Comments by "yapdog" (@yapdog) on "Fireship" channel.

  1. Been programming in C for 3 decades, so, at this point, I can't even use a language that doesn't allow me to work with pointers and manage my own memory. And I'm better off for it.
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  2.  @Dxpress_  And you've described why software companies die. I'm a victim of, too, of SaaP where users expect free updates but don't want to pay for them, what the software to be more widely used but won't support it (by paying for updates). Honestly, your position is a weird one to take, given that you're a coder. But I guess it makes sense if you've never had to run a software company.
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  3. Nnnnope. I don't want to code even a single line of this. And I've been coding for over 3 decades. Yeah, call me old, but we've made life so fvcking difficult with all of these APIs just to do what should be a very simple thing. We now have a development culture that takes great pride in this overcomplexity as if it's some kind of worthwhile accomplishment or badge of honor. However, it's all just some things that others have stacked on top of other things... a series of Band-Aids over a core wound. The end result? Programmers today are faster to experience burnout and stress, feeling like they need to know all of these APIs which will be "dead" in a few years. Hell, there are already so many videos touting the death of GraphQL!!! This is shear madness.
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  4. I guess I don't really fall into any of these. The closest would be the Old Jaded Guy. Yep, I'm old. And I code primarily in C, but that's it. But the interesting thing is that the overarching stereotype is that programmers are white. I'm Black. And when I was younger, no one ever guessed that I was a programmer; freaked people out when I did SIGGRAPH back in the day. I got linebacker, movie producer (weird public queries while in Hollywood 🤷‍♂), or generally anything non-programmery. Now that I'm old, people no longer try to guess. Rather than be depressed, I just choose to see it as a good thing. 😅
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