things i know how to use
- react (go-to for csr)
- astro (excellent for ssg, this site uses it)
- redux (its fine)
- typescript (turing complete type system, very cool)
- javascript (the c to typescript's rust)
- next.js (its fine, worse at each thing it does than alternatives)
- vue (my first ui framework, opinionated and elegant)
- svelte (compile-time is neat, some weird tradeoffs)
- tailwind (best css solution available, still messy sometimes)
- node.js (great for tooling, especially when dealing with json from powershell)
- c# (like if microsoft made java but better, daily driver)
- .net (c# ecosystem, vb sucks)
- c (the js to rust's typescript)
- rust (best language, borrow checker is in my brain now)
- swift (well-designed, apple did good)
- python (first language, whitespace scoping is weird, dependency management kinda sucks)
- go (c with gc, not my favorite but marshallers are fun)
- kotlin (quite like it, interesting dsl stuff, some weird choices like `it`)
- t-sql (used extensively in azure shops)
- mariadb (mysql fork, basically the same)
- postgresql (solid)
- mongodb (would be great if data wasn't relational)
- graphql (overhyped in 2015, its fine tho)
- azure (keyvault + app insights + c# is a great combo)
- azure devops (know way too much, very powerful and very frustrating)
- databricks (built pipelines for it, really doesn't want to be automated)
- azure data factory (same deal as databricks)
- git (the best option)
- snyk (better than fod, sast is kinda questionable in general)
- sonarqube (actively bad)
- jams (powershell-only cron, absolutely incredible decision)
- bash (pretty bad)
- powershell (somehow still better than bash)
- docker (great for dx, consider bare metal for prod)
- kubernetes (docker compose but way more powerful)
- terraform (iac is good, hashicorp makes good stuff)
- github actions (clean ci/cd)
- azure pipelines (inline python (whitespace) in yaml (whitespace) is a war crime, extensive experience)
- nginx (frustrating but necessary)
- linux (things work how they should (unlike powershell streams))
- cloudflare (good company, good product)
- figma (good)
- sketch (its fine)