Hey Andrew, former BB employee here. What's the dev experience like over there now? Back in 2011 when I left, RnD was leaning heavily on the custom JavaScript + IDE for frontend dev, and mostly cpp and non-relational mmap DBs on the backend. How have things evolved?

So much has changed since that time. There's a great recent talk by Jason Williams and Paul Williams that goes into a lot of detail [1]. Most things now use TypeScript developed natively in VS Code using extensions and a CLI for the additional proprietary bits. That all nicely integrates with agentic workflows, skills, etc. ComDb2 is very relational, very battle-as-in-jepsen-tested and has been open-source for a long time now [2]. C++ is still king, but there's plenty of Python, Go, Rust, Haskell, OCaml, etc. running around.

[1]: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y1MCLZm8yAY

[2]: https://github.com/bloomberg/comdb2

Ok, lemme ask you this: What has been your favorite Bloomberg keyboard over the years? I preferred the mid-2000s mechanical keyboard before they started going lower profile keys, which suffered from off-center binding when pressing near the edge of a key.

Does this also provide an api to paginate and provide text and images from the ebook?

I had a lot more fun with that than I expected great work! I found my finger maneuvers not crisp enough to do anything with real detail.

One idea I immediately had was to use a key on the keyboard (if not on mobile of course) as triggers for draw, hover, erase, etc. You could also control different colors that way, possibly even draw generated shapes like circles and rectangles (press 'c' to start a circle, then use your finger to drag out the size, stop with 'c' again).

and if you want to get really advanced, allow rotation of the drawn object and then choose a new plane to draw on.

This would also be useful for making signatures when needed on a website.

Why does ddg care much about desktop? Aren't they an online search portal?

They also have browser.

make it optional =)

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> peanut butter and honey ... sandwich?

Hey, my 5 year old daughter loves that!

Freudian slip? =P

Haha that's what I thought too. "A friend" of his does this but puts it in "my backpack" and forgets. Sure. Friend.

depends on if you treat TSA like massage parlors: you know you are paying less than $100 bucks but you still aren't sure what you are going to get

But it did say this: "For SAP, Oracle and PayPal, the majority of the employment reductions will be in software jobs."

I think it depends largely on the market you're in. In a rural area (or something far enough away from a large city) and may not have a lot of supply of software developers: credentials likely don't come into play as much. Raw experience may suffice.

But more populated areas will mean larger talent pools. Unless you're in a tech hub or a fast growing mid-size city, the amount of software jobs might not serve the pool. Credentials will matter more. Practically speaking :)