Feeling like I have finally found a systems programming language that I am happy using: Rust.
Although I love the borrow checker for optimized code, I find myself frequently wishing it had an opt-in "GC-mode" so that I could use it as my go-to language for quick solutions as well (one-off scripts, etc.).
Been using UNIX since the late 80s; Linux since the mid-90s; virtualization since the early 2000s and spent the past few years working in the cloud space.
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Sadly, I've been in tech โ both professionally and as a hobbyist โ for so long that, much of what people seem to see as "new" feels more like "oh... You're reimplementing/converging X, Y and Z decades-old technologies." So, hasn't really been a lot to be excited about beyond being afforded more opportunities to automate away more tasks. The personal ability and desire has generally been there. However, it's only as people have included "devops" in their buzzword-kit that people have understood why I always "wasted so much time writing scripts" and are now allocating me actual work-time to do that kind of thing (rather than having to sneak it).
Born, raise in Tijuana, MX. With a degree in Philosophy, have worked as janitor, sales person, pizza delivery boy, teacher, press operator, prepress, desktop Publisher, and for the last 19 years dev
This has to be Hashcat. Getting it installed properly, setting it up, reading about it, making my script, running valid script, and actually cracking a hash. I think I was so excited that I ran away from my computer and was jumping and did not go back to finish CTF from being so overjoyed by running Hashcat. I think it took me a while to actually return to that machine - days. I was just powerfully in happiness and did not want it to end. And also a bit intimidated by how much happiness it gave to execute this at all. Then I bought a slew of books on Amazon around cracking and nmap and netcat. :)
My name is Matteo and I'm a cloud solution architect and tech enthusiast. In my spare time, I work on open source software as much as I can. I simply enjoy writing software that is actually useful.
I think it was when I started learning Kubernetes.
All the expertise I gathered about containers and Docker started to shine and actually improved my operational experience, simplified building, managing and deploying our applications and so on.
Web developer at Greggs, UK with a proficiency in VueJS, Tailwind, and Storyblok, as well as other frameworks. I'm also passionate about web design, and mobile app development.
Does it have to be as abstract as naming a new type of technology? Because let me tell you, when all of the new tech I'd purchased to build my first was 'out for delivery' I was very, very excited.
Otherwise, AR and VR was incredibly interesting to watch develop, from the first Oculus prototypes to the use of Google Cardboard in the classroom. The uses and benefits are amazing and fascinating to watch. People are doing things with AR that I'd never have thought of and I'm in awe of those people.
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3D printing.
Feeling like I have finally found a systems programming language that I am happy using: Rust.
Although I love the borrow checker for optimized code, I find myself frequently wishing it had an opt-in "GC-mode" so that I could use it as my go-to language for quick solutions as well (one-off scripts, etc.).
Anything I've invented -especially the obscure stuffs
Sadly, I've been in tech โ both professionally and as a hobbyist โ for so long that, much of what people seem to see as "new" feels more like "oh... You're reimplementing/converging X, Y and Z decades-old technologies." So, hasn't really been a lot to be excited about beyond being afforded more opportunities to automate away more tasks. The personal ability and desire has generally been there. However, it's only as people have included "devops" in their buzzword-kit that people have understood why I always "wasted so much time writing scripts" and are now allocating me actual work-time to do that kind of thing (rather than having to sneak it).
I don't think over ever been more excited about tech than when CD-ROM drives went from 1x to 3x speeds.
Netlify. What they're helping change is incredible!
When ADSL become a thing: So, do you mean I don't need to use my telephone line for the Internet ๐ฎ
This has to be Hashcat. Getting it installed properly, setting it up, reading about it, making my script, running valid script, and actually cracking a hash. I think I was so excited that I ran away from my computer and was jumping and did not go back to finish CTF from being so overjoyed by running Hashcat. I think it took me a while to actually return to that machine - days. I was just powerfully in happiness and did not want it to end. And also a bit intimidated by how much happiness it gave to execute this at all. Then I bought a slew of books on Amazon around cracking and nmap and netcat. :)
I think it was when I started learning Kubernetes.
All the expertise I gathered about containers and Docker started to shine and actually improved my operational experience, simplified building, managing and deploying our applications and so on.
Does it have to be as abstract as naming a new type of technology? Because let me tell you, when all of the new tech I'd purchased to build my first was 'out for delivery' I was very, very excited.
Otherwise, AR and VR was incredibly interesting to watch develop, from the first Oculus prototypes to the use of Google Cardboard in the classroom. The uses and benefits are amazing and fascinating to watch. People are doing things with AR that I'd never have thought of and I'm in awe of those people.