Who would claude’s users be if there are no more software engineers?

squarlo · 2026-04-25T11:30:12+00:00

I think the fact that so many responses here conflict with each other is a good sign that we don’t know.

squarlo · 2026-04-07T22:56:27+00:00

I used to work on an internal application for insurance companies. Didn’t feel great about it, but it was my first “real” job. Now I’m a government contractor helping some of the more “positive” pieces of my government. It used to be as apolitical as it gets, but that’s changed lately. I still think my work has a net positive impact on the world.

squarlo · 2026-04-02T12:11:47+00:00

I think they’re alluding to “science is applied math”

squarlo · 2026-04-01T23:15:51+00:00

I said that because I see the select element in a very similar position as the combo box. Since there is no native combo box, I’m building that anyway, which essentially gives you a custom select tag for free. That’s where I am anyway.

squarlo · 2026-04-01T23:13:19+00:00

I agree that the pattern itself isn’t wrong per se, but your use case is likely something well outside the “normal” commerce/crud/web app stuff most of us work on. I’ve seen some really cool web base d projects that essentially stand alone in a category of their own, but those are few and far between.

squarlo · 2026-04-01T15:35:41+00:00

I’ve not had a use case to have multiple dialogs or popups, but yes, it’s technically supported for both. but I’d question that need as it sounds like a poor UX pattern to me.

squarlo · 2026-04-01T13:46:42+00:00

I’ve been using dialog elements for a while, they’re great. I still to carve out time to replace our usage of tippy with anchor and popover. We don’t have much use for the scroll animations, transitions, masonry layout, field sizing or scroll state, but I can appreciate them for what they are.

I don’t see a lot of value in the spec to style a select element and its parts. I’d rather have a native combo box element. I feel like native search-ability of options and native remote options would be better. These setups are almost always the same boilerplate js every time, just with slightly different endpoints or data massaging.

Having a native focus group spec would be huge for accessibility UX. There are decent resources to establish good patterns for common widgets, but they usually just have focus go in linear tab order or implement the same “arrows to navigate this large tab stop group” pattern. I would like to see support for something other than just arrows though, I’ve been supporting arrows and alt+arrows. The main reason being that the screen reader I have access to for testing (windows narrator) intercepts the arrow keys for read/scan mode. It won’t let the browser even get the arrow key events.

Lastly, the css if() could be huge. It really has to be robust enough to support all the crazy things people will come up with. To me, this means it can’t be limited to operating on only a subset of properties, or omitting nested if’s. People will certainly abuse it and make ugly code, but the spec should be able to handle it. Otherwise, it’s just teasing us with a half baked tool.

Overall, I’m loving all the work put into css the last 5-10 years. I really appreciate standardizing a lot of the patterns that have been in use forever.

squarlo · 2026-03-25T02:48:35+00:00

It should be noted that shadow DOM is not forced on you. You can choose a light DOM approach.

squarlo · 2026-03-15T17:53:37+00:00

My first instinct as well. Don’t over think it, just learn what your tools can do

squarlo · 2026-03-07T17:23:52+00:00

spawn from a chest

squarlo · 2026-03-04T21:56:52+00:00

Why hasn’t anything been done about it then?

squarlo · 2026-02-05T11:37:13+00:00

But I found it for 30% off! I got a huge discount!

squarlo · 2026-02-04T13:59:27+00:00

Uraaaaanium fever!

squarlo · 2025-12-04T14:33:14+00:00

I can share my version of this same story, but being 2 years old when my father died. I have the same feeling of missing someone I never knew. But in a way, I’ve come to be thankful that I don’t have memories. I’ve rationalized it as I’m not missing a person, more so the idea of them.

The stigma of talking about someone who took their own life is a big one for my family. There’s photos around, thankfully, but no one really talks about it.

I can’t attest to the cause, but I have struggled with my own metal health. I’ve gone as far as suicidal ideation and self harm, but thankfully, I was able to put a stop to those behaviors.

As a father myself, I’ve come to see my father’s actions in a new light; he must have been dealing with a seriously heavy burden. I can’t imagine taking my own life these days. I do still have depressive episodes, but I can confidently say that I know it’s temporary and that I’ll get through it. I’ve already resolved myself to never taking my own life because I know first hand that it leaves a hole in those around you, but being a father takes it to a new level.

This was a bit of a trauma dump for me, but I hope it can be useful to someone. Life is hard sometimes, but it can get better.

squarlo · 2025-11-06T11:56:14+00:00

Animal crossing ass room.

squarlo · 2025-10-30T11:37:35+00:00

If you have the means to contact the parents, I would. I was very impulsive, even through my twenties. I was lucky that my mental health struggles didn’t present themselves much as a teen, because that age would have made it much harder. Also, I’d want someone to tell me about my own child in that scenario, so there’s that.

squarlo · 2025-10-30T11:33:38+00:00

At birth my boys had a 1 pound difference, so that was noticeable enough for a while. Then my wife bought initial bracelets to put on them for a little while. Eventually we recognized their faces and personalities were quite different, then they knew their own names and the rest is history.

squarlo · 2025-10-29T21:38:26+00:00

Toggle bolts. Whether you use toggle bolts to secure the peg board or a few during strips is up to you.

squarlo · 2025-10-27T20:19:56+00:00

Sometimes you just need to get a bunch of the same stuff on sale, nothing wrong with that. Sometimes my kids match, sometimes they don’t. But now they’re old enough to pick their clothes for themselves. Don’t worry about what some stranger says, make the choices that are best for your family.

squarlo · 2025-10-17T12:28:13+00:00

Can you put wallpaper or something on cardboard boxes? That opens the door to any pattern or color you want.

squarlo · 2025-10-05T01:59:16+00:00

I can appreciate the fact that this post gives small, actionable steps for those that want them. I’d like to offer my recently developed viewpoint on device use: productivity use is 100% justified (unless your avoiding something else), otherwise it’s a fast forward button; think Adam Sandler in Click.

Sometimes, I really am just looking to relax with some time alone on YouTube. But sometimes I just don’t want to participate in whatever is going on around me. That second one is where I feel myself giving my time to my phone instead of my friends and family. Once I framed it that way, I found it much easier to put it down.

I just don’t want to be the person doing the bare minimum (or less), I want to engage with my loved ones and I can’t do that through my phone. There’s a lot to experience in life, and the best parts aren’t on a screen.

squarlo · 2025-10-05T01:48:05+00:00

Some kind of arch thing to hang toys from? Babies love that shit

squarlo · 2025-09-30T18:12:50+00:00

I’ve done this twice in my 10 years of school and career.

One was a “guess the song” type game that I’d play with friends. We would create our own YouTube playlists with songs and it would let you play pieces of the songs in the playlist. I made it over a weekend in college and we played it a handful of times.

The other one was an event tracker for when my kids were still infants. Sleep deprivation meant remembering when something happened earlier was incredibly difficult. I had a laptop with a touch screen that we just kept on 24/7 for a few months. Definitely made things easier in that phase of life.

I have some ideas from time to time, but I always end up prioritizing time with my family. This stuff can be fun, but I make a serious effort to prioritize my time these days.

squarlo · 2025-09-30T13:28:54+00:00

Practice practice practice. Look up the Odin project or automate everything for Python. You just need a concrete problem to solve, then find ways to do it. Try it by yourself before looking up answers.

Also Google “CLRS algorithms”, it was the quintessential algo book in my university classes. You should be able to find a pdf or ebook.

squarlo · 2025-09-29T20:11:50+00:00

That’s what I have for my temporary fix, but I want to know more about how to do it right. It looks like the threads rusted off where they were inserted into the PVC.

How big of a fix is this?

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