I keep thinking about camcorders. Imagine being a videographer for the first 10 or 20 years after camcorders went on sale. You'd go through the following thoughts:

"Everyone can make movies? This is going to kill my job."
"Haha, this is trash. My job is safe."
"Quality is getting better but it's still trash."
"It's trash but people are kind of happy with it? For recording memories and having fun it does what they need."
"OK, quality is actually getting decent, you could maybe shoot a pro movie on this. Worried about my job again."
"What is my job? Now that anyone can shoot videos, it's obvious that it's not just pointing a camera and making a movie. It's knowing light, angles, sound, timing. Both the camcorder, and my job, have their place."

Anyway, back to coding.

«Ab sofort lassen die USA nur noch im Inland hergestellte Router für Verbraucher zu. Solche Modelle gibt es aber nicht.»

Einerseits: 🤦🏻‍♂️.

Andererseits. Eine neue Eskalationsstufe im Handelskrieg.

https://www.heise.de/news/USA-verbieten-alle-neuen-Router-fuer-Verbraucher-11222044.html

Eine Viertelstunde, bevor eine Äußerung von US‑Präsident Donald Trump zum Iran am Montag für einen deutlichen Preisrutsch am Ölmarkt sorgte, ist es zu auffälligen Großtransaktionen mit Rohöl‑Futures gekommen. Zwischen 6.49 Uhr und 6.50 Uhr Ortszeit wechselten etwa 6200 Kontrakte auf die Rohölsorten Brent und WTI den Besitzer.

Geht bei der ganzen Scheisse nur drum ob Trumps Buddys Geld verdienen oder nicht - das scheint die einzig verbliebene Staatsräson der USA zu sein

https://www.tagesspiegel.de/internationales/mehr-als-eine-halbe-milliarde-dollar-gehandelt-auffallige-geschafte-am-olmarkt-kurz-vor-trump-ankundigung-15392383.html

Edit! A lot of people engaged with this and it's clear many are in the same/similar positions. I therefore thought it might be useful for me to share that Open University offer quite a few free online certified training courses - www.open.edu/openlearn/free-courses

There is also a wealth of (free) training material (for learners and teachers) available from MIT at ocw.mit.edu and (free) certified online courses at openlearning.mit.edu/courses-programs/mitx-courses

Everything from HR and management to neurodivergence, aerodynamics and astrophysics, Python, genetics, diversity and inclusion, infosec, STEM, law, Black-centric courses, research methods, languages and education, Scottish Parliament, etc. 😊

If, like me, you've been actively seeking a job recently, you will likely be aware of the impact Ai has had on the job market. Virtually every other day is a msm news story about qualified and/or experienced people making hundreds of applications without getting anywhere.

Personally, although I've had a few interviews that didn't quite land (one I didn't really have enough experience, the others were pulled or lost funding), I've now applied for over 300 jobs over the past year. At this stage I'm quite philosophical about it and recognise it's not a reflection of my value.

Along with all the other current crises, there is now a looming employment and skills crisis. This is being framed as a benefits culture led by overdiagnosis of neurodivergence. Which makes me so very very cross it's difficult to put into words. I know that's not true. You know that's not true. *They* know that's not true. It's just a convenient demographic to throw under the bus to detract from the catastrophic damage being wrought by this new gold rush.

Urgh.

I've started typing this out a few times recently and always deleted. It's not something I feel very comfortable talking about. But I am really struggling with this and I figure that if I am there might be others. And I believe in visibility and not suffering in silence - been there and it was awful.

I know things will change at some point. And I know I've spoken to some of you separately irl about this (and thank you so much for your support), but just wanted to fire a beam out across Fedi to anyone else in this shitty situation. You are not alone. Always happy to chat offline if this is kicking your ass as much as it is mine! X

#jobs
#employment

Für eine Milliarde kann man Öl oder Gas kaufen und dies genau einmal verbrennen.

Für eine Milliarde kann man stattdessen einen Solar- oder Windpark bauen, der für Jahrzehnte Energie liefert.

Wer diesen Unterschied verstanden hat, will kein Öl oder Gas mehr. Aus rein ökonomischen Gründen.

#Energiewende #Ökonomie

Ghostty just surpassed Terraform in stars (my previous most-starred project I started). It took Terraform 12 years to reach 48K. Ghostty did it in 1 year. It's bigger than Terraform in active usage, too. I take it personally when people doubt I can outdo my past.

I can take credit for starting both, but not for ongoing development (for the successes and failures). Neither project is a solo endeavor. I'm still extremely actively involved with Ghostty, but there's also a team of a dozen maintainers. Terraform I stepped back and stopped working on it directly like 6 or more years ago.

I consider stars a vanity metric and I don't care about it at all except in this narrow case. I'm a super competitive person (in general), but particularly/especially against my past self. There's no one I like "winning" more against than my past. So, this is my one exception for caring about stars.