pjaoko's comments

On: Things you forgot (or never knew) because of React

[pjaoko]

> Because users do not know that there's some hypothetical "better" experience they could have had and do not care, unless your service/tool/whatever is not functioning correctly.

If your business competitors prioritise UX over DX, your users will soon know. And then they won't be your users any more.

[petesergeant → pjaoko]

Many users will prioritize the features they need, shipped promptly, and without bugs, over a nicer UI.

[pjaoko → petesergeant]

This is one of those "false delima" logical fallacies. The idea that you have to choose between a "nicer UI" and "many features, no bugs, shipped promptly".

All those are important, and given a talented team, there is absolutely no reason why you cannot have good UX, lots of features, few bugs shipped on time.

[petesergeant → pjaoko]

Yes, and going back to the original point, a company’s posture on this is entirely a business decision and not a “UX MUST BEAT DX” truth

[pjaoko → petesergeant]

Going back to the original point, "the features they need, shipped promptly, and without bugs" you speak of is actually part of the UX (user experience)!

Maybe you are mixing up the UI design with the UX? In any case, the original point is just highlighting the importance of UX, without giving any solid examples of DX.

On: I'm 17 and wrote this guide on how CPUs run progra...

[pjaoko]

You've put in some good, hard work there, congrats.

I'm thinking I'd have to have some very fine scrolling skills, and sit exactly still to keep my eyes constantly on one small vertical area of the page. And I'd rather dart and exercise my eyeballs than my scrolling finger :)

[jereees → pjaoko]

It’s particularly useful on mobile screens!

On: Ask HN: Best ways to brush up JavaScript knowledge

[pjaoko]

> I need to do web again for a simple web app, but boy is it confusing.

If your goal is just to create a simple web app, you could still use simple HTML, CSS and JS. These are standards that are mostly backwards compatible, even though they've evolved a lot. Maybe add in some jQuery too.

If your goal is to catch up with the modern tech stack, pick one of the popular frameworks (React, Vue, Svelte, Angular) and learn it, starting with their official documents. This assumes you're already comfortable or familiar with the fundamentals (HTML, CSS, JS).

On: Self-hosted photo and video backups directly from ...

[pjaoko]

You must really love those photos.

On: Ask HN: Could you share your personal blog here?

[pjaoko]

Your PC setup space looks fantastic.

On: Ask HN: Could you share your personal blog here?

[pjaoko]

That's a great list of product design resources [1]. If you were to pick just 3, which would those be?

1. https://blog.awaxman.com/product-design-resources

On: Ask HN: Could you share your personal blog here?

[pjaoko]

I second that. It's got so much personality.

On: Ask HN: Anyone still using PHP to build side proje...

[pjaoko]

> 3/4 of the websites you visit everyday are powered by PHP in some form

Do you have a source for this stats?

[Red_Tarsius → pjaoko]

https://w3techs.com/technologies/overview/programming_langua...

On: Octopuses, crabs and lobsters recognised as sentie...

[pjaoko]

Goat, yes. Sheep, no.

On: Why SQLite is so great for the edge

[pjaoko]

I understood "networked database" to mean a client-server DB architecture. So that Postgres for example is running locally, but communicating with a local server.