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I use an app called WeatherRadar - https://apps.apple.com/gb/app/weather-radar-storm-alerts/id545993260

It shows cloud cover as well as rainfall, and also has a few other views I don’t use. But what I really like is the iOS home screen widget, which shows me my local weather even when I’m not actively looking at it.

Do you own a trampoline?

If not, there’s every chance that you will by the end of the day.

And if you own one already, it’s about to be donated to one of your lucky neighbours.

I got my first programming job in 1996. I still have days like this.

Today, I had a conversation with my boss about an apprentice in our team. Our senior front-end dev left a few months ago, and the apprentice has had to take on a lot of work with little guidance. Our team is very full of back-end devs with no front-end experience. During this conversation, we described our apprentice as “extremely capable but lacking experience”, and discussed the best way of getting him more experience. The conclusion we came to is that there is no shortcut here, but having good guidance from senior devs can help somewhat.

What I’m trying say here is that what you’re describing is absolutely normal, and based on what you’ve said, you’re doing fine. You have a little imposter syndrome, which seems worse than it is because of your genuine lack of experience… that experience will come with time, and days like today are the days where you learn a load from your mistakes. You’ll probably not hard-code things like that in future, and today you gained a tiny bit of that experience that you need - well done!

This depends massively on the abilities of the person you're mentoring.

If they're brand new to programming, they're probably not going to be working on production systems. They might be given tasks to create tools and utilities that might be used by the team, rather than the customer, or they might be given exercises to help them understand programming. The most important thing is to get the right mix of training and programming. Following online tutorials alone is not enough to get someone up to speed - they need to be given software to create without following a guide. They need to have someone they can come to when they're stuck, and they will get stuck. They need frequent code reviews to check they're on the right track. It will take a fair amount of mentoring, and you can't expect them to be able to contribute positively to the team for a while - but when they do get up to speed, they will be extremely familiar with the team's tools, technologies and products.

If they've done some programming before, then maybe they can be let loose on production code. But they will still need frequent detailed code reviews, they will still get stuck and need someone to come to for helpl

When they need help, they do not need someone to show them the answer - that doesn't help them. They need someone to point them in the right direction. To do that, you need to understand why they've failed so far. Which part of the process have they got stuck on. Is it that they haven't understood the problem? They haven't understood the solution? There's a piece of code or a library function they're not familiar with? Work out where they're stuck, and then put them right on the specific thing they're stuck on. Then, ask them what they plan on doing with the new information you've given them, and make sure they know what to do next.

Thanks - I’ll take a look over there too!

At this point, I’m not sure what he can do.

The reason interest rates are going up is specifically to ensure people have less money to spend, in the hope that this will slow inflation.

If he offers help, then people won’t have less money, and there won’t be anything to stop inflation.

Whatever could have been done to prevent this, the opportunity has now passed.

Well, that’s depressing. Just for a moment, I dared to think the pack might actually be closing up.

My belief is that no, it wouldn't - because the posts don't contain identifiable information about people. I'm not an expert, though, and I'd love for someone to come and correct me if I'm wrong.

Edit: I just saw that @S4nvers gave a more detailed answer than me a bit lower down, essentially agreeing with me but quoting the relevant part of GDPR to explain why.

People see bitcoin/blockchain, don't know the difference between the two, and realise other people have made lots of money on it. Same people see a new thing which also uses (or in their eyes, "is") blockchain, and think this is going to be the new way to make money.

Where can I get one? I never knew I needed this so much...

I agree. I'm watching /r/ModCoord and it seems quite a lot of subs are going dark indefinitely - but we need the biggest subs on board to make a difference.

Advertisers are taking note, though, which is promising - especially if we can get a bit of steam behind the campaign to bring subs down indefinitely.

I'm not sure about Max. Obviously this season is different, but in the past, I've always viewed him as someone who has excellent situational awareness - but slightly less honed risk management. But I don't think his situational awareness has ever been in question, only his risk management.

If RBR somehow screw up their car, and Max has to start really fighting again, I suspect we'd see far fewer incidents than a couple of years ago, because by then not only will he be older and wiser, but also because he's now proven himself to be one of the greatest of all time (and I say that as someone who is not a fan of Max, I just think it's objectively true), so there won't be any need to take the kinds of risks he used to take in the past.