Sal Rahman

I write code for fun, and for profit.

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GitHub: https://github.com/shovon
Chat: https://matrix.to/#/@manlycoffee:matrix.org
Location: Surrey, BC, Canada
Fediverse Chat Discord: https://discord.gg/Yy95fntPHt

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2024-09-24 00:56:45

Web3, DeFi, and DAO aren't dead.
They're still thriving.

2024-09-08 15:54:25

A lot of people on Twitter try really hard to roast people who post on there. Like, you could be posting about eating a sandwich and someone will try really hard to find something funny about it post it in the comments.
Not sure if it's a place that attracts people who are into roasting random strangers or something else.
Someone I know told me that they are highly nihilistic on Twitter, because some billionaire bought it. For that reason alone, he's trying to fuel Twitter into an even bigger dumpster fire. That could also partially explain it?

2024-09-07 14:54:00

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I do think it's appropriate to tell people to stfu.
But I think 90% of the time when I felt the urge do so, it's just not worth it, and what they said probably doesn't mean much.

2024-09-07 05:02:20

I've at least partially internalized this myself.
https://files.techhub.social/media_attachments/files/113/094/503/608/688/098/original/492bbb384ffd5551.jpg

2024-07-31 18:01:06

As much as I am a staunch advocate for unit tests, my bias is to take advantage of the compiler as much as possible, then write unit tests if we're unable to capture logic errors from compile-time failures.

2024-07-30 04:11:04

Just found out about Odysee, a blockchain-based video hosting platform. https://help.odysee.tv/

2024-06-19 18:34:57

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I guess my complaint is that teams that release the buggiest code tend to ignore edge cases a lot, and no amount of testing is adequate in catching bugs before it hits production.
That said, you're right: please do test code! Edge case handling is great and all, but testing is critical.

2024-06-19 16:46:35

I have, at one point, expressed disapproval for QA.
I initially doubted myself.
I still did, until I read this.
Yeah, a QA process is a red flag, depending on how it's done.
I do not recommend it.
https://www.linkedin.com/posts/alexander-chiou_techcareergrowth-softwareengineering-instagram-activity-7209223415260454912-RRva
https://files.techhub.social/media_attachments/files/112/644/284/031/760/887/original/57640e4e4da479b6.png

2024-06-16 01:27:46

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I'm leaning more ginger beer.

2024-06-16 01:23:48

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I'm definitely the one on the bottom right.

2024-06-08 03:59:42

So, after stumbling upon drama from people trying to push women in tech…
I'm more and more beginning to think that people who complain about a lack of women in a panel of presenters are just doing this to stir up drama.
Which is sad, because it almost feels like it perpetuates harmful stereotypes about women in tech.
A self-fulfilling prophecy.

2024-06-05 15:09:34

Wikipedia is to millennials what ChatGPT is to Gen Z

2024-05-29 04:18:32

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Debaters are a huge liability in my life.
They don't try to add value.
They just want to win, for themselves. A zero sum mentality.
They are the same groups of people who justify their behaviour on "low trait agreeableness".
Additionally, they justify their behaviour by stating how advantageous it is to be someone of "low agreeableness", and that everyone is missing out.
I'm not seeing it.
Not only are they a liability to me, but they seem to be a liability to themselves.

2024-05-29 04:05:35

I'm not a fan of debating, but I enjoy being with people who listen, and understand.
https://files.techhub.social/media_attachments/files/112/522/388/049/931/523/original/41acd728f746ebaa.png

2024-05-18 16:56:43

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Shameless plug, but I built this UI for a dance choreography planning software that is entirely made of SVG.
So SVG isn't exclusively for static content, but also if you are to couple it with a highly efficient DOM diffing strategy, you can even build interactive software.
https://files.techhub.social/media_attachments/files/112/463/138/557/320/073/original/0a43cef4d65973e3.mp4

2024-05-11 18:46:37

https://files.techhub.social/media_attachments/files/112/423/936/414/669/089/original/9356bddc95d205fe.jpeg

2024-05-08 06:10:30

A DNS TXT value is to WebFinger what DID is to an ActivityPub actor ID.

2024-05-01 02:15:32

Ideal strategy for equality?

2024-04-28 20:50:46

So, I've been reading up on quantum mechanics and the double slit experiment.
If I understand it correctly, the reason why attempting to measure which slit does a particle go through is because of the Heisenberg uncertainty principle: we can only either know the velocity or the position of a particle, but not both.
So in other words, when measuring which slit a particle goes through, we know the position, but we don't know the velocity. So, the interference pattern disappears, but the probability distribution of the velocity suddenly becomes unknown.
Does that sound right?

2024-04-16 17:16:31

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Speaking of housing, for a long time, people have been saying that real estate speculation is a good investing strategy.
Hell, people included their own primary residence as their investing strategy!
Why? Because a home will apparently outperform the US stock market in terms of total expected return.
Why no one thought that this is unsustainable is beyond me.

2024-04-16 17:13:18

I will never vote for a politician who attacks the BoC for raising interest rates in the face of higher than 2% inflation rate.
The Bank of Canada has one job: keep inflation at 2%.
They only have one tool for the job: monetary policy, which includes the overnight lending rate.
Yelling at the Bank of Canada for interest rates is like yelling at a tree for having its leaves fall during autumn. They can't help it.
It's also the government's job to manage inflation rate, by keeping a close eye on the economy.
Several things that lead to inflation that we're seeing today:
- high housing costs
- supply-chain issues
- uncontrolled immigration, even in the face of inflation
Inflation doesn't only mean more money in circulation; it also means market can't meet demand.
So combined with supply-chain issues, red tapes behind housing starts, and high immigration all lead to the inflation that we are seeing today.
Governments should have been on top of this.
#canpoli

2024-04-11 06:02:56

I told my brother that I learned to drive after having watched this one episode of SpongeBob SquarePants.

2024-04-02 03:30:04

So there's this AI music-making platform, called Suno, which I talked about before.
But looking at the name, I was thinking "wait, are the founders South Asian?"
For the uninitiated: in many South Asian languages, a word homonymous to "suno" literally means "listen", in the imperative mood.
So I had to look it up, and Google lead me to this small thread on Hacker News, which confirms that Suno's name is derived from a South Asian word.
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38745674
https://files.techhub.social/media_attachments/files/112/199/491/251/914/254/original/ace7f371059ec159.png

2024-04-01 00:00:55

We'll see what happens once we convince people that you can get paid to post to the Fediverse
https://atomicpoet.org/objects/fee90d29-9e25-4ae2-b29c-2a48e59c0dd3

2024-02-13 06:48:10

I'm one of the people who not only enjoys coffee, but actually feels drowsy after drinking it.
Great for drinking coffee at night