An Ode to Linux Desktop Users Everywhere https://levlaz.org/an-ode-to-linux-desktop-users-everywhere/ (tongue-in-cheek, mocking, or sincere? I recognise the characterisations)
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Should lint suppressions be first class syntax or comments?
Adding a proper metadata system (e.g. Clojure or Rust) is a big design space but it's clear which expressions are affected.
Comments are much easier to implement but it's easy for users to get them wrong.
Thoughts?
Date of birth pickers are a surprisingly nuanced UI problem.
What do you pick as the initial value? How do you allow users to easily move by large amounts (years) as well as small amounts (the exact day)?
Defaulting to today and even allowing future dates is funny though.
It is *really* hard to find a good screenshot for a CLI tool when users are on a mobile browser.
This is the best I've come up with so far. I'm showing the terminal GUI to show where you'd use the tool.
I'm also trying several standalone screenshots to make it more comprehensible.


