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Sometimes, it's backwards (sh.itjust.works)
submitted 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) by 0x4E4F to c/[email protected]
 
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[–] [email protected] 58 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (3 children)

I think it's on a case by case basis but having help desk ppl help you out and opening powershell and noodling without any concept of problem solving made me make this face once.

It probably goes both ways, I'm a dev and I assembled computers at 12 yo so I believe I have a lot of experience and knowledge when it comes to hardware. I've also written code for embedded platforms.

IT people in my pov can really come across as enthusiast consumers when it comes to their hardware knowledge.

"did you guys hear Nvidia has the new [marketing term] wow!" . Have you ever thought about what [marketing term] actually does past just reading the marketing announcement?

At the same time I swear to God devs who use macs have no idea how computers work at all and I mean EXCLUDING their skill as a dev. I've had them screen share to see what I imagine is a baby's first day on a computer.

To close this rant: probably goes both ways

[–] [email protected] 27 points 2 months ago (4 children)

Interesting comment on the Mac. At my workplace we can choose between Mac or Windows (no Linux option unfortunately, my personal computer runs Debian). Pretty much all the principle and senior devs go for Mac, install vim, and live in the command line, and I do the same. All the windows people seem over reliant on VSCode, AI apps, and a bunch of other apps Unix people just have cli aliases for and vim shortcuts. I had to get a loaner laptop from work for a week and it was windows. Tried using powershell and installing some other CLI tools and after the first day just shut the laptop and didn’t work until I got back from travel and started using my Mac again.

[–] [email protected] 22 points 2 months ago

If you don't have access to Linux, MacOS is the closest commercially available option so it makes sense.

Also please take what I said lightly, I by no means want to bash Mac users and generalize them. It just has been my experience. I'm sure there are thousands of highly competent technical users who prefer Mac.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 months ago (2 children)
[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 months ago

WSL is interesting because it manages to simultaneously offer everything a Linux user would want while also actually capable of none of what a Linux user would need it to do. Weird compatibility issues, annoying filesystem mappings that make file manipulation a pain, etc

In a Windows environment I've found it honestly works better to either ssh into a Linux machine or learn the PowerShell way of doing it than to work through WSL's quirks

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 months ago

Windows is an option

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 months ago

I have to use windows for work. Installed vim through winget and set a powershell alias, allowing me to use it similarly to linux. Windows ist still just ass though.

[–] 0x4E4F 9 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

Agreed. I have colleagues that I write scripts for (I don't do that any more, I stopped and shit stopped working, so they solve things manually now), they don't know shit about scripting... and still don't.

On the other hand, I've had the pleasure of working with a dev that was just this very positive, very friendly person and was also very knowledgeable when it came to hardware, so we were on the same page most of the time. He also accepted most of my code changes and the ones that he didn't, gave him an idea of how to solve it more efficiently. We were a great team to be honest. We're still friends. Don't see him as frequently, but we keep in touch.