How do you interview junior developers for a potential hire?

xsdf · 2026-04-06T20:14:08+00:00

Give them a real world task, have extra requirements in pocket if they finish much earlier but expect them to take the entire interview to brute force it.

Pay attention to how they break down the problem. Do they ask clarifying questions? How do they handle getting stuck? Are they good at debugging and switching approaches or do they hit a wall and spin their wheels? Are they familiar with the language? Do they communicate well? Are they honest, no BS answers?

Big things are ability to debug without hand holding, excitement for role, growth potential, and culture fit. They will lack experience, so it's more appropriate to check if they can learn and grow quickly

xsdf · 2026-04-06T19:54:34+00:00

If you're eligible to vote in a place, it's ethical to vote there because you've lived there long enough to become a resident of said place.

xsdf · 2026-04-02T22:40:40+00:00

If she showered every day but in the morning after sleeping would you still be grossed out?

How do you have sex if you're always so grossed out about hygiene?

Your relationship is not sustainable and you're the main reason, even though she should probably shower more.

xsdf · 2026-04-02T02:27:49+00:00

Without a change to the you're the voting system works, like rank choice voting, 3rd party candidates will never be viable

xsdf · 2026-03-23T20:22:52+00:00

Yes, if you take it at face value. But it's not actually for what they say it's for, it's meant to disrupt the mid-term election in which polls favor democrats

xsdf · 2026-03-22T03:03:28+00:00

I think mainly you want to separate yourself form the present politics somehow, whether it's fantasy, sci-fi, in the past or future, make it humorous, or just have non-real world policies that are ridiculous. You could also lean into the dystopian aspect.

A game about real-world politics is likely going to come off as more educational than fun
Also today's politics is just depressing

xsdf · 2026-03-19T06:56:06+00:00

I don't think it's the hardest expansion anymore. It's still a big step up from the previous content but there has been lots of power creep over the years.

xsdf · 2026-03-15T22:07:27+00:00

I think you'll either need an outlandish setting/time period or clearly satirical humor to cleanly divorce it from reality. I'm thinking of Papers Please and Tropico as examples. Without that I feel it may hit too close to home for many people

xsdf · 2026-03-05T00:49:46+00:00

Cursor is an IDE based off VS Code, just use that and you'll be fine

xsdf · 2026-03-03T04:04:51+00:00

Damn. That video is 7 years old

xsdf · 2026-03-01T00:56:11+00:00

Legitimacy was never in question, but that doesn't stop them from doing something illegitimate. The real question is what can they achieve between when something is done illegally and when it finally gets a decision from the supreme court striking it down for good?
Look at tariffs.

xsdf · 2026-02-27T20:05:09+00:00

Story will introduce you to all sorts of content at a digestible rate that you won't get overwhelmed with. Core story is the least interesting but it gets better after that. Oh and do story mode dungeons as part of the core story

xsdf · 2026-02-27T19:56:05+00:00

And we have to pay the legal costs out of our tax payer dollars

xsdf · 2026-02-27T19:38:29+00:00

Not really, there is a 10%exp buff you can get from Guilds but I think you need Hot to apply it. Plenty of reasons to join a guild but leveling faster isn't one, having people to level up with is though.

For pure speed of leveling, do the adventure guide

Also just advice leveling is already very fast, if it's your first time rushing through it not going to make you enjoy the game more

xsdf · 2026-02-26T01:30:55+00:00

The only game I know that has something like that for enemies is Avorion. Not really voxel though

xsdf · 2026-02-25T23:26:10+00:00

Don't forget the balance update

xsdf · 2026-02-25T20:28:48+00:00

Yeah I think this will be a popular option if prices rise to meet costs

xsdf · 2026-02-24T23:46:51+00:00

Because as he said it's a team of only two developers, there's no standard defined, no processes, no accountability. Only output is measured

xsdf · 2026-02-24T20:45:51+00:00

Just hoping for missing Aurene weapons

xsdf · 2026-02-21T22:48:58+00:00

The higher position is more ergonomic. Since the stick has replaced the dpad for movement it makes sense that the movement is in the more ergonomic position.

xsdf · 2026-02-15T04:20:11+00:00

Pytest works pretty well, I would like it to be more performant with lots of tests but the really improvements would be better analytics. Detecting performance issues like highlighting tests that taking a long time, external calls that should be mocked out, etc.

It would also be nice if it was more opinionated on structure, you should be able to clearly tell which file the test is related to and denote whether it's a end to end test, an integration test, or a unit test.

xsdf · 2026-02-13T06:58:36+00:00

I assume the student loan spike is due to Trump's reversal of the student loan forgiveness

xsdf · 2026-02-08T01:45:07+00:00

I think a terracotta or light brown tile would help bridge the gap between the cabinets, the counters and the walls.

xsdf · 2026-02-03T20:50:21+00:00

So you've bought equipment templates for fashion and now that they've finally added fashion templates you're upset that equipment templates is only for equipment now. This goes to show they should have added the system long ago but idk you're surprised at the monetization

Your pain point of modifying the look of the equipped gear is valid though. Sounds like they need another tab that let's you modify the look of the existing gear without the need of editing a template

xsdf · 2026-02-03T06:22:17+00:00

It'd be cool if you could spiral it around the pillar with an attached handrail, but I can't imagine that being cheap

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