Posts by AMBxx

Re: why this continuous creation of new languages

VB was an excellent way to write event driven Windows applications. Always seen as inferior to C++ and C# so MS kept improving the language. That introduced complexity so VB was no longer useful as lesser devs such as myself just crossed to C'#.

The more C# work I do, the more I appreciate the way Smalltalk forces you to do 'proper' OO. None of this muddled thinking of whether or not a String is an object (yes, Java, I'm talking to you too).

Given how easy it would be for Salesforce to replicate Slack for just their own application, you have to wonder why they're bothering.

Re: hang on

It's not that simple. If my local DNS doesn't know the answer, it doesn't just go straight to root. It goes to another level (often the ISP DNS). If that doesn't know the answer, it will look elsewhere, eventually getting to root. Any organisation that goes straight to root is being very rude.

Re: Phone for the living room

When they first became widespread, I would regularly see them in a corporate environment. Project Managers would carry them to meetings and make notes. Now, they're strictly for home use as we've all grown up and realised you need a proper laptop.

I'd have thought that bids are likely to be higher if the bidding companies have some certainty of future revenues from other services. Bit like not buying a new car when you're not sure you'll have a job in 6 months.

I'm not convinced that job performance of remote vs office is anything to do with personal preference.

Much more to do with the type of work. I've worked from home 100% for the last 17 years. 50:50 for the 5 years before that. It works for me as my work is mostly solitary. If I'm starting a new project and want to thrash out the details with a customer, there is no substitute for face to face.

If you're doing something creative in a team, you need to work with that team to get the blue sky stuff.

If I were 21 and just starting out, I'd make sure I was in the office every day early and working late to make sure my face was familiar to the powers that be. No way I'd believe that a Zoom call was a substitute to office networking. How would I substitute those accidental meetings that happen with people in separate teams/business areas?