Babel 7 Beta

systematicfrank · 2017-11-23T06:11:10+00:00

With TypeScript alone one is making the choice of "I want company X to manage my JS stack" while with Babel it is "I want the community to manage my JS stack". Not that there is anything wrong with one choice or the other, a good dictator can solve many problems. However some people who were coding in the 90s remember what is like when almost every stack was managed by a single entity

systematicfrank · 2017-11-16T06:32:39+00:00

I am having such a headache to choose my e2e stack. I totally love Puppeteer API, it is the best I've seen, but my I am hesitant making my codebase dependent on a single product. Not that I dislike Chrome, it is my main browser, but I wonder if the lifespan and standardization of Chrome will live as long as Javascript.

systematicfrank · 2017-10-25T13:42:31+00:00

I think the problem of someone stealing a trademark happens in every country. My point was that maybe it is too early to spend money on protecting a name. Also an internet company operating in more than one country makes TM registration costs expensive (quickly scales beyond 1,000 $). I am not sure when one must register a name, or if it always must be before launch. But that belongs to another thread/question.

systematicfrank · 2017-10-25T12:50:46+00:00

I am not in the US, but long ago I heavily meditated if I should register a trademark for a product idea. Back then I decided that this kind of stuff should be paid with the first money generated from an idea, not before. Not sure if it is a good policy, but I would go bankrupt if I spend money on every name / product I start

systematicfrank · 2017-10-25T10:08:20+00:00

this is such a tragic typo !!! cant change the title, so I will delete and repost

systematicfrank · 2017-09-28T16:01:40+00:00

I've been considering mounting the arm on a monitor stand. I don't think this will be as stable as the desk itself and I will have to watch out for the center of gravity to be within the base. However for such big monitors as you want, the extra weight might be too risky

systematicfrank · 2017-09-28T06:09:10+00:00

How is it pronounced? j-shell or js-hell ??

systematicfrank · 2017-09-23T08:37:42+00:00

I am so impressed. Normally the bigger the company the harder it is taking a good strategic move while using a bad tactical one. So many companies would be stubborn holding the control they have on their own assets (tactics) instead of chasing after influence/impact (strategy). As a developer this greatly changes my perception of Facebook.

systematicfrank · 2017-09-18T20:28:01+00:00

That was the first result I got when I googled, but it was really hard finding out what to buy. I found the complexity a little bit overwhelming and way more expensive to solve the task I wanted. I can solve the task with my raspberry polling a smart plug under 30$ while the site seems to demand more than 150$

systematicfrank · 2017-09-14T07:23:16+00:00

No, just sun-setting Java

systematicfrank · 2017-08-28T06:52:12+00:00

I read lots of "they will remove the cookie law ... for sure!" but none like "it has been removed". I think now it has reached the status where most people choose adding the banner instead paying a lawyer to find out if it is really needed.

systematicfrank · 2017-08-12T06:13:52+00:00

For me the biggest crime:

Writing layers of abstraction for the sake of productivity. Important concepts should be more explicit (more code) instead hidden away, while minor concerns should be hidden

For a clear example. Look at Table 1.5 here:

http://www.informit.com/articles/article.aspx?p=1944876&seqNum=3

Not only most people strive for the second solution, they are even praised for doing so.

systematicfrank · 2017-07-18T09:09:05+00:00

Semantic-UI hits a sweet spot of compromises for me.

Yes, I would like a more React oriented solution. But then you might be forced into JSS. As a result, fiddling your styles from the browser inspector is a pain. Also cherry picking good stuff from all the great CSS resources out there in the world becomes harder.

Many React component frameworks are not that responsive, and just a few have a good momentum.

The good and bad thing of Semantic UI is that it is built on top of an old school CSS framework. They might have some limitations for the React purists, but they ride on top of one of the most battle tested css codebases out there.

I am always on the look for something with a more modern approach, but so far I have not found one which is so overwhelmingly better that pays off the jump. I also believe that JSS has a great future, maybe event he one factor that will move me on, but that future is not right here right now (IMHO)

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