It’s just my sunglasses that are polarized, not the visor itself. Looking at glass or plexiglass with a filter, you see colors a little like this:

Maybe it’s midlife crisis, but I’ve decided to get a motorcycle now that I’m pushing 50. Turns out, I can easily spend 3500€ for my gear and classes before even getting a bike!

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I was pretty impressed by what I saw from Kotlin. Pragmatic and terse, not as academic as Java. Reminds me of the shift away from EJB to Spring. Have been reading up on Rust and thought that with the LVM and WebAssembly (also for the backend), it is perfectly positioned as an alternative. What do you think?

Kollege nimmt mich ein Stück mit nach Feierabend in seinem Ford Capri (getunt, 6 Zylinder). Wenn ihr den Film Clerks kennt, der Typ erinnerte mich an Jay (der Kumpel von Silent Bob). Düst auf die Autobahn, zündet einen Jolli an und und fragt “willst du auch?”. Leute, ich hatte in dem Moment Angst.

Sadly, I’ve haven’t been programming for a while, but I did program Java. Why do you consider it legacy and do you see a specific language replacing it?

First time you got shot? Either where you live or where you work is not a place where I would want to be.

Wir mähen vielleicht 2 mal im Jahr und müssen seitdem viel weniger sprengen. Unkraut entferne ich auch nicht mehr. OK, es hilft bestimmt dass unsere Kaninchen darauf frei herummümmeln.

Maybe this is the socialist European in me, but I can’t believe that. Without a contract, the employer isn’t obligated to pay you at all and you’re not obligated to work. Even if it’s just sealed with a handshake, there is a legal framework for both parties. If you just treat it all like an EULA and say whatever, just let me work for you and it’ll work out, then that’s your problem.

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If my workload means I consistently have to put in more than 8 hours a day, it’s my responsibility to report that. I have a contract for 40 hours a week, I’m not a slave.

I’ve been using UBlock for years and was surprised that out of the box, AdGuard had a much better score!

Was/is she German? Sounds like a German thing.

“Getting old’s not for pussies” - my Grandma

The level I’m at right now is so abstract that I hardly ever even see the applications themselves or have contact with the developing teams. When I am dealing with an application, it’s just an acronym supporting a list of business capabilities. Any effect I could have is extremely intangible.

I’m aware of the fact that this is just like developing software but on a very, very high level. And I thought I would like it, and I hoped it would get better after I acclimatized to the company. But I’m realizing I am uncomfortable with the level of abstraction, and that I hate corporate politics.

Something else - if you’ve ever had imposter syndrome as a developer, imagine what it’s like as an enterprise architect!

I had a difficult relationship with my father. We got closer in his last years and spent more time with each other. Every once in a while he would ask what I thought about getting a license so we could ride together. Naaah, I would always answer. Too expensive, the family and kids, yada yada.

Then he got sick and couldn’t ride anymore. Every so often he asked me if I’d like to have his bike. It was a hideous red BMW K75 from the 80’s. And I would answer, naaah, the family and kids, too expensive, yada yada.

For a few years now, that BMW K75 is stood in our garage, reminding me of what could have been. I always pushed the thought back, there was always something more important to do. But a few weeks ago, I just said fuck it and enrolled in classes. Got a helmet, jacket and everything last week and am so excited I’m finally starting!

Where we come from might be different - but I think I understand how you feel. Hope you’re able to get riding soon!

I’d like to know what to do next. I’m at a juncture in my career - my current gig is dragging me down, and I think I kinda maneuvered myself into a disadvantageous position.

Since forever, I’ve been a developer, sometimes leading small teams, sometimes working in committees on data interchange formats for the industry sector. Two years ago, I had the opportunity for a position as enterprise architect in a large corporation. Truth is, I still just have theoretical knowledge of what I’m supposed to be doing and feel like I’m floundering pretty bad. And corporate life is sucking out the joy in my life - so much time spent asking around what to do to adhere to process. But on the other hand, I am doing quite well financially.

Building things gives me joy - even if it’s just doing a little optimization to shave off a few milliseconds off a database request. Sitting in meetings and going over spreadsheets is not joyful. It’s been so long since I’ve been in the zone editing code. Generally, it’s been about 3 years since I’ve been coding. I’ve been considering going back, but I have no idea how to spin it in interviews - and my coding skills are dead.

My daughter can’t code (apart from dabbling a bit in Scratch) and she can use Fedora on her laptop just fine.

Just tried it out and have to say, looks slick!

Woah, I’ve been using it for quite a while, didn’t know about the acquisition!