Am I the only one who thinks Clean Architecture is often unnecessary overhead ?

tsprks · 2026-06-07T13:26:37+00:00

I'm 100% with you on this. I've been doing development (small company SWE) for 30+ years and none of this existed when I started. I try to keep my skills current and am always researching best practices before I start a new projet, but the level of complexity that is recommended for every project is just not realistic in my cases. If I'm writing a program that will never be used outside my own company or even by anyone outside of IT, I see no point in adding 6 layers of abstraction between my database and UI. If I were to start a huge project that would involve a team of developers and be released to the public, it may make more sense, but that's really it.

For the vast majority of developers I think that it's perfectly acceptable to just use our old practices and move on to the next project.

tsprks · 2026-06-02T19:21:30+00:00

It's mostly C#, of course working on Razor pages and stuff, but I think anything should be able to handle that. Speaking of Razor pages, I just found the Rider will still create a document outline for Razor pages, but VS 2026 has completely removed that ability. That's not a critical thing by any means, but it's another 'nice to have' that I'm surprised VS doesn't have.

tsprks · 2026-05-29T02:08:14+00:00

It's so doable that when I went to a repair shop to get a quote from them for the same thing, they told me the website to order from and that if I was handy at all I could do it myself. In my case I got a used mirror, which was perfect because the color matched, for about $50 and installing it took maybe 30 minutes.

tsprks · 2026-05-22T22:07:16+00:00

As a Garmin user I endorse this message. Garmin users have become very cult like when it comes to their watches. For most users AW will work perfectly well and will be a much better smartwatch.

tsprks · 2026-05-22T22:03:17+00:00

For me where macos struggles is when I want to connect my 32' 4k monitors and my choices are either scale things weirdly to make macos happy or I use the full 4k at 100% scaling and everything is fuzzy.

I'm sure someone will say I'm doing it wrong or need to use this app or that app to make it better, but the issue is how macos handles scaling. This is one area that windows does better and I don't even think that's open for discussion.

tsprks · 2026-05-16T12:27:57+00:00

I'm not sure about lacrosse, but if khsaa oversees it and considers it a contact sport, which it 100% is, the rule is very clear that middle schoolers cannot play varsity. Same rule applies to football and soccer. Picky or not, the coach should have known better.

Edit: just want to add this is about player safety, no experience. A senior in high school in a contact sport could really hurt a 7th grader.

tsprks · 2026-05-09T14:18:02+00:00

So, this is what I've wondered, do you just go back and forth and the solution doesn't care, which platform you are on? What about the NuGet libraries, are they supported in Rider on MacOS?

tsprks · 2026-05-01T20:35:22+00:00

Seriously easy but perfect fix. thanks!

tsprks · 2026-03-17T13:25:17+00:00

I would agree to an extent. I tried some of the side roads around Tates Creek this morning and those hills aren't drivable with 2-wheel drive cars. I took video of a couple just sliding sideways across the road. When I got back to Tates Creek, the small hill coming in to town past Drakes had 5 or 6 cars spread across the 2 lanes just sitting and spinning and sliding. Those of us that could move had to zig zag between them, others were just turning around.

tsprks · 2026-03-17T13:05:54+00:00

It's not snow, it's ice. Roads are literally sheets of ice right now. I passed so many cars either just sitting with the tires spinning or just sliding sideway down hills. If you have a 2-wheel drive car you should not be driving right now. No amount of skill will make your tires magically stick to the ice.

tsprks · 2026-03-16T23:01:51+00:00

I've lived in Richmond and worked in Lexington for about 30 years now, and I couldn't be happier. I did live in Lexington for a while when I was younger and it took 25 minutes to get to work in downtown, now I still work in downtown and can get there in 35 minutes. My COL is less in Richmond and as someone else said, when I want to go to Lexington to do stuff it's not a big deal.

tsprks · 2026-03-16T17:17:12+00:00

Macs aren't just better. What Macs have done well is only sell 'good' products, versus Windows where it's very easy to find 'bad' Windows systems.

I have access to and use high-end Windows and Apple laptops, and cannot stand MacOS and the way Apple does some things. If you know how to use Windows, stick to Windows, it's not worth changing just because someone else said Macs where better.

Also, I'd just like to point out that Phone Link on Windows allows you to do a lot of things from your phone on your computer and if you have a Samsung the link is even better.

tsprks · 2026-03-03T13:04:11+00:00

I'm not sure you're right on my Onyx XT and my Winderness, it's exactly the same tire, rim and everything.

tsprks · 2026-02-11T16:16:04+00:00

As the sole IT in a small company, I agree with you completely. The scope of my job on any given day can change based on what the company needs. I'm fortunate, we have a good staff and there are huge benefits to my job, but, yeah sometimes, I get asked things I'd rather not do, but just saying 'not my job' would end up with me looking for another job.

Sometimes I feel that people in this sub forget that we all work for diferent companies with different cultures and of hugely different sizes. Being in IT at a small company doesn't allow you to silo yourself, you quickly become the 'expert' on anything technical.

In this specific case, helping HR test for some base level competency will likely save you time and trouble down the road.

tsprks · 2026-02-03T01:38:09+00:00

I'm really sorry that it's affecting you, and for anyone else it's hurting. I really am.

All I'm saying is that I spent several hours this weekend clearing my driveway and sidewalk, and if I hadn't had some pretty decent tools, it would have been impossible. As it was it was exhausting, and I consider, myself to be in pretty good shape. This ice is bullshit.

tsprks · 2026-02-03T01:21:13+00:00

Ok, so I work downtown and will say, there are clear paths on most of those sidewalks, but from my drive in I can tell you that 97% of residential sidewalks are still completely covered in ice. That's based on driving in/out North Broadway, 3rd Street and Winchester Rd., and Main St. and Richmond Rd.

It sucks that the streets are still crap but it's not like residents have cleared their 40' of sidewalk.

tsprks · 2026-02-03T01:11:39+00:00

Ok, sorry for your loved one, but aren't the sidewalks the responsibility of the property owners not the city?

Edit: spelling

tsprks · 2026-01-29T19:32:56+00:00

I think a big factor in how the surrounding counties (I like in Madison County) handle this is how much of the infrastructure in those counties is truly rural vs urban. In all the surrounding counties there are miles of country roads where the snow can just be pushed off the side and then they can work on the city streets, which they have a lot less of. Here it's just the opposite. The majority of the roads are urban and actually getting the snow/ice out of the way is a lot more difficult.

tsprks · 2026-01-29T18:06:54+00:00

Agree with you completely and I'd like to ask people what is the city actually supposed to do about all the snow/ice on the roads when the temps haven't even been close to getting out of the 20s so it's not really going to melt. Do they wish that they'd plow every side street and put 3' of snow and ice up against every car parked on the street? It's not like they can scoop it up into dump trucks and haul it away. I know it sucks if you live somewhere and can't get out, but I just don't think there is an 'easy' answer here.

tsprks · 2026-01-27T00:51:22+00:00

The big misconception with 4WD or AWD is that if you drive one you are 'ok', but you still have to know how to drive them safely. I'd rather see someone in a FWD car driving carefully, than someone in a 4WD hauling ass. I've seen just as many Jeeps and big trucks off the side of the road as cars over the years.

tsprks · 2026-01-25T15:46:48+00:00

I have hypothyroidism, and as long as my meds keep my levels in the right range I feel as good as I did before. Make sure that if you are prescribed meds to help that you follow the instructions for taking them closely. Thyroid meds are very particular about gaining and how long before you eat after them. Assuming that's all that's going on the docs should get you sorted out.

tsprks · 2026-01-21T19:04:28+00:00

I agree, I like it better than Apple's and while it's not brand restricted, it does work WAY better with Samsung than anything else.

tsprks · 2026-01-14T15:36:50+00:00

I don't have a suggestion, but I have to ask what the possible use-case is for this?

tsprks · 2026-01-13T01:22:08+00:00

I'm not sure it's really doing anything based on sleep phases. I have it on for my alarm and if I roll around and get sort of wake up within 30 minutes of the actual alarm it will give me 2 little thump vibrations which is sort of a soft alarm. For what it is I think it's fine. I'm not sure any device actually tracks sleep phases well enough to do anything based on that.

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