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  • Parse, don’t validate

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  • Yes! The concepts are intertwined. I think the key take away, for me, is to lean heavily into your type system and allow that to do some of the heavy lifting. Accept that something like a username is not a string, but a subtype of a string (this has to be true if any validation is required, otherwise you'd just accept any valid string).

  • Parse, don’t validate

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  • It's one of my favourites. Something I revisit every couple of years.

  • To Hyperion or The Expanse?

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  • Goodness, what a choice to make. They are both excellent, and you should of course read both. Personally, I would start with Hyperion.

  • Which version of Batman do you like the most?

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  • A seemingly unpopular opinion, but Christian Bale's Batman is my favourite live action version of the character.

  • Bluesky is now open for anyone to join | TechCrunch

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  • Celebrities, politicians and businesses will be more likely to show up on the platform, if that's your jam.

  • Bluesky is now open for anyone to join | TechCrunch

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  • When corporations inevitably arrive to the platform, we can use it to shame them into offering a decent service after they ignore our calls and emails.

  • The Hacker News Top 40 books of 2023

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  • That one has been on my list for a while. Are you finding yourself able to easily apply what is taught to your day-to-day?

  • Sonic X Shadow Generations - Announce Trailer

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  • Different strokes for different folks, I guess. I enjoyed Heroes for what it was.

    I agree that Sonic Battle was one of, if not the best entries for character building. And SB is, in fact, my all-time favourite Sonic game. Breaks me that I may never see a sequel / reboot, and get to relive Emerl's story.

  • Sonic X Shadow Generations - Announce Trailer

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  • I'd honestly be happier with no guns. Not sure if that was their greatest move, in their effort to make him 'edgier'. He was perfect in SA2 and Sonic Heroes.

  • Sonic X Shadow Generations - Announce Trailer

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  • I am very excited for this. One part of my childhood that I've never been able to let go of is my total fanboy-ism of Shadow.

  • The Hacker News Top 40 books of 2023

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  • I have read a few of these books. As for non-fiction:

    Pragmatic Programmer Excellent book; should be compulsory reading for all software developers.

    The Phoenix Project Enjoyable enough. It's a fictional story and has some extremely role-cast, trope filled characters. But its purpose is not to be a great novel. Its purpose is to teach the history of and purpose of how dev-ops came about. I think it's worth reading. I'm yet to try the Unicorn Project which I understand is actually more about software.

    Eloquent JavaScript I am not a huge fan of working with JavaScript or front end, but I did read this when I got placed on a long term project where I would be using it for the duration. I found this book excellent, and my JavaScript certainly benefitted from it.

    I also read a bunch of the fictional books. Bobiverse is one of my favourite series ever, despite the weirdness of the fourth book (it was still good). I'm just over halfway through Children of Time, and seriously regret not picking it up sooner. Well kind of, if I had I suppose I wouldn't be enjoying it so much now!

  • Do any of you program on non-US keyboard layouts?

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  • I believe the lower cable connects the two boards. The upper cable is for connecting to your device, so would only be connect to one of the boards when in use.

  • Do any of you program on non-US keyboard layouts?

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  • I use UK standard layout, and Apple UK for work. It always takes me a few minutes to switch between them, but both are absolutely fine for programming. Just the odd placement of # that bothers me a little, but I tend to use that only for Python comments - which I tend to do more commonly from a keyboard shortcut anyway.

  • Tips for getting contract work

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  • As mentioned, LinkedIn seems to be the prime spot for getting initial work in both employed and contracted work, currently.

    Long term, you want to "always be networking", as much work will come from word of mouth. Make sure to be creating contacts and relationships at each job you do get, as you never know who the next lot of work might come from.

    I did some contracting for a brief period. My second contract came from the personal assistant of the Managing Director for the first job. We chatted a few times whilst I was working there, and it turned out her husband ran a software firm and was in need of my skill set. My understanding is that this type of situation is not uncommon.

  • Lemmy Release v0.19.3 - A Few Bugfixes

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  • Perhaps not major, but I'd just like shout out my PR which was merged in this release:https://github.com/LemmyNet/lemmy-ui/pull/2322

    It adds another view to Registration Applications to show only denied applications, helpful for identifying spam applications and rule circumventers. I know a few people have been asking for something similar to this.

  • Why did Adobe open source Magento?

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  • The same reason a lot of companies support a community edition. It means that people can use, learn and become experienced with the product without forking over a tonne of money.

    This results in a larger number of developers, add-ons and community surrounding the product.

    This makes it a more appealing product for companies looking to build a business using it.

    It's the same reason you can use AWS for free, get some JetBrains products for free and often find community editions for similar products to Magento.

  • What's happening?

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  • Well TIL. Didn't think to search for it. I am in my thirties and have lived in the UK my whole life, and I have never encountered or heard of such a device until now!Given that, I think it's really creative name to use for such a purpose 👍

  • What's happening?

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  • Great effort keeping the instance together. I'm very impressed, and grateful for both your efforts. It's probably just going over my head, but what is the inspiration for the name "Teasmade"? Is it a play on Tea and Maid?

  • Migrated my self-hosted Nextcloud to AIO and I absolutely love it

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  • As in, I have Nginx running on my server and use it as a reverse proxy to access a variety of apps and services. But can't get it playing nicely with AIO Nextcloud.

  • Migrated my self-hosted Nextcloud to AIO and I absolutely love it

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  • Yes I've not managed to solve this yet. For me, it's hosting AIO behind my existing Nginx.

  • Rust @programming.dev
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    Oort - a "programming game" you write in Rust code, to control a fleet of spaceships

    oort.rs
  • Programmer Humor @programming.dev
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    I'm just at home heating up my no-code offering in the microwave...

  • Adopt A Community @programming.dev
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    Closed

    Seeking additional mods for c/PlayMyGame

    programming.dev /c/play_my_game
  • Sync for Lemmy @lemmy.world
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    I am not receiving ads on the free version

  • Helix Editor @programming.dev
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    What are your top tips for new Helix users?

  • Adopt A Community @programming.dev
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    Tauri

    programming.dev /c/tauri
  • United Kingdom @feddit.uk
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    Parliament will debate petition: Make lying in the House of Commons a criminal offence - 23rd October 2023

    petition.parliament.uk /petitions/576886
  • Gaming @beehaw.org
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    Well endowed Githyanki... Rejoice!

  • Programming.dev Meta @programming.dev
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    Update: I am wrong

    Is there something preventing full federation with specific instances (that are not blocked)? Example included.

  • Lemmy Bots and Tools @programming.dev
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    What are some bots you'd like to see here and on Lemmy in general?

  • Lemmy Bots and Tools @programming.dev
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    What are you favourite Lemmy libraries so far?