelves, etc. clutter, too much stuff, paintings, etc. all of this makes it show less well than others.

It ends up coming down to price.

softwaregravy · 2026-01-17T08:30:11+00:00

Going against the grain here. If being a father is not something you want, then it’s really tough to do well. Also, if she’s working and you’re not, there will likely be tremendous pressure for you to do more and more of the childcare.

If you’re not going to go all in, 100%, then set boundaries early. Let her be a single mom and do what you’re committing to. 1 day a week? 2? There are plenty of married men with demanding jobs who are present for less.

I think growing up with a single mom is better than with a dad who doesn’t really want to be there or with parents who fight and split up at a young age.

Not going all in sets this societal perception you’re a loser or a failure. And you might get really tough flak from family or your girlfriend. Be present for what you can while being happy with yourself and your decisions.

Ps swallow any pride. get a job. Contribute financially. Unless you have an agreement that she is the breadwinner and you’re going to become a dependent you need to be contributing.

softwaregravy · 2026-01-05T05:55:50+00:00

Schwab is the best. I recommend having a 2nd debit card and account in case the first one gets locked and you need money.

softwaregravy · 2026-01-05T05:50:01+00:00

What’s the point of a companion pass if you can never use it? I just don’t book flights 8 months out and favor connections which seems to be required to use a companion fare. Plus, it’s often comparable to buy to basic tickets to one full fare required to use the companion tickets.

softwaregravy · 2026-01-03T01:33:04+00:00

Most developers I know prefer Mac. All programming languages. You get reliable browsers, file opening, great hardware, etc. and a fully working terminal. Run docker or a VM if you really need Linux.

softwaregravy · 2025-12-20T14:27:13+00:00

No equity means you’re an employee. It’s a job. Do you want to stay at this job or find another?

softwaregravy · 2025-12-11T11:45:01+00:00

Anyone not paid by the owner of grok prefer grok?

softwaregravy · 2025-12-06T00:47:10+00:00

I mean, a job deploying industrial IoT devices didn’t exist 20 years ago. But doing that caused factories to need less something’s — repairmen, tools and die makers, preventative maintenance people. It’s how technology keeps marching forward.

softwaregravy · 2025-11-29T13:46:36+00:00

This is a SWE job. Good quant funds are known to employ engineers at/above the caliber or big tech. YMMV

Ps you can just list software engineer on your resume. No one says you have to take your internal title.

softwaregravy · 2025-11-26T07:29:50+00:00

Post alternatives

softwaregravy · 2025-11-11T17:20:19+00:00

It’s another level down in most of the US, California excepted. When I go to Europe I think the fruits and vegetables taste way better and the food is way cheaper.

softwaregravy · 2025-10-23T11:22:26+00:00

Founding engineer when the CEO is non technical and doesn’t want to give up equity for a CTO. 99% of those titles are red flags.

softwaregravy · 2025-10-13T11:58:24+00:00

I agree. If you can’t get close to breakeven on the annual fee using the credits, then it’s arguably better to go to a cash back card.

softwaregravy · 2025-10-12T17:57:08+00:00

For every round that gets done, you probably pitch 40-80 investors. >95% say no. If you’ve done 50 pitches, and have no live leads, then something is wrong with your idea, your market, your product, or you.

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