i want smaller applications with fewer updates made by people who are paid more to produce less code and i'm not kidding

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@eniko

I think the best way to run a software product company is for the entire management team to work one day a week, or month.

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@eniko@mastodon.gamedev.place so do i. what you're describing sounds a lot like the unix philosophy. (do one thing and do it well)

i'm in the same boat as a lot of windows users rn. i want to switch to BSD, but i need linux for video games

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@daviddoes @datarama @eniko I remember NetBSD claiming to run on toasters, maybe 20 years ago. Probably gave the wrong people ideas. But I guess if I had to have software on my toaster I could do a lot worse.

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@eniko can we also request the coders to have a nap time during the day? Rest is important, and I'm not kidding about that either.

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@eniko don't forget to add doesn't require an always on Internet connection.

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@kirtai @eniko That said the C programs I wrote in the early 90s still compile fine today

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@eniko I want small chunks of well-specified code with machine supported proofs so I can be certain of my program's actual behavior across its whole domain.

I should probably just learn Ada/SPARK or Idris already.

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@eniko i'm working on it

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@MeaningfulBits @eniko should be illegal to call it an "app" if it does.
Maybe call it a "shim" instead.

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@kirtai @badtux @eniko Right?

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@eniko me too me too.

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@badtux @eniko I'm so glad I don't typically work in Java.

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@eniko in many cases i’d be willing to pay *more* for this approach.

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@eniko and none of this broken shit

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@badtux @eniko Maybe that's the appeal of VBA? I never made the move from VB6 to VB.net, so no idea how stable that is. VBA seems to keep on trucking as it is.

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@eniko If you are asking for less you are asking too much

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@me @eniko Substitute any other language or framework in large scale use for Java. Go? Rust? JavaScript/TypeScript? Even where the language is stable the frameworks you have to use to get work done are as firm as gelatin.

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@eniko and at the same time, companies hire people who prefer AI, f̶a̶s̶t̶ ̶agile; or as the saying goes, seniors with salary of a junior

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@eniko The dream that we deserve!

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@eniko I picked up Tinystart for the Mac by @nileane which is probably exactly the sort of thing you’re after. It’s as useful as Raycast but without all the VC and AI bollocks, and only costs a fiver.