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  • Brahvim@lemmy.kde.socialtoMildly Infuriating@lemmy.world•nobody in webdev knows what graceful degradation is anymoreEnglish
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    1 month ago

    I have been web-devving with HTML/CSS/JS exclusively since the very beginning of my journey. Express.js was also very helpful although I do wonder if I will ever get anything lower-level.

    This is another case where “dumb” development works perfectly. I don’t like frameworks because they enforce the opposite all the time in the name of “control”, and collaboration, and everything else they sdvertise to be able to do. I believe in that stuff not ONE bit. As somebody interested in low-level gamedev who has practiced lots of game code in Java before in a framework style, I absolutely DO NOT encourage writing that kind of code. And EVERY FRAMEWORK EVER always does this. Software just isn’t simple enough anymore - and in some places this is so on purpose, and when it is, I hate it.

    HTML and CSS will work without even Vite. You can always test with absolute paths on your machine. The web is very simple.

    The HTTP/1.1 spec was 176 pages. The entire protocol.

  • Brahvim@lemmy.kde.socialtoMemes@lemmy.ml•Let's update...isiZulu
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    4 months ago

    I did it on the GUI all day yesterday! The only problem Debian has is being unbreakable!

    Heck, I switched repos from bookworm to trixie and installed 3 GiB worth of packages - 2.5k packages - and booted into a PERFECTLY WORKING system!

    Installed the other 8 GiB afterwards and booted into a perfectly working system. Just before I thought Steam was broken, I rebooted and it came alive too.

    And my GTX 1650 worked right away! Do you know how many times the daily 1 GiB update on Ubuntu breaks that?!

    Flatpak updates are kinda’ slow, no 4 GiB downloads needed per day, Debian updates arrive at like 200 MiB a month except for apps like VSCode, Signal, or Discord. And - to be honest - that’s the Windows-unlike experience every distro is missing.

    Debian really is unbreakable.

  • Brahvim@lemmy.kde.socialtoAsklemmy@lemmy.ml•Where is the best place to go to engage in polite conversation with random strangers?isiZulu
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    4 months ago

    I use Fluffychat. Element is more up-to-date with features, but I think I like the simplicity and feel of Fluffy. Both are available via F-droid at least. There probably are other methods. And yes, both have Linux desktop and developer-hosted web-apps.

    FYI Matrix is not an app, but a protocol. Like how you can use different clients to connect to Lemm-Lemm, you can use different apps for Matrix, and not every app has all features. Heck, even the sync authentication systems (that allow you to export your messages to different devices) are different!

    But then there’s the fact that you have manage your decryption keys on your own!

    …

    I think Signal is better for video calls.

    It’s a bit less decentralized, but it’s a lot simpler. A popular thing about Signal is that Edward Snowden talked about a Signal update in a congratulative tone of voice.

  • Brahvim@lemmy.kde.socialtomemes@lemmy.world•Only one generation knows how to fix tech...isiZulu
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    3 months ago

    I’m actually, genuinely shocked by the ageism in such debates every single time. There’s no such thing as age-based incompetence, TBH. There are sound people for every field available everywhere. Why do we have to assume this? Every generation has at least a few people who are competent in their field, even in computing. It’s more important that the literate of us unite to end illiteracy and stop injustice performed in the name of technology. This, honestly, is just making fun of each other, for apparently no sound reason. And I’m talking about the comments, not the meme. I might, or not, get some sour disagreements, or straight-up very bitter replies for arguing even this, …and again, I ask: Do we reeaaally have to do this?

    Technology too has a supposed duty of bringing people together…!

  • Brahvim@lemmy.kde.socialtolinuxmemes@lemmy.world•Many such cases.isiZulu
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    5 months ago

    I agree! But I guess it is a good option for those who still just have to stick, for e.g. IT reasons. That script does a little bit more than a lot of debloating.

    Could be any reasons, right? Gotta be mindful of those!..

    …

    Legacy personal projects!
    Visual Studio!
    Some games!
    The sudden need for a Windows-only tool!

    And some people still don’t want to switch away from… say, their Adobe tools. They don’t want to!

    They don’t want to is what!

    Same for say… those who want to play multiplayer games with… unfortunately, kernel-anti cheats…

    There’s also folk who are stuck for organizational reasons like Microsoft 365 subscriptions.

    Here in India, Linux “market-share” jumped up to 14%, sure, but many, many people want to stick to Windows. Linux is an alien concept to most.

    Must promote the good thing!

    But rationality, man!