exactly... people happily use software from Nazis (not that DHH is one) without knowing. The only difference is that DHH openly writes about his opinions (its called free speech).
Good luck to anyone wanting only ideologically compatible software. They'll end up with pretty much nothing left to use.
Same applies to companies that produce goods. It's a never ending hole.
At some point, every person who says the words "free" and "speech" consecutively (especially in such a smarmy, snotty way), needs to understand that it's not a shield from criticism nor an obligation to continued association. I'm really tired of hearing about the concept from people who don't, evidently, understand what it actually means but just want to use it as an "you have to accept me and what I say no matter what" bludgeon.
I also got ChatGPT vibes... all this repetition of "why it matters" and all the lists, and going back and forth between contradictions...
It's even sadder to me that the author says this is not GPT. I believe them. Which means we have reached a point where the style of how ChatGPT writes has made its way into our sub-conscious...
but we do... 4 years after Rust, we got a first glimpse at Zig. Even today, there's a lot of people that believe that Zig would have been a better choice for the Linux kernel than Rust.
And the answer to "why now" is quite simple - Because of the whole Rust in kernel debate, people started scrutinizing the situation.
Then Zig people should be the focus of “this kids and their new shiny” criticism, not Rust.
People who become aware of something only when it’s being used by something huge also aren’t early adopters either. Rust has already been in the Windows kernel for years at this point, with none of this consternation.
I think you're misunderstanding the purpose of hateoas.
If we jump down to the bolts and nuts, let's say on a json API, it's about including extra attributes/fields in your json response that contain links and information of how to continue. These attributes have to be blended with your other real attributes.
For example if you just created a resource with a POST endpoint, you can include a link to GET the freshly created resource ("_fetch"), a link to delete it ("_delete"), a link to list all resources of the same collection ("_list"), etc...
Then the client application is supposed to automatically discover the API's functionality. In case of a UI, it's supposed to automatically discover the API's functionality and build a presentation layer on the fly, which the user can see and use. From our example above, the UI codebase would never have a "delete" resource button, it would have a generic button which would be created and placed on the UI based on the _delete field coming back from the API
I did something similar ~12 years ago, albeit it was just http(a) over UDP tunneling, and not DNS specifically.
I had to spend 8 hours in Stansted airport, and I managed to setup the tunnel while in the time limit of the free WiFi (I think it was 30'). It felt good, haha.
they are installing now smart meters with sim cards in Greece, and of course everyone started complaining, shaming the gov, claiming corruption, etc...
General population doesn't understand that fixed pricing includes an extra cost which is the risk that the electricity provider has to account for. That risk has a calculable price, which is passed down to the consumers. But because it's baked in the flat rate, nobody complains.
Smart/dynamic pricing actually benefits the consumer.
It does, but people are really bad at understanding it.
It's like how there's a substantial portion of the population that counts the best commute time ever as their commute time, and are perpetually late. "How can it take 30 minutes to get to work, one time it was only 15!" - ignoring the reality of traffic, subway delays, etc.
I still can't believe that Anker has not completely dominated the market... I almost always see other inferior brands when people pull out their powerbanks.
Anecdotally I've had a lot of problems with Anker products over the years. On two separate occasions my power banks died while I was travelling. I had a few Ravpower products that were at least as good. And now Ugreen seems to be producing good stuff.
I don't think there is any stickiness here, and it's a cutthroat market. These things are all at a price point where there will never be a winner-takes-all.
That's very surprising... Between me and my partner we've gone through 4 of these over the last 10 years. One was lost to airport security, another (the first) just became too slow with newer phones. The other two still work perfectly fine.
Maybe they last for us because we're not heavy users? We only use them on vacations.
same here regarding Anker powerbanks, and the bluetooth earbuds I got from them have all been disappointing: bad bluetooth compatibility, and waterproof levels far worse than advertised. I have had good luck with their chargers though, so still buy those.
Good luck to anyone wanting only ideologically compatible software. They'll end up with pretty much nothing left to use.
Same applies to companies that produce goods. It's a never ending hole.
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