This is great. Now we won’t have to fix y2K36 bugs.

I recently switched to Linux for all development. I still use my Mac for everything else.

The main reason was to protect my personal data from possible supply chain issues or LLM agent mishaps.

I’m 99% in VSCode, a browser, and a terminal. There’s hardly a difference day-to-day.

I have recently gone all in on Python. Before I decided this, I was using Python for projects where I needed Pandas or numpy. I used React/TypeScript/Node for web applications. But, I moved to Django/HTMX.

The main reason is to avoid npm, but also, I wanted something with more built-in defaults (my web apps have simple needs). It has nothing to do with the language -- it's more the ecosystem for me.

I considered Ruby/Rails, but it didn't seem enough better than Python and can't replace the Pandas work I need to do.

When you do regular updates, they are quick. But also, you can timebox it and then back out and plan a harder than expected update.

Also, it keeps you in touch with your deps so you can consider if it’s even worth it. My favorite update was removing the dep (or starting a plan to remove it because it was interfering with regular updates)

I think of it a different way. The consumer market (if Microsoft doesn’t value it) is holding them back from paying tech debt. The fear of regressions is a good reason to not touch stuff.

If you do value a market and ignore this, the consequences can be fatal (see Sonos). But if you don’t, then doing the minimum is rational.

I think it’s just like Steve Jobs said: they have no taste. That never changed and it causes them to fail time and again with innovations

I actually think Microsoft is often ahead of it's time with it's consumer-facing products, but executes very poorly. So they have good foresight, but "very bad taste" when it comes to execution.

Microsoft was early to making tablets, smartphones, living room PCs, etc. They just royally screw up the execution of each product category every time.

Maybe it'd be a fun idea for to take some of Microsoft's failed consumer ideas, and revisit them 10-15 years later to see if some other company successfully executes on it.

Making a bicycle with square wheels is not being ahead of it's time, though.

Most of the time MS is actually delivering something successful is when they are very late or bought it and put their sticker on it.

The problem with the last 15 years of Windows is the way that Microsoft did touch it, a lot.

Wanted to share some stats and thoughts about Show HN's impact on my book.

But, then where would you host your website?

Used milk carton. It probably has more TFlops than Commodore 64.

Looking at your source, I was introduced to Odin -- now I want to hear a lot more about that.

He is also the creator of Odin :)

My priority is Kindle, then print. Then I will look into other formats. At that point I will have a PDF (that was used for Print) and an epub, so it will primarily be driven by interest.

The best way to be notified by it is to be on my list at loufranco.com or reaching out to me.