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Comment on Honest Question: What benefits can I hope to achieve by switching from jquery to react? in ~comp
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Comment on Thinking of creating a local media center for my home. Any ideas/collaborators? in ~tech
RanceMcGrew Link ParentI would second Sonarr. I set it up last week and was surprised at how awesome it has turned out to be. Depending on your preference for media size, you’ll probably want to tweak the Quality...I would second Sonarr. I set it up last week and was surprised at how awesome it has turned out to be. Depending on your preference for media size, you’ll probably want to tweak the Quality settings so you aren’t getting 40Gb tv shows.
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Comment on The main problem with the Fediverse is that people mostly just use it to talk about the Fediverse in ~tech
RanceMcGrew Link ParentIn the early days of the old guard, there was no algorithm or suggestions either. You had to put in the effort. Finding interesting people to follow is such a breath of fresh air. It’s taken me...In the early days of the old guard, there was no algorithm or suggestions either. You had to put in the effort. Finding interesting people to follow is such a breath of fresh air. It’s taken me months of on-again-off-again usage to find a good flow of interesting people to follow.
Best advice is to find someone you already know and follow from the old places, then look at who they are following or boosting and follow others too. Some high volume posters/boosters will help you discover other interesting people. Or might just annoy you in which case you just unfollow and start again.
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Comment on Beer peeps, what have you been drinking? in ~food
RanceMcGrew LinkSummertime here and the warmest part of the year. I typically gravitate towards blonde ales and witbiers but last summer, discovered Shiner Bock. I usually drink slow so beer that still tastes...Summertime here and the warmest part of the year. I typically gravitate towards blonde ales and witbiers but last summer, discovered Shiner Bock. I usually drink slow so beer that still tastes good when it’s less than cold is usually where it’s at for me.
It’s been a good decade since I have had to do any hard-core frontend web work, so take this with a caveat.
If you are looking for skills for your resume, learning React is probably the way to go. If you are just looking to incrementally upgrade some knowledge, there is something to be said for writing plain JavaScript files and not having a compiler behind your app. Old school angular 1 can replace query for a ton of use cases, and you do not need to use it as a single page app. It’s also darn old but slightly newer than good old jQ.