dsh's recent activity
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Comment on What's a secondhand heartbreak you've experienced? in ~talk
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Comment on What's your favorite music album to get high to? in ~music
dsh LinkIn the Court of the Crimson King - King CrimsonIn the Court of the Crimson King - King Crimson
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Comment on Anyone interested in trying out Kagi? (trial giveaway: round #2) in ~tech
dsh Link ParentThanks for the heads up - I'll see how much I like using it over DDG for the next little while.Thanks for the heads up - I'll see how much I like using it over DDG for the next little while.
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Comment on Anyone interested in trying out Kagi? (trial giveaway: round #2) in ~tech
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Comment on What do you like about your job? in ~talk
dsh LinkI'm apart of the leadership team at the business I work for, and I get to manage and mentor a team of developers, devops, QA analysts, etc. I also get to make big strategic decisions for the...I'm apart of the leadership team at the business I work for, and I get to manage and mentor a team of developers, devops, QA analysts, etc. I also get to make big strategic decisions for the software we work on, project we take on. Because of my position I can take some liberties around my personal life - like taking "light" fridays or dipping out early to pick up my kid from daycare.
The business prioritizes people's work-life balance - almost to a point that may seem unfair to those without kids (we are a very family-focused business). But as a dad to a toddler, I love being able to just dip from the office, get my kid, and hang out.
Also we're a hybrid workplace, and a lot of the software we work on is in service of the manufacturing we do so being the office has huge benefits (seeing the thing you make be used), so its not so bad.
Also I live really close to the office so that really helps.
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Comment on Anyone interested in trying out Kagi? (trial giveaway: round #2) in ~tech
dsh LinkI would love to try! I have been a long time DDG user and they have also succumbed to the AI slop in responses. Would love to see what a real attempt at an alternative would be.I would love to try! I have been a long time DDG user and they have also succumbed to the AI slop in responses. Would love to see what a real attempt at an alternative would be.
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Comment on A baseball discussion thread, 2025 spring training edition in ~sports.baseball
dsh Link ParentYeah I've started to mull it around a lot. He's in a contract year and he has not had great back to back seasons yet so he'll really need to play this year to get what he's asking for. You just...Yeah I've started to mull it around a lot. He's in a contract year and he has not had great back to back seasons yet so he'll really need to play this year to get what he's asking for.
You just see so much "we tried" from the front office without a lot of payoffs yet. Looking forward to the season regardless.
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Comment on A baseball discussion thread, 2025 spring training edition in ~sports.baseball
dsh Link ParentOne of the problems with the Jays in the AL East is they have a good core, but they don't have much going on in the farm. While Rogers can pay any contract they seemed to get played for bigger...One of the problems with the Jays in the AL East is they have a good core, but they don't have much going on in the farm. While Rogers can pay any contract they seemed to get played for bigger negotiations for other teams - like Shohei to LA, Soto to NY, etc. So this leaves them in a limbo between the O's/Rays, and Sox/Yanks type of team building.
The play now is if the team is not competing by the deadline, trade away Vlad and Bo and build a robust farm. But if they are winning you pay the man (Vlad).
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Comment on A baseball discussion thread, 2025 spring training edition in ~sports.baseball
dsh Link ParentWatching any team in the AL Central is wild. What is going on in that division!?Watching any team in the AL Central is wild. What is going on in that division!?
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Comment on A baseball discussion thread, 2025 spring training edition in ~sports.baseball
dsh LinkI am a Jays fan and man the sentiment that Atkins should be fired is shared amongst most of us fans. Not getting a deal done for Vlad this year is ridiculous. Anyways, the AL East is a brutal...I am a Jays fan and man the sentiment that Atkins should be fired is shared amongst most of us fans.
Not getting a deal done for Vlad this year is ridiculous. Anyways, the AL East is a brutal division and I am not looking forward to facing the Yankees, Bosox, or Orioles a lot this year.
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Comment on 2025 WWE Royal Rumble in ~sports.combat
dsh LinkI missed the 2 falls tag team match but DIY and Motor City Machine Guns are two groups of very skilled wrestlers so I assume the match was good. I missed the Lady's rumble as well. I had to put my...I missed the 2 falls tag team match but DIY and Motor City Machine Guns are two groups of very skilled wrestlers so I assume the match was good.
I missed the Lady's rumble as well. I had to put my kid down to bed and didn't get to the TV until 8. Honestly seeing that Charlotte Flair won was a whole lot of "meh" for me. I think there is way better talent on the active roster but what ever.
I was locked in for the Rhodes and Owens battle. While not the craziest ladder match I have ever seen there was some really good spots. Knowing how the WWE handles top talent in terms of safety I was shocked they got away with some of those spots.
As the Men's rumble was going awesome until my wife burst into the room to let me know our basement flooded. We proceeded to clean up the mess, call our contractors, find the leak, and get everything in order. Afterwards I fast forwarded to the end and saw Jey Uso won.
I really like Jey Uso and I think he's super over. I think he's going to face Gunther which will be a fantastic mania main event if Jey can stay locked in.
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Comment on What are you reading these days? in ~books
dsh Link ParentThat's good to hear! I am really enjoying the first book and how it compares to the show (which was also really good and what made me want to read the books in the first place).That's good to hear! I am really enjoying the first book and how it compares to the show (which was also really good and what made me want to read the books in the first place).
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Comment on Amazon to close Quebec facilities, insists it's not because of new union in ~tech
dsh Link ParentThis or a firm that hires independent contractors (like Dragonfly/TransForce).This or a firm that hires independent contractors (like Dragonfly/TransForce).
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Comment on What are you reading these days? in ~books
dsh LinkI am reading The Talented Mr. Ripley after watching the Netflix series when it came out. I had also seen the film years ago and the one thing I really like about the book that the series touched...I am reading The Talented Mr. Ripley after watching the Netflix series when it came out. I had also seen the film years ago and the one thing I really like about the book that the series touched on, and the movie seemed to avoid entirely, is how queer coded and asexual Tom Ripley actually is. Its been a quick read so far and I'm almost half way through but its overall a good book!
I find I am reading a lot of things I have seen the adaptations of - before Ripley I have read Dune and man that book is quite different than the films.
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Comment on Amazon to close Quebec facilities, insists it's not because of new union in ~tech
dsh Link ParentI am very pro-union so I am going to say that I doubt any of these "small local businesses" that Amazon says its going to work with will have a net total of 300 unionized workers, and instead,...I am very pro-union so I am going to say that I doubt any of these "small local businesses" that Amazon says its going to work with will have a net total of 300 unionized workers, and instead, have similar or worse working conditions for those small businesses. It'll be a race to the bottom for the cheapest contracts to work with Amazon, and workers and consumers the same will likely suffer.
So while number of jobs may be transferred, quality of pay and rights of workers may suffer because of it. I hope I'm wrong.
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Comment on Seeking advice as a Frontend web developer in ~comp
dsh Link ParentI am sorry to hear that the CTO does not understand developer productivity and how nuanced it really is. It sounds like this project is just a mess and someone in a higher pay-grade than you needs...I am sorry to hear that the CTO does not understand developer productivity and how nuanced it really is. It sounds like this project is just a mess and someone in a higher pay-grade than you needs to actually do something about it.
I would recommend to keep bringing this stuff up with your teammates and manager, keep doing your best work, and ask for clarification on things when they change.
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Comment on Seeking advice as a Frontend web developer in ~comp
dsh LinkSome context - I am a former developer who has been managing for almost three years. I still get to write a good amount of code but a lot of the things I work on at work are small pet projects...Some context - I am a former developer who has been managing for almost three years. I still get to write a good amount of code but a lot of the things I work on at work are small pet projects that are "nice to haves" for the org - not contributing to our bigger projects. For those, I act more like a manager and, well, manage the development of the project.
Poor upfront planning for a project can be its death knell. So many projects I have managed have been delivered, albeit late. This is almost entirely due to my lack of planning and understanding scope before we even start the work. The plus side though is that as the manager I have to ability to bring this to attention to the General Manager and stakeholder and re-assess what is actually required for the project. I think it would be really beneficial to take a day and rescope the requirements of the project as a team, with the stakeholders. Taking a day to refocus, reprioritize, and come up with new deadlines is a benefit to everyone involved and almost always worth doing. Now the tricky part in your position is convincing your manager this is what the team needs to do.
Your manager should stop getting their hands in the code as well, and let the team (you) work on delivering features. If they are a good developer, they should be instrumental in the reviews, sign off on changes, and take ownership when presenting the changes to the stakeholders for the project. When changes to what they signed off on are needed, the work needs to be funneled back down to the team. Its hard to manage and code at the same time - trust me I have been there.
If they really need to write code, they need to act like a team member and talk about the changes that they are going to make with the team. This means you (or your colleagues) aren't going to get blindsided by PR's that completely rewrite and change what you already did. This is not fair to you or your team.
You are not the problem, mismanagement of people, and project deliverables, sounds like the problem.
As for metrics, these sound absolutely useless to how productive actual developers are. I would never use something like that myself - especially since in your case it sounds like its your manager who is changing your code? That's setting you up for failure and that's what bad managers do.
TLDR: manager needs to manage, not code; or stop coding with impunity. Your team needs to have the long hard rescoping and planning meetings that should have been done at the start of the project.
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Comment on Adobe Lightroom's AI Remove feature added a Bitcoin to bird in flight photo in ~tech
dsh LinkThis is extremely funny and also horrifying. If only we could pinpoint why an LLM would insert the Bitcoin logo into that prompt. Until then I think we should just avoid using them.This is extremely funny and also horrifying. If only we could pinpoint why an LLM would insert the Bitcoin logo into that prompt.
Until then I think we should just avoid using them.
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Comment on <deleted topic> in ~tech
dsh Link ParentI really like it so far. I think I have only had an issue once or twice and I think its because I swapped back and forth too quickly. It can run pretty hot too after prolonged usage. I think also...I really like it so far. I think I have only had an issue once or twice and I think its because I swapped back and forth too quickly. It can run pretty hot too after prolonged usage.
I think also my issues come from Fedora and the USB-C connection to my laptop. My desktop never seems to have an issue with anything.
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Comment on <deleted topic> in ~tech
dsh LinkThis is a great thread! I haven't really talked about my setup before. I have a single desk with two 27" 1440p IPS monitors. They are connected to an AV Access iDock B30 KVM Switch. The Switch...This is a great thread! I haven't really talked about my setup before.
I have a single desk with two 27" 1440p IPS monitors. They are connected to an AV Access iDock B30 KVM Switch. The Switch controls, obviously, my keyboard (Moonlander split keyboard), and Mouse (Kingston trackball). I also have a Logitech 1080p webcam hooked up.
Work:
- ThinkPad P15 Workstation Laptop
- Connected with USB-C, closed, and tucked away
Home:
- Custom built PC, Ryzen 5, some AMD graphics card I forget
- Steinberg UR44 Interface - this has a Mackie Mix12FX analogue mixer with my synths and system audio card routred through it
- Behringer Xenyx Q802USB mixer as my main audio card
- MicroKorg
- Korg Wavestate
- Yamaha DX7
- Lots of different USB midi controllers
And then I have my old desktop computer set up as a home server at the other end of the room.
This is a bit smaller scale, especially considering the scale of some of the other responses, but its recent and had me really thinking about things. My son is a toddler and he goes to a small, private, in-home daycare. This means his cohort is small and basically a second family.
During March Break, his best buddy in the daycare went on vacation and we noticed that our son was acting up and miserable every day after pick-up. Half way through the week we noticed that his buddy was gone and we asked him if he was sad that his friend wasn't there. He cried, he said yes.
My son missed his friend for the first time and it was honestly heartbreaking. We talked to him about it, his bud came back, and we started scheduling play-dates with them outside of daycare.