• 3 Posts
  • 2.63K Comments
Joined 2 years ago
cake
Cake day: August 9th, 2023

help-circle






  • Yeah, this stuff takes time to work out. As long as the side effects aren’t a big deal, they might err on the side of too much.

    Covid vaccines were something of an exception because they were motivated and infections were widespread. Lots of chances to get good data. Treatments for other diseases don’t have those advantages.

    The HPV vax, for example, was released in 2016 on a three dose schedule. There’s some studies out there that argue two doses would be plenty, but it’s not a consensus, either. That’s after almost a decade.

    PrEP is already keeping HIV infection rates pretty low, at least in rich countries where there’s money to do these studies. Not going to be good data on dose schedules for many, many years. Maybe even decades.







  • Yeah, those are mostly showing off. They’re not really what I’m getting at, either. I more want to challenge people to make useful things simply.

    And yes, there are ways that JavaScript can be used to give users a faster and more streamlined experience. The web as it stands is so far past that justification. I swear there’s lots of “full stack” devs that haven’t a clue how to make a site without React.


  • I’d like full stack developers to try something. Next time you have an itch for a personal project, see if you can make it with no frontend JavaScript. Just some CSS and HTML forms. All templating handled on the backend. Just try it and see how far you get. Don’t worry if it looks like a GeoCities page.

    Then try finding places where JavaScript would make it more responsive or better UX in some way. Does the back button still work? Is it actually faster? Does it provide any benefit at all?

    Maybe it does, but just try.




  • AWS has a multitude of different offerings with confusing pricing structures. They have zero incentive to make them understandable.

    That said, chances are your new company has people who understand this already and know how to manage it. Hopefully, they’ll put up some guardrails that prevent you and others from running up a big bill. I wouldn’t expect a junior programmer to know how to do this, but that’s ok as long as the company is managed right. Granted, that can be a big if sometimes.




  • The current situation will tend to sweep away a lot of institutions. The Republican Party almost certainly won’t survive Trump, and there’s a chance Democrats won’t either. Even if they do, it’s not like they could hold on to being a singularly dominant party forever. Not when there are so many people voting for them only to make sure Republicans don’t take power.

    They’ll have to adapt to that situation or perish. New political parties can spring up quickly. We’re not used to that in the US, but it’s happened here before, and happens around the world all the time.