Ruby on Rails developer here, why is that bad? Honestly Python feels old and shitty, PHP is a joke, and I can’t think of any other language I’d prefer.
Honestly when Bitcoin was new I had hope that we’d all switch to that. I’d still prefer it to the slow-ass (US) banking system (cough NACHA) but now it has an entirely different reputation.
For my personal setup I’ve been wanting to do it on a VPS I have. I route my traffic through a bundle of VPNs from the US to Switzerland and I end up needing to clear browser cache often (web developer testing JavaScript, etc) on my end devices.
each site hosts their own copy of jQuery or whatever the kids use these days
I do this in my projects (Hotwire) but I wish I could say the same for other websites. I still run into broken websites due to trying to import jQuery from Google for example. This would be another nice thing to have cached.
I couldn’t get SSL bumping in Squid on Alpine Linux about a year ago but I’m willing to give it another shot.
My home router is also a mini PC on Alpine Linux. I do transparent caching of plain HTTP (it’s minimal but it works) but with others using the router I do feel uneasy about SSL bumping, not to mention some apps (banks) are a lot more strict about it.
This very much bothers me as a web developer. I go hard on Conditinal GET Request support and compression as well as using http/2+. I’m tired of using websites (outside of work) that need to load a fuckton of assets (even after I block 99% of advertising and tracking domains).
macOS and iOS actually allow updates to be cached locally on the network, and if I remember correctly Windows has some sort of peer-to-peer mechanism for updates too (I can’t remember if that works over the LAN though; I don’t use Windows).
The part I struggle with is caching HTTP. It used to be easy pre-HTTPS but now it’s practically impossible. I do think other types of apps do a poor job of caching things though too.
It’s important if you’re using flash drives across platforms though that’s pretty rare these days too. My wife has run into this problem by formatting as ExFAT (GUID partition table) when print shops’ terrible machines only support FAT32 and/or MBR partition tables.
Thankfully macOS at home understands ExFAT otherwise those formatted drives from her Windows work computer wouldn’t even work.
I’m essentially in the same boat as you but I’m in my mid-30s and in Los Angeles. I don’t connect with people here anymore (now that I’m done partying and doing drugs all the time like I was in my 20s). It’s rough.
I tend to take some programming courses online as well as a Mandarin course with a tutor in China. Lately I’ve been looking for good places to study.
I border on loneliness quite often but I legitimately don’t really care for most people so I live with it.
Tailscale only supports Mullvad VPN and when you do use it you’re stuck with its DNS server. It’s a super basic option and doesn’t allow for much customization.
Ruby on Rails developer here, why is that bad? Honestly Python feels old and shitty, PHP is a joke, and I can’t think of any other language I’d prefer.