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the more you know in c/linux_memes@programming.dev

[–] jim_stark@programming.dev 1 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

UK has left the chat.

Microsoft Edge could use a win in c/programmer_humor@programming.dev

[–] jim_stark@programming.dev 6 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (3 children)

Edge is stuff tacked on Chromium. How can it be better?!

Google Launches Project IDX, A web-based IDE in c/programming@programming.dev

[–] jim_stark@programming.dev 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

True, I myself prefer VS Codium but how many people use it? And some site like Coursera have VSCode on the web and it can't be changed to VSCodium.

Google Launches Project IDX, A web-based IDE in c/programming@programming.dev

[–] jim_stark@programming.dev 2 points 2 years ago

I just hope it’s not yet another electron or DOM based editor

Unfortunately, yes.

Golang be like in c/programmer_humor@programming.dev

[–] jim_stark@programming.dev 4 points 2 years ago

JS simply does not care.

Google Launches Project IDX, A web-based IDE in c/programming@programming.dev

[–] jim_stark@programming.dev 2 points 2 years ago (4 children)

I am not saying otherwise. But do we still have a say?

Google Launches Project IDX, A web-based IDE in c/programming@programming.dev

[–] jim_stark@programming.dev 6 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (8 children)

Aren't we past that point?

VS Code is Electron based and it can even be deployed in the cloud. We are talking about one of the most popular IDEs.

What's stopping WebAssembly from effectively replacing JavaScript? in c/programming@programming.dev

[–] jim_stark@programming.dev 1 points 2 years ago

Interesting take!

LazyVim: blazingly fast, sane defaults, easy to customize and extend in c/neovim@programming.dev

[–] jim_stark@programming.dev 1 points 2 years ago

Yep, that's a good reason. I guess dot files should also be downloaded from github just like extensions. Makes this stuff a lot easier.

What's stopping WebAssembly from effectively replacing JavaScript? in c/programming@programming.dev

[–] jim_stark@programming.dev 3 points 2 years ago (2 children)

What about maintainability of large code bases? JS even with TS tacked isn't so great or at least not as good as Rust.

What's stopping WebAssembly from effectively replacing JavaScript? in c/programming@programming.dev

[–] jim_stark@programming.dev 1 points 2 years ago

My bad. I can't find the actually video but there exits a startup that shutdown because Rust/WASM performance wasn't any better on top of that it's was harder to develop with Rust. But as my edit to my previous comment shows things got better for Rust. It's no longer the case.