QBasic was my first language when I started learning around the turn of the century. I remember it being super accessible even with the limited learning resources of the time.

The obvious problem is that I would have been quicker to write the function yourself than the examples.

My git gui has a tick box on that prompt to specifically include added files. I now see why haha

Every new project for me starts with setting up git. There’s no reason not to. It takes seconds.

The biggest reason is because it’s not work time. End of.

Not at all. We just have better working conditions. I get 28 days because it’s the law in my country.

Lookup Unix socks

There were a good few game shows with that theme.

I just use the HashCode class and compare the results.

Pretty sure there’s a source generator for it as well nowadays.

That is completely incomprehensible lol

This argument just doesn’t hold up. Software written by some of the best developers in the world still has these same bugs.

Why even use a language where you have to put so much effort into something that comes for free in many modern languages.

I’ve noticed with my kids it’s more about streamers. They all know them by name. They’ll talk about their latest videos like we would with TV show episodes.

Many shows when we were kids were just drivers for toy sales though. Product placement was also huge and unregulated.

Semi auto properties and params collection are long overdue. Great to see them in there.

System.Text.Json respecting nullability is also great. But may break some things if you didn’t realise you were relying on the old behaviour.

LoggerMessage source gen using primary constructors fixes a minor pain.

EF generating SQL at compile time is also pretty sweet. Better query performance from precompiled and better startup performance from not having to precompile at runtime.

All in all it looks pretty good.

Every time I create a new repo haha I usually just delete the runs and squash the commits so it looks like I got it first time.

That name doesn’t roll off the tongue too well!

This is where LLMs shine.

But when you are talking about professional games development that is a very specific thing they almost no one is doing.

That’s a really ridiculous example though. No one is doing that.

When I have thoughts like this I imagine that I am dealing with a friend who is having these thoughts.

If your friend was constantly struggling with their mental health and you were trying to help them would you call them an toxic, horrible, emotional abuser? I don’t think you would. I certainly don’t feel that way about my friends who struggle.

I also try to look at the evidence. Is there any actual evidence that people feel this way beyond your own thoughts and feelings?

Mental health is constant battle and separating real life from your condition can be an incredibly hard but rewarding exercise.

I’m sorry you’re struggling so much.