Writing ES6 JavaScript

When I study just to pass tests, I'm a bad student. When I write software to pass tests, I'm a good developer. 🤔

You really start to question your choices in life when you can't get hired or get paid freelance work, so you apply to help (for free) on Catchafire... and get rejected.

Have you ever been pretty sure someone's a prick just from reading his code?

Congratulations @dfox on +15000!

Does anyone else reinstall their OS just because it gets too cluttered? It works fine, but a year and a half of installs and uninstalls have wreaked havoc on my filesystem. I may have OCD...

My reaction any time I have to use an Apple product.

Tabs at the top on mobile with no swiping between them. OK, @dfox, I'll just use my 6" thumb to reach them...

!rant

Freelance web developers: please talk about yourselves.

How much experience did you have at the beginning?
How did you get started and was it much work to get set up?
How do you find a constant stream of clients?
Do you make a living wage just from your freelance work?

Any other information you'd like to share is appreciated.

DevRant feature suggestion: no image rants until you have 100++. Shut down the repost meme game.

One of the students in my department was smart and driven, but also really awkward. I had known him perhaps better than most other students, and had gleaned that he was depressed and had low self esteem.

On a few occasions he tied a noose out of an ethernet cable hanging from the ceiling and played "Pumped Up Kicks" when asked to choose a song at a party. Really strange stuff. If we had been betting on who would turn out a school shooter, I would've put my money on him.

Anyway, he graduated last year and this year I found out federal agents raided his home because he was building pipe bombs and intended to kill a bunch of people and himself. He's now doing at least 10 years in prison.

Is it just me or is Java really uninspiring as a language? And are there any Java build tools that don't sound like 90-year-old women? Maven, Gradle...

When you have something in your clipboard but then press Ctrl+C instead of Ctrl+V and end up with a blank line.

We're all just domineering egotists who get pleasure from seeing computers obediently carry out our every order.