@nanl Best piece of advice I ever received was "Don't be afraid to fire your clients." It has shaped how I pick clients now.

@Maroti The pain is real.

@Ellis That and books. Lots and lots of books.

@qdsp13 Stored in my brain for future knowledge and use. If I find myself in a situation to pick, I'll have to give it a go.

@R1100 Based on some of the things I've seen my friend accomplish I think it's possible, but honestly, I am not sure.

@R1100 Sadly it depends on the manufacturer for the PLC. There's a lot of secrecy. But some use PC WORX for some of the configurations for inputs/outputs.

Do you get the "my son/daughter/dog" can do this as well?

@R1100 Based on what my friend just told me for the PLC world yes.. and no. Seems most modern PLC IDEs have export to standard format features, but you have to use the right IED in most cases to be able to transfer software and debug. So... kind of is the best answer.

@R1100 Let me check in on that and get back to you.

Even the latest build seems to enjoy consuming as much as possible. Hungry "little" app..

@qdsp13 No real experience with the Corsair. That good a build quality?

@hube It does indeed. Just gets slightly frustrating the amount of logins I end up with for similar platforms. I'd love an SSO but not every instance allows that.

I'm just glad that I don't have to constantly generate SSH keys.

Razer Blackwidow Chroma. I like backlit keys, the ability to style the colours to my mood (or projects). Though interestingly I use a StreamDeck to actually handle short cuts and quick macros. Not the intended purposes, but hey, if it works?

@R1100 Oh! And to make it even more fun, each manufacturer of the PLC equipment likes do their own variation of structured text. So .. if you have to deal with multiple different types of equipment.. well joy!

See! We're back to my complaint and narrowed eyes at variations, and things.

@R1100 Righteo, so one friend uses Structured text as it is under the IEC 61131-3 standard. As they do PLC programming, their IDEs tend to be provided by the PLC manufacturer as the compilers are not available outside the software. Though PC WORX is one of the tools used to do the modifications. I'm hoping to here back from my other friend, but he's insanely busy.

@R1100 Let me hit up my friends and get that info for you. Every they tell me I say, "I'll remember this!" and then I totally forget. >.>

@R1100 Based on what my friends have told me, there are actually several IDEs that make it relatively "easy". Though practical is more a matter of what you're working on. As an example, a friend does the code work for devices that control parts of huge ships, like the engine, the tanks, the propellers and turning parts. In that case they have to get really nitty gritty as they have incredibly limited hardware devices. Another friend just likes to push hardware to where they can, and thus they have a mixture of machine code, and other bits and bobs.

@R1100 I wish! I'm actually just a web dev person. I know several who do hardware dev, but I like to rant like the old person I am. ;)

When I first started programming, I was in love with C++. These days I find myself narrowing my eyes at every framework, language, etc, for one reason or another (too much bloat, to many variations, doesn't do what I need, etc).

Friend of mine told me as I ranted about languages, etc, that I should just give up and go deeper and just do machine code.. get back to the basics.

@Marnsghol If it works!