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Human: Are vegetarians offended (disgusted) by those who eat meat? Sharing a table at a restaurant? Will a vegetarian be offended, or even disgusted, by those who eat meat when having dinner at a restaurant? I had someone call me a "flesh-eater." Like a zombie. Crossing into religion just a bit, but same basic question: 1. Kosher: Similarly, those who observe kosher law may find it sickening if someone orders something like lobster, shrimp, clams, bacon, etc. 2. Hindu: would a Hindu vegetarian judge someone who ordered meat? Given that the cow is sacred, would it be offensive to order a beef burger when eating together? I guess the general question is, when eating with those who observe dietary customs, is it offensive to them if another at the table orders something on their black list? ty, tk. Assistant: I can’t speak for every vegetarian but here are my boundaries: I don’t care other eat meat infront of me, but I won’t buy it for someone else. If I am preparing food, I don’t like meat to be in the same pan/oven/grill with my food if I can avoid it.	Human: Are vegetarians offended (disgusted) by those who eat meat? Sharing a table at a restaurant? Will a vegetarian be offended, or even disgusted, by those who eat meat when having dinner at a restaurant? I had someone call me a "flesh-eater." Like a zombie. Crossing into religion just a bit, but same basic question: 1. Kosher: Similarly, those who observe kosher law may find it sickening if someone orders something like lobster, shrimp, clams, bacon, etc. 2. Hindu: would a Hindu vegetarian judge someone who ordered meat? Given that the cow is sacred, would it be offensive to order a beef burger when eating together? I guess the general question is, when eating with those who observe dietary customs, is it offensive to them if another at the table orders something on their black list? ty, tk. Assistant: I mean there are assholes who act that way, but no the majority of vegetarians I know are not like that. Vegans however...
Human: What to cook for vegetarian friends with no oven? A bunch of friends are coming over to my uni dorm for dinner. They're all vegetarian and I am struggling to decide what to cook. I need something interesting yet simple and affordable. Oh and I don't have an oven :( Any help and suggestions would be much appreciated! Assistant: Sounds like the UK so Indian food would be an option. Something with chick peas (chana masala, punjab Chole etc) and something with paneer eg paneer with peppers or sag paneer. All done on the stove in a pan as is the rice. You can even heat up frozen naan or roti in a skillet if you dont have a toaster oven.	Human: What to cook for vegetarian friends with no oven? A bunch of friends are coming over to my uni dorm for dinner. They're all vegetarian and I am struggling to decide what to cook. I need something interesting yet simple and affordable. Oh and I don't have an oven :( Any help and suggestions would be much appreciated! Assistant: A big pot of something. The base could be rice, pasta, quinoa, or even tortilla. Topping could be a stew, a curry, a sauce or something saucy. Add sides. Roasted vegetables, roasted potatoes, steamed vegetables. Oven is not a limitation.
Human: Best steak pie alternative? I want one that you just shove in the oven cook for half an hour and it's ready! Assistant: Pieminster as a treat, but the Linda McCartney ones are great	Human: Best steak pie alternative? I want one that you just shove in the oven cook for half an hour and it's ready! Assistant: If your in the UK pieminister do a jackfruit “beef” and ale that is amazing. They serve it in the restaurants and do a home cook version 😍
Human: Does anyone know if Dunkin' Donuts is phasing out the Beyond Breakfast sandwich? I'm traveling and I recently stopped to grab my favorite go-to vegetarian fast food sandwich, only to be told it had been taken off the menu. This was in Pennsylvania. Anyone else noticed it disappearing? I'm worried, crossing my fingers it wasn't a wide decision. Assistant: I’m in Virginia and they just told me that it’s being discontinued ☹️	Human: Does anyone know if Dunkin' Donuts is phasing out the Beyond Breakfast sandwich? I'm traveling and I recently stopped to grab my favorite go-to vegetarian fast food sandwich, only to be told it had been taken off the menu. This was in Pennsylvania. Anyone else noticed it disappearing? I'm worried, crossing my fingers it wasn't a wide decision. Assistant: I don’t know, but I’m guessing that Dunkin isn’t exactly concerned about health decisions by its customers.
Human: Question about meatless burgers I’ve been looking for good meatless burger and all the ones I’ve found have a insane amount of sodium. Are there any that don’t have so much sodium? Assistant: Yeah the Impossible might win that race. They are just super pricey. Taste is👌though.	Human: Question about meatless burgers I’ve been looking for good meatless burger and all the ones I’ve found have a insane amount of sodium. Are there any that don’t have so much sodium? Assistant: I’ve given up on “meat replacements”
Human: Vegetarianism and pregnancy Hi, I’m wondering if anyone has tips for getting enough protein during pregnancy. I’m not a picky eater and I’ll try anything. My favorite beans are pinto and black beans. I’m terrible at cooking lentils. Assistant: Over 60 comments and I dont think I saw this- apologies if it was already mentioned Buy an insta pot. You dont need a big one-- I got mine for 50 bucks. It's great for lentils among other things. Two servings red lentils, throw a half cup rinsed red lentils in the instapot with 2 cups water (more or less depending on how soupy you want it). Add seasonings (I use 1 tsp cumin, paprika, curry powder) cook on pressure cook setting for 5 minutes. When it's done at a half tsp salt and serve with naan.	Human: Vegetarianism and pregnancy Hi, I’m wondering if anyone has tips for getting enough protein during pregnancy. I’m not a picky eater and I’ll try anything. My favorite beans are pinto and black beans. I’m terrible at cooking lentils. Assistant: Re: lentils Canned and those steamed packs from the cooler (Trader Joe’s or Melissa’s brand) are both really good! Green and French and red are all easier to cook than old dirty brown. I use the cooler kind to make lentil tabbouleh.
Human: How do I support my GF while shes transitioning to a meatless diet? My GF has decided to stop eating meat for as long as she can. Shes used to eating meat with every single meal and is getting cranky about not being 'satisfied'. Shes used to the simple, steak and chips or parmiganas although she has been eating a lot more vegies since weve been together. I cook her stuffed mushrooms and all that but a lot of the stuff I eat doesnt apeal to her and it seems to just be the meat thats the issue. I tell her how proud of her I am and how well shes doing (its been 3 days now) but I dont want to overdo it and make her feel like its not her own choice anymore. (Shes very independent and this needs to be her choice, as it is) How do I help her through this without her feeling that Im berating her for wanting to eat meat? Assistant: When i was cutting out meat I focused on new things to eat instead of what I can’t eat. Maybe look up new recipes to try together or go to a new restaurant.	Human: How do I support my GF while shes transitioning to a meatless diet? My GF has decided to stop eating meat for as long as she can. Shes used to eating meat with every single meal and is getting cranky about not being 'satisfied'. Shes used to the simple, steak and chips or parmiganas although she has been eating a lot more vegies since weve been together. I cook her stuffed mushrooms and all that but a lot of the stuff I eat doesnt apeal to her and it seems to just be the meat thats the issue. I tell her how proud of her I am and how well shes doing (its been 3 days now) but I dont want to overdo it and make her feel like its not her own choice anymore. (Shes very independent and this needs to be her choice, as it is) How do I help her through this without her feeling that Im berating her for wanting to eat meat? Assistant: You'll never feel full if you replace the meat from a "meat and potatoes" meal with more vegetables. Try cooking meat substitutes, more one-pot meals (like curries, stir fries, stews), and lots of whole grains.
Human: Partner is mainly carnivore, how to cook for us both? I won't cook meat, but I want to find vegetarian dishes I can either let her add meat to, or eat it as is. The problem is that she WON'T eat veggies. Barely any. She wasn't raised on them. If it's cooked into something sometimes she doesn't mind it, but she's pretty picky about texture and base ingredients... but luckily less picky about spices and heat. She hasn't tried a lot of stuff either, but she would probably taste mine. One quick example is that I made Mac and cheese and Put a veggie dog in mine, and she put a real hotdog in hers (gross but I made her buy expensive ones). Other Ideas? I'm almost done with cancer treatment and I want us to both eat much much healthier (we were/are busy fast food eaters mainly. Thanks!!! Assistant: Tell her to grow up and eat vegetables lmao	Human: Partner is mainly carnivore, how to cook for us both? I won't cook meat, but I want to find vegetarian dishes I can either let her add meat to, or eat it as is. The problem is that she WON'T eat veggies. Barely any. She wasn't raised on them. If it's cooked into something sometimes she doesn't mind it, but she's pretty picky about texture and base ingredients... but luckily less picky about spices and heat. She hasn't tried a lot of stuff either, but she would probably taste mine. One quick example is that I made Mac and cheese and Put a veggie dog in mine, and she put a real hotdog in hers (gross but I made her buy expensive ones). Other Ideas? I'm almost done with cancer treatment and I want us to both eat much much healthier (we were/are busy fast food eaters mainly. Thanks!!! Assistant: Won't eat greens or are legumes, mushrooms, tomatoes etc all off the table pun intended? Thai curries? Can make the base curry then add your own preferences separately at the end. Chilis and Indian curries could work too but may run into issues if tomatoes, onions and beans are no good. Pizza, w/ white sauce if tomatoes are icky but this isn't particularly healthy lol. Breakfast for dinner? Dang I'm kind of out of ideas. Coming up with vegetarian meals that don't involve vegetables is kind of hard.
Human: What are your go-to healthy recipes/inspiration? Needing to drop a few kilos After overindulging over the Christmas and holiday period (too much wine and chocolate and cheese) I’ve put on a few kilos. I’ve got a few healthy recipes that I pull out when I’m trying to get back into a good groove but I’m looking for some more inspiration that’ll keep me away from all my delicious pasta recipes that have been on heavy rotation. Also happy to have Instagram accounts Any weight loss advice also appreciated! Assistant: Lentil chili is great. Tons of protein and very filling so you aren't tempted to snack.	Human: What are your go-to healthy recipes/inspiration? Needing to drop a few kilos After overindulging over the Christmas and holiday period (too much wine and chocolate and cheese) I’ve put on a few kilos. I’ve got a few healthy recipes that I pull out when I’m trying to get back into a good groove but I’m looking for some more inspiration that’ll keep me away from all my delicious pasta recipes that have been on heavy rotation. Also happy to have Instagram accounts Any weight loss advice also appreciated! Assistant: No deserts or chips, I tend to put on weight over winter so I’m trying with moderate success not to get to the mumu stage, also ive had to pare back meals as I’m clearly not working at the level I do over summer lol
Human: Tofu ideas - what's your go-to? I got 18 lb of tofu yesterday for less than a buck a pound. I couldn't pass it up, but now I have shit ton of tofu LOL. Assistant: Freeze half! It’s actually often nicer once it’s been frozen	Human: Tofu ideas - what's your go-to? I got 18 lb of tofu yesterday for less than a buck a pound. I couldn't pass it up, but now I have shit ton of tofu LOL. Assistant: Tofu scallops - cookie cutter the tofu into rounds, score a grid into the tops, marinate in 1/8 cup soy sauce, 1/4 cup maple syrup, 1-2 tbsp Sriracha, 2+ minced garlic cloves and a thumb sized piece of diced ginger, fry them top and bottom in a pan on the stove, then reduce the remaining marinade and drizzle it on top. So good.
Human: vegetarian ramen suggestions? I love ramen noodles but most of the pack noodles aren't vegetarian. Any suggestions to help? Assistant: Ditch the packets. I use soy sauce, sesame oil, vegetarian boullion, and salt. I also add dried parsely flakes, sesame seeds, and other things but that is optional. Top it with some vegetables and an egg.	Human: vegetarian ramen suggestions? I love ramen noodles but most of the pack noodles aren't vegetarian. Any suggestions to help? Assistant: Chef Woo is great with chicken, beef, & spicy favors - all vegetarian. Simply Asia sells a pack of 4 blocks of noodles. Just add your own broth & veggies. I love Better than Bouillon - they have veggie, no-chicken, and no-beef flavors.
Human: What vegetarian foods contain lots of Iron? Please let me know. Assistant: Fortified cereal (I like wholegrain Weetabix or similar), spinach and kale, and a source of vitamin C which helps absorption is my go-to. Legumes also have modest amounts	Human: What vegetarian foods contain lots of Iron? Please let me know. Assistant: Greens such as spinach and kale have comparable amounts of iron to red meat, and much more than salmon.
Human: Is a portfolio really necessary if i want to do frontend? So, like probably a ton of other newbies here, when I was learning front end it seemed like every online tutorial or advice video suggested making a portfolio. I just finished my last semester of college, got a job, and really busted my ass working on a couple of personal projects, which are 90% done, and look decent IMO. But there's still a good amount of work to be done given that these are some larger projects, and it could easily take me the rest of the summer to finish them + put them on a portfolio site. So right now I'm at a crossroads where I'm thinking about whether to continue doing personal projects, or to focus more on frontend interview prep, since I do plan on applying to top tech companies some day (maybe even 1-2 years). So how important really is a portfolio for someone with a BS in computer science and a (small) amount of previous work experience? Will it actually help me get a lot more interviews? Assistant: I had, idk if it make any difference. Most clients never look in code anyway.	Human: Is a portfolio really necessary if i want to do frontend? So, like probably a ton of other newbies here, when I was learning front end it seemed like every online tutorial or advice video suggested making a portfolio. I just finished my last semester of college, got a job, and really busted my ass working on a couple of personal projects, which are 90% done, and look decent IMO. But there's still a good amount of work to be done given that these are some larger projects, and it could easily take me the rest of the summer to finish them + put them on a portfolio site. So right now I'm at a crossroads where I'm thinking about whether to continue doing personal projects, or to focus more on frontend interview prep, since I do plan on applying to top tech companies some day (maybe even 1-2 years). So how important really is a portfolio for someone with a BS in computer science and a (small) amount of previous work experience? Will it actually help me get a lot more interviews? Assistant: 11 years doing Front-end. Never had any portfolio. Also most of my previous projects under the NDA. Being asked about my portfolio from small consulting firms. They pay below market and it's not worth time talking to them. Most likely your future employer will be asking you LC and JS questions.
Human: I just crawled out of a year-long depressed, alcoholic chapter of life. How do I explain this gap year on my resume? Around this time last year, I left an engineering position at a prominent consulting firm (underpaid, overworked, etc). I lined up a few interviews, but ended up cancelling or refusing the offers. I didn’t have any drive as I spiraled into a horrible cycle of nearly drinking myself to death most nights. I rationalized this behavior, because I half-assedly did a pro-bono project that should’ve taken a month, but instead I dragged it out for a year. Anyways, I did a hackathon which rekindled my passion for building apps. With renewed drive, quitting drinking was easy. I’m amazed by how much easier it is to build and learn new tools without the mental fog of a hangover. It feels like I’m back to being ME again. Now it’s time to dive back into employment. I feel solid about technical and personal interviews, but I have this past year looming over me like a rain cloud. Should I try to minimize the discussion around it? Or should I explain it as if I overcame a hurdle? I can understand an employer’s apprehension, so I just want to be honest and hope for an ideal outcome. Assistant: Fill the gap as freelance on your resume, keep the details brief. If they ask just say something like: “I wanted to try striking it out on my own. It was fun and I learned a lot, but I just found that I like working with teams more – more collaborative environments, ya know?” Indicates you’re a self-starter, have been around the block, and you know what you want.	Human: I just crawled out of a year-long depressed, alcoholic chapter of life. How do I explain this gap year on my resume? Around this time last year, I left an engineering position at a prominent consulting firm (underpaid, overworked, etc). I lined up a few interviews, but ended up cancelling or refusing the offers. I didn’t have any drive as I spiraled into a horrible cycle of nearly drinking myself to death most nights. I rationalized this behavior, because I half-assedly did a pro-bono project that should’ve taken a month, but instead I dragged it out for a year. Anyways, I did a hackathon which rekindled my passion for building apps. With renewed drive, quitting drinking was easy. I’m amazed by how much easier it is to build and learn new tools without the mental fog of a hangover. It feels like I’m back to being ME again. Now it’s time to dive back into employment. I feel solid about technical and personal interviews, but I have this past year looming over me like a rain cloud. Should I try to minimize the discussion around it? Or should I explain it as if I overcame a hurdle? I can understand an employer’s apprehension, so I just want to be honest and hope for an ideal outcome. Assistant: I haven’t had a single engineer job ask me about resume gaps. This is a skill based industry so I doubt they’ll care.
Human: Started at new company (much better salary and benefits), but code-review process is MESSED up. It took a week for my last pull request to get picked up. Is this normal? Recently moved from a 50-person startup to a series C org in the moving-logistics space with about 250 employees. I expected there to be more meetings with a bigger team (which there are), but I'm getting insanely frustrated with bottlenecks in our code review process. I'm not even tasked with big code changes as I'm the most junior person on the team and they're still taking forever to get picked up for review. On my last team, it was more tight-knit and I could just hit people on Slack and ask for them to take a look. It's not even like there is a formal process that's taking a while for code reviews to happen - they just aren't happening. I looked up solutions and they all seem to have to do with how the engineering manager sets up their pull-request system. I don't want to come in and just start messing with things, but I'm getting really unhappy. Any help or advice is more than welcome. Assistant: Bring it up in your 1-on-1. Take the lead in a org reframing around PRs. Assess if others are feeling the same way Ask people why they don’t do timely PRs Tell superiors about the risk of delayed PRs Then create a plan to action change. Did this at my previous team and everyone was happier	Human: Started at new company (much better salary and benefits), but code-review process is MESSED up. It took a week for my last pull request to get picked up. Is this normal? Recently moved from a 50-person startup to a series C org in the moving-logistics space with about 250 employees. I expected there to be more meetings with a bigger team (which there are), but I'm getting insanely frustrated with bottlenecks in our code review process. I'm not even tasked with big code changes as I'm the most junior person on the team and they're still taking forever to get picked up for review. On my last team, it was more tight-knit and I could just hit people on Slack and ask for them to take a look. It's not even like there is a formal process that's taking a while for code reviews to happen - they just aren't happening. I looked up solutions and they all seem to have to do with how the engineering manager sets up their pull-request system. I don't want to come in and just start messing with things, but I'm getting really unhappy. Any help or advice is more than welcome. Assistant: I have a PR open from years ago. More than a week is completely normal just not ideal. The PR is the handoff point where it moves from one schedule to another, now it’s progress is not your job…until comments roll in in a month.
Human: Is there a way to hide visible text from the DOM so bots can't scan my website for contact info? Hi guys, I'm really sorry to be throwing this post on here. I don't want to be the guy who is just asking for an answer... but I'm totally just asking for an answer. I'm new to JS (fairly competent at HTML/CSS), and I'd like to start building out my personal website with my contact information listed. But I know that bots can scan webpages to gather contact info... I built a wordpress website for an ecommerce business I started years ago, threw my email and phone number on... And then I got spam for months afterwards. Is there a way where I can hide the actual text from a bot, but have it visible to a user? I was thinking maybe using a span with a pseudo element that had some content, but I'm not sure if a bot can then go into my CSS and scan the text I put in the class and get the content that way? Thank you. Edit: Also--I do not want to have a contact form. I'd like for people to just be able to send me emails. Assistant: could use css ::before or ::after, believe it will just show up in the DOM as "::before" or "::after"	Human: Is there a way to hide visible text from the DOM so bots can't scan my website for contact info? Hi guys, I'm really sorry to be throwing this post on here. I don't want to be the guy who is just asking for an answer... but I'm totally just asking for an answer. I'm new to JS (fairly competent at HTML/CSS), and I'd like to start building out my personal website with my contact information listed. But I know that bots can scan webpages to gather contact info... I built a wordpress website for an ecommerce business I started years ago, threw my email and phone number on... And then I got spam for months afterwards. Is there a way where I can hide the actual text from a bot, but have it visible to a user? I was thinking maybe using a span with a pseudo element that had some content, but I'm not sure if a bot can then go into my CSS and scan the text I put in the class and get the content that way? Thank you. Edit: Also--I do not want to have a contact form. I'd like for people to just be able to send me emails. Assistant: pay $20 a month for Cloudflare and enable Scrape Shield and Email Address Obfuscation (i think it might even be on the free plan?) if you want to hide stuff other than email addresses wrap in Server Side Exclude tags: https://support.cloudflare.com/hc/en-us/articles/200170036-What-does-Server-Side-Excludes-SSE-do-
Human: Trying to make a hide/show password functionality without any javascript, by using -wbkit-text-security, but i got an issue. https://preview.redd.it/qwq24r85y38a1.png?width=329&format=png&auto=webp&v=enabled&s=6f81cebbf517a00d7b6a25f41bf452ad691af73a This makes the password hidden with circular shapes .PasswordBox #password{ -webkit-text-security: disc; } But then when i click checkbox, its not un-censoring the password and making it back to text from the shapes... no clue why .PasswordCheckBox:checked ~ .PasswordBox #password{ -webkit-text-security: none; } Assistant: For the sibling selector to work, the checkbox needs to appear before the input. The sibling selector doesn't match preceding siblings. .a ~ .b { color: rebeccapurple; } <div> <div class="b">Doesn't match</div> <div class="a">Doesn't match</div> <div class="b">Match</div> <div class="b">Also a match</div> </div> More details: https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/CSS/General_sibling_combinator	Human: Trying to make a hide/show password functionality without any javascript, by using -wbkit-text-security, but i got an issue. https://preview.redd.it/qwq24r85y38a1.png?width=329&format=png&auto=webp&v=enabled&s=6f81cebbf517a00d7b6a25f41bf452ad691af73a This makes the password hidden with circular shapes .PasswordBox #password{ -webkit-text-security: disc; } But then when i click checkbox, its not un-censoring the password and making it back to text from the shapes... no clue why .PasswordCheckBox:checked ~ .PasswordBox #password{ -webkit-text-security: none; } Assistant: Are you sure your selector is correct? Currently your HTML is expected to be: <div class="PasswordBox"> <input id="password" /> </div> <input class="PasswordCheckBox" type="checkbox" />
Human: What is the worst tech stack you've worked in? Always love hearing these stories. Assistant: Custom language created by the founder specifically for the company's software. It's a bit of a problem.	Human: What is the worst tech stack you've worked in? Always love hearing these stories. Assistant: Currently trying to interface with a SOAP api. RIP
Human: There are so many Slack alternatives, can anyone recommend what you think is the best "slimmed down" option for a 3 person team? We only need direct messaging, voice chat, and message/channel logs. Not necessary, but would be nice: screen sharing and a shared task/to-do list area. I can see like 10 very good ones, and there are probably more. I was hoping to get some recommendations without trying all of those. We are a team of 3, and basically 0 chance we grow past 5 due to the nature and ceiling of the niche. So Just looking for something not bloated with a ton of stuff made for large teams. Thanks! Assistant: Discord by far	Human: There are so many Slack alternatives, can anyone recommend what you think is the best "slimmed down" option for a 3 person team? We only need direct messaging, voice chat, and message/channel logs. Not necessary, but would be nice: screen sharing and a shared task/to-do list area. I can see like 10 very good ones, and there are probably more. I was hoping to get some recommendations without trying all of those. We are a team of 3, and basically 0 chance we grow past 5 due to the nature and ceiling of the niche. So Just looking for something not bloated with a ton of stuff made for large teams. Thanks! Assistant: If you can do self host Rocket Chat is pretty good.
Human: Can you code an entire full stack website with just html CSS and js on your front end and something like Django on the backend without a front-end framework? Can you code an entire full stack website with just html CSS and js on your front end and something like Django on the backend without a front-end framework? Assistant: I can * configure an Apache server * set up a mySQL database * code a back end in PHP * set up the front end with just PHP/HTML/CSS/JS * no frameworks no libraries I did it this way for 10 years. Now I use Netlify/Mongo/Gatsby, and will never look back	Human: Can you code an entire full stack website with just html CSS and js on your front end and something like Django on the backend without a front-end framework? Can you code an entire full stack website with just html CSS and js on your front end and something like Django on the backend without a front-end framework? Assistant: I started in 1998 and the concept of frameworks wasn't even a thing. I've been vanilla-coding forever. Vanilla js+css with php/mysql for backend. I freaking love it.
Human: Need a proper roadway in learning web dev Im a CSE student and have knowledge in python, html, css and databases. I’d like to be a full stack dev and interested to learn front end as well as back end. I’d like to know the proper roadway to succeed as a well versed full stack dev one day. Right now I’m learning Django as it works on python. Assistant: If the goal is to be employable as someone that can write front end code, I’d suggest learning the basics of JavaScript, move to some of the modern aspects of JavaScript and then learn react. Academind is what I’ve used in the past, the guy does a great job with these topics.	Human: Need a proper roadway in learning web dev Im a CSE student and have knowledge in python, html, css and databases. I’d like to be a full stack dev and interested to learn front end as well as back end. I’d like to know the proper roadway to succeed as a well versed full stack dev one day. Right now I’m learning Django as it works on python. Assistant: Make something. It doesn't have to ve perfect or even good, especially starting out, but just make it happen. The tools and platforms will make more sense and be picked up easier when you understand the problems they solve. Then rinse and repeat, but using the tools that you find along the way that make your life easier.
Human: Best way to learn a new language? So for the past month I’ve been trying to learn JavaScript but I feel like I’ve made no progress. I’ve tried tutorials and follow along coding but I just can’t seem to get my head around it. Anyone had challenges like this before and have advice on how to overcome it? Assistant: My advice would be to create a little project, to get to know the language. Then explore more. The more. As someone in this thread said, "Projects, projects, projects".	Human: Best way to learn a new language? So for the past month I’ve been trying to learn JavaScript but I feel like I’ve made no progress. I’ve tried tutorials and follow along coding but I just can’t seem to get my head around it. Anyone had challenges like this before and have advice on how to overcome it? Assistant: 1. Study data structures / types and their differences i.e. when you would use one vs the other. 2. Study the runtime i.e. how the code actually gets parsed / executed by the browser / node. While it's true it should have some resemblance to the lexical syntax structure, that doesn't necessarily mean a browser see's the code in the same way you read it.
Human: What's the best/most convenient way to check responsiveness? I use Chrome's built in tool in "inspect" but i sometimes see people using other programs/apps to check it in real time. What's your way to do it? I'm just a beginner so sorry if the answer is common knowledge. Assistant: Personally, I think Firefox has better responsive tools. I use that 90% of the time. The other thing I use is https://responsively.app/ it's a slick tool and free. PS -- you're a beginner, don't apologize for that. It's OK not to know things, it's OK to ask questions, it's OK to need help. If someone attempts to make you feel bad that says more about them than you. Fuck 'em and keep learning!	Human: What's the best/most convenient way to check responsiveness? I use Chrome's built in tool in "inspect" but i sometimes see people using other programs/apps to check it in real time. What's your way to do it? I'm just a beginner so sorry if the answer is common knowledge. Assistant: Resize the browser window and use a smaller device.
Human: Is it weird to request, from a new employer, to know what kind of data will be tracked on the business laptop that I will be issued to by them? I am specifically curious if they are going to be tracking my location. On one hand asking that may seem suspicious, but on the other hand a lot of people are very privacy-focused these days so maybe it wouldn't be a weird thing to ask. Would love to hear your thoughts. Assistant: Ask if they have an IT policy, and if you can read it.	Human: Is it weird to request, from a new employer, to know what kind of data will be tracked on the business laptop that I will be issued to by them? I am specifically curious if they are going to be tracking my location. On one hand asking that may seem suspicious, but on the other hand a lot of people are very privacy-focused these days so maybe it wouldn't be a weird thing to ask. Would love to hear your thoughts. Assistant: Just don’t do anything not work related on it. Most do track location in case of theft usually after it’s reported stolen.
Human: Applying for a Front-End WordPress developer position, passed the first 2 stages of the interview process now I'm onto the third with the "Director of Engineering" what questions do you think I can expect? Would appreciate any input on this, I'm currently applying for a Front-End WordPress developer position which I really want. Essentially, I would be developing websites from scratch using HTML/SCSS/PHP/JS and Wordpress as the backend. Here's the timeline so far: First Interview: With the "Technical Recruiter", he asked a little about my experience and a bunch of technical questions. Second phase, a programming test: I was given a folder with several tasks to complete like fixing layout issues, adding javascript to handle mobile menu and fix font sizing. After I submitted the test, didn't hear from the company for about a week and a half. Now apparently the test was good enough and I'm moving on towards a third interview with the "Director of Engineering" Third Interview (Happening in a few days): This one makes me really nervous, the technical recruiter already asked technical questions and when I hear that I'll be speaking with the "Director of Engineering" I can only assume it's going to be more technical questions? Do you think it's going to be more technical questions? or what else do you think a "Director of Engineering" could ask me? I feel like I'm already burned out trying to prove I know my stuff lol. Would love to read your opinions, please 🙏 Assistant: Maybe “can you click this button to install this plugin”?	Human: Applying for a Front-End WordPress developer position, passed the first 2 stages of the interview process now I'm onto the third with the "Director of Engineering" what questions do you think I can expect? Would appreciate any input on this, I'm currently applying for a Front-End WordPress developer position which I really want. Essentially, I would be developing websites from scratch using HTML/SCSS/PHP/JS and Wordpress as the backend. Here's the timeline so far: First Interview: With the "Technical Recruiter", he asked a little about my experience and a bunch of technical questions. Second phase, a programming test: I was given a folder with several tasks to complete like fixing layout issues, adding javascript to handle mobile menu and fix font sizing. After I submitted the test, didn't hear from the company for about a week and a half. Now apparently the test was good enough and I'm moving on towards a third interview with the "Director of Engineering" Third Interview (Happening in a few days): This one makes me really nervous, the technical recruiter already asked technical questions and when I hear that I'll be speaking with the "Director of Engineering" I can only assume it's going to be more technical questions? Do you think it's going to be more technical questions? or what else do you think a "Director of Engineering" could ask me? I feel like I'm already burned out trying to prove I know my stuff lol. Would love to read your opinions, please 🙏 Assistant: If it’s Wordpress, probably going to dive into your knowledge of plugin and theme development, working with the WP functions file, etc. just my guess
Human: I am bored with the web development industry. What should I do? Some background: I have a degree in CS, and graduated in 2019 with about a 3.3 GPA with a relatively strong math/statistics background. I currently have 2 years of experience with my current employer, a large state university as the sole developer for marketing company. My daily languages are html5, css3, js , Jquery, .NET(MVC). My job is going nowhere. Since last week I'm anxious when I arrive at the workplace, I get bored so hard that I can't get any work done and I just feel very unhappy at work in general, although the workplace is great, my colleagues are great and I don't have any stress or unmanageable deadlines. I also don't have interest in the projects any more, I feel like I don't really care if a site is finished in a good way or not, does anyone know what this is? Am I getting bored of the web development industry? Can anyone relate? I 've decided to pursue moving away from web development and toward another field within computer science. I have tried game dev, data science, analytics but it was to no avail. Which one should I move to? Assistant: Anyone working with MVC would get depressed	Human: I am bored with the web development industry. What should I do? Some background: I have a degree in CS, and graduated in 2019 with about a 3.3 GPA with a relatively strong math/statistics background. I currently have 2 years of experience with my current employer, a large state university as the sole developer for marketing company. My daily languages are html5, css3, js , Jquery, .NET(MVC). My job is going nowhere. Since last week I'm anxious when I arrive at the workplace, I get bored so hard that I can't get any work done and I just feel very unhappy at work in general, although the workplace is great, my colleagues are great and I don't have any stress or unmanageable deadlines. I also don't have interest in the projects any more, I feel like I don't really care if a site is finished in a good way or not, does anyone know what this is? Am I getting bored of the web development industry? Can anyone relate? I 've decided to pursue moving away from web development and toward another field within computer science. I have tried game dev, data science, analytics but it was to no avail. Which one should I move to? Assistant: I think you need to take a two week vacation first, sounds like you’re burned out from work in general.
Human: Working on a personal project with logins & stored user information-- how do I protect myself legally? I'm working on a personal project that is a productivity app-- as such, I've set up logins through Firebase UI and the user stores information that is mapped to each user who logs in. The app, for those interested, is a React front-end with a Go Serverless back-end. I do not collect payments and expect to make no money from this app. It's just a fun project and hopefully helps some people. Given this, what all do I have to do to protect myself legally? What have you guys done? There's tons of questions in my head, including * Do I need a formal privacy policy and how should I make one? * Do I need an LLC to protect myself from liability & (less importantly) to safeguard my name? Is there some blanket disclaimer I can just throw on the website so I'm not liable? Or do I need to make concrete legal steps? Should I just restrict the app to only people who get an invite code from me and say "please don't sue me"? I'm sure I'm not the only one who's made a passion project that involves logins and people storing information, so wondering what the general course of action is! Assistant: If you are using the firebase login stuff - then leave the legal stuff in their boat. Don't save any data about your people separate from that - and let Google deal with it - when then lose all the data.	Human: Working on a personal project with logins & stored user information-- how do I protect myself legally? I'm working on a personal project that is a productivity app-- as such, I've set up logins through Firebase UI and the user stores information that is mapped to each user who logs in. The app, for those interested, is a React front-end with a Go Serverless back-end. I do not collect payments and expect to make no money from this app. It's just a fun project and hopefully helps some people. Given this, what all do I have to do to protect myself legally? What have you guys done? There's tons of questions in my head, including * Do I need a formal privacy policy and how should I make one? * Do I need an LLC to protect myself from liability & (less importantly) to safeguard my name? Is there some blanket disclaimer I can just throw on the website so I'm not liable? Or do I need to make concrete legal steps? Should I just restrict the app to only people who get an invite code from me and say "please don't sue me"? I'm sure I'm not the only one who's made a passion project that involves logins and people storing information, so wondering what the general course of action is! Assistant: Also, if you're concerned about security to help prevent potential lawsuits, get a static code analysis tool. It will be a million times better at identifying vulnerabilities than one person ever will.
Human: If I am serving up a front end and a back end on my same local host IP address then I shouldn't have any cross origin errors right? I use the live server extension in VScode to serve up the front end. It looks like it runs on port 5500 by default. I then use node to serve up the back end on port 5000. I click a button on my front end to call the fetch method to request data from the back end port but I get Uncaught (in promise) TypeError: NetworkError when attempting to fetch resource People from SO are saying it is because of cross origin problem, but my understanding is that that only becomes a problem when you are trying to request from a different origin / IP addresses correct? Assistant: Port does factor in. Check the headers coming from the backend. There is probably a config to enable the cord bits. Edit after seeing other replays. The backend code needs to send the cors headers. What backend are you using?	Human: If I am serving up a front end and a back end on my same local host IP address then I shouldn't have any cross origin errors right? I use the live server extension in VScode to serve up the front end. It looks like it runs on port 5500 by default. I then use node to serve up the back end on port 5000. I click a button on my front end to call the fetch method to request data from the back end port but I get Uncaught (in promise) TypeError: NetworkError when attempting to fetch resource People from SO are saying it is because of cross origin problem, but my understanding is that that only becomes a problem when you are trying to request from a different origin / IP addresses correct? Assistant: Have you tried allowing all just to check if it will work? From your server do \`Access-Control-Allow-Origin: \*\` or something. If that works then it's indeed a cors issue. If it still doesn't work it might be something else
Human: How can I stop my side project from just feeling like more work? I had the idea for a project at the start of summer and have been working on it on and off for the last few months. A friend of mine was keen to join and help with the design aspect, and I've handled the coding and business logic for the application. This project is something I still really want to finish off, because I think it would be a great piece to show off in a portfolio, and potentially even genuinely useful to some people but I'm really struggling to find the motivation to keep it going because I'm not really deriving as much joy from it now as I was when I was first starting it off, and it just feels like another piece of work that I have to complete now. Does anyone have any ideas as to how I could start to enjoy the process again? Assistant: People actually finish their side projects.... Shit I got 35 repos one or two of them might be production ready. I usually only do side projects to learn new stuff, when I feel confident I get bored with the project. And let it be... My advice would be don't over think it, get it done and go next	Human: How can I stop my side project from just feeling like more work? I had the idea for a project at the start of summer and have been working on it on and off for the last few months. A friend of mine was keen to join and help with the design aspect, and I've handled the coding and business logic for the application. This project is something I still really want to finish off, because I think it would be a great piece to show off in a portfolio, and potentially even genuinely useful to some people but I'm really struggling to find the motivation to keep it going because I'm not really deriving as much joy from it now as I was when I was first starting it off, and it just feels like another piece of work that I have to complete now. Does anyone have any ideas as to how I could start to enjoy the process again? Assistant: Make a list of all the work still left to do and once the steps have been realised you might feel motivated to tackle just one problem a day. Don’t burn yourself out but also realise that motivation can come from a shift in project management
Human: Is it possible to get a job with only HTML and CSS? I know it’s unrealistic to get a job with only these two skills but I’m actually desperate to get a job out of this. I wasted my life in studying accounting and I literally gave up and then wasted more time in gaming. Right now I’m working hard studying to become a front end developer but I struggle with JavaScript. Assistant: JavaScript is the bread and butter of web development - you're definitely going to need it.	Human: Is it possible to get a job with only HTML and CSS? I know it’s unrealistic to get a job with only these two skills but I’m actually desperate to get a job out of this. I wasted my life in studying accounting and I literally gave up and then wasted more time in gaming. Right now I’m working hard studying to become a front end developer but I struggle with JavaScript. Assistant: Have you looked at becoming a web accessibility specialist? There is still lots to learn, and you will need some javascript knowledge but maybe it is better suited for you. We've hired specialists before to come in a make our pages and platform conform to WCAG guidelines. I am not entirely sure of everything needed but the work done for us was mostly HTML/CSS changes.
Human: Is it problematic that I can build apps in react (with ease) but when it comes to making a website in vanilla JS I don't even know where to start. Do you think it's worth going back and learning all that stuff? Are vanilla JavaScript concepts baked into react? Is it possible I already know them? Just looking for some guidance as I move into the industry as a professional. Thanks. (Btw I am talking about dynamic websites that use apis or connect to a back end. I know how to do simple HTML and CSS manipulation with JavaScript.) Assistant: I'm amazed by the reactions here downplaying the importance of plain JavaScript... You're using React, React is in JavaScript, how can you do anything serious with React unless you know JS?! So yeah - by all means it's worth it!	Human: Is it problematic that I can build apps in react (with ease) but when it comes to making a website in vanilla JS I don't even know where to start. Do you think it's worth going back and learning all that stuff? Are vanilla JavaScript concepts baked into react? Is it possible I already know them? Just looking for some guidance as I move into the industry as a professional. Thanks. (Btw I am talking about dynamic websites that use apis or connect to a back end. I know how to do simple HTML and CSS manipulation with JavaScript.) Assistant: Yes. Make efforts to learn the vanilla APIs.
Human: Why do people keep suggesting that Mac is better than Windows 10 for webdev? During my college I've had a 2015 version. Recently I've used a Macbook Pro M1 for almost a year. I've sold it because I wanted to buy a gaming Windows PC for both gaming and development. And honestly, I've had around same smooth experience (of course there were some exceptions but they didn't break the general rule) on both PC as Mac. However, on Windows, that would never had happened if it wasn't for WSL2. Nowadays people still suggesting Mac over Windows because of bash and other minor reasons like programming for iOS/Mac devices with Swift/Objective C even when we are talking about web development. Is it because they never experienced WSL before? Update: I notice most devices they use for comparison are scoped into laptops. In that case I do kind of understand Macbook Pro is better than a Windows laptop. Sometimes I've had hardware problems with Windows laptops but almost zero with Windows desktops. Assistant: Unpopular opinion here, but it feels like on a lot of the internet it is just cool to hate on Windows.	Human: Why do people keep suggesting that Mac is better than Windows 10 for webdev? During my college I've had a 2015 version. Recently I've used a Macbook Pro M1 for almost a year. I've sold it because I wanted to buy a gaming Windows PC for both gaming and development. And honestly, I've had around same smooth experience (of course there were some exceptions but they didn't break the general rule) on both PC as Mac. However, on Windows, that would never had happened if it wasn't for WSL2. Nowadays people still suggesting Mac over Windows because of bash and other minor reasons like programming for iOS/Mac devices with Swift/Objective C even when we are talking about web development. Is it because they never experienced WSL before? Update: I notice most devices they use for comparison are scoped into laptops. In that case I do kind of understand Macbook Pro is better than a Windows laptop. Sometimes I've had hardware problems with Windows laptops but almost zero with Windows desktops. Assistant: Linux is better than both. Get a nice laptop with good specs, and slap Pop!_OS onto it, and you're in good hands.
Human: I’m a new senior dev who’s been asked to start doing daily stand-ups. What can I do to make them less miserable for everyone? Assistant: Have everyone agree that you will tell upper management that you're having daily stand-ups and then don't	Human: I’m a new senior dev who’s been asked to start doing daily stand-ups. What can I do to make them less miserable for everyone? Assistant: Walk stories and not people to cut down on the repeated content when people have worked together on something or attended the same meeting. Talk about impediments to the story but table their resolution until after stand up. If anything else tries to creep in, note it and resolve it after stand up with the people who are relevant.
Human: How do you prototype without getting stuck on the UI? I have an idea of a web app. Previously I’d use a Sketch or Figma to try to prototype the experience before I start writing code. My issue is that I always get stuck in UX/UI land. A few hours later I find myself on YT watching Figma tutorials instead of actually building my app. Any recommendations for prototyping solutions that just get to the point? Assistant: I read the book "Refactoring UI" not too long ago, and it had a bunch of great points. One has been said here already: pen and paper. But another is too do everything in gray scale. Get everything functional in black and white, turn use the grayscale to work on the layout, and then bring in your color.	Human: How do you prototype without getting stuck on the UI? I have an idea of a web app. Previously I’d use a Sketch or Figma to try to prototype the experience before I start writing code. My issue is that I always get stuck in UX/UI land. A few hours later I find myself on YT watching Figma tutorials instead of actually building my app. Any recommendations for prototyping solutions that just get to the point? Assistant: I've found myself just throwing together divs without worrying about UI at first when prototyping (for me, it's less productive and harder to use a pen & paper, as others suggested, for this.) If there's a backend, I'd start with that. API/inner workings come first, UI second.
Human: Need guidance with setting up a contact form on a static website. I have a static HTML file which is a landing page for a product, inside that there is a form which if the user fills the form it has to collect data and email that data to an email address, what is the best way to accomplish this with minimal effort ? Should I set up back end and all other stuff ? I'm familiar with node JS btw and also have a decent knowledge on ASP.NET Assistant: Maybe use something like https://formsubmit.co/ and avoid a back end.	Human: Need guidance with setting up a contact form on a static website. I have a static HTML file which is a landing page for a product, inside that there is a form which if the user fills the form it has to collect data and email that data to an email address, what is the best way to accomplish this with minimal effort ? Should I set up back end and all other stuff ? I'm familiar with node JS btw and also have a decent knowledge on ASP.NET Assistant: I prefer using (FormSubmit) and implementing it using only HTML
Human: Non-paying client cloned their new site from my test server using HTTrack and ghosted me It's the first time I had to deal with a problematic client like this. I agreed on doing their website for $5000. They turned out to be a troublesome client from day one. I asked for a 50% advance and somehow they talked me into paying only $500 for now so I can get started and that they'll pay the remaining next week. I assumed I can trust them (big mistake) because I met them personally at their office. Work started progressing and they kept stalling. They kept asking for numerous changes and increased the scope of work, which I did. I ended up finishing all the work and set up their PPC campaigns also within the next 4 weeks and there has been no sign of payment from them. Every time I followed up with them, they asked me to add some new shit on their site and this went on for another month. Finally I decided to put my foot down and said there won't be any more extra work until what is owed is cleared. They told me they won't pay me a penny since I'm not willing to finish their site to their complete satisfaction. Their site was hosted on my test server and I refused to hand it over until it's paid. Today I saw that they conveniently cloned the site using HTTrack and hired someone else to take over. I don't want to pursue legal channels for recovery and waste time and resources so I'm letting this go, but how do I prevent this sort of thing from happening again? Assistant: Just echoing what a lot of people on here are saying. But why the hell wouldn’t you want to persue them man have some self respect for yourself and get what you’re owed. I wouldn’t tolerate this not even from a friend or family member	Human: Non-paying client cloned their new site from my test server using HTTrack and ghosted me It's the first time I had to deal with a problematic client like this. I agreed on doing their website for $5000. They turned out to be a troublesome client from day one. I asked for a 50% advance and somehow they talked me into paying only $500 for now so I can get started and that they'll pay the remaining next week. I assumed I can trust them (big mistake) because I met them personally at their office. Work started progressing and they kept stalling. They kept asking for numerous changes and increased the scope of work, which I did. I ended up finishing all the work and set up their PPC campaigns also within the next 4 weeks and there has been no sign of payment from them. Every time I followed up with them, they asked me to add some new shit on their site and this went on for another month. Finally I decided to put my foot down and said there won't be any more extra work until what is owed is cleared. They told me they won't pay me a penny since I'm not willing to finish their site to their complete satisfaction. Their site was hosted on my test server and I refused to hand it over until it's paid. Today I saw that they conveniently cloned the site using HTTrack and hired someone else to take over. I don't want to pursue legal channels for recovery and waste time and resources so I'm letting this go, but how do I prevent this sort of thing from happening again? Assistant: Until they pay for it, I would use design mock (like invision) and screenshots instead of full-blown HTML/CSS/JS.
Human: I feel like, as a beginner, I should just pretend that JS frameworks, CSS Frameworks, CSS pre-processors, and even back-end frameworks don't exist. They're solving problems that I don't have and (for me) muddy up the "vanilla" learning of JS, HTML, CSS, and Node I'm wondering if this makes sense. Because when I look at beginner tutorials they almost all use these frameworks. I've been spending most of my time learning JS, but I I just learned that Node.js has its own routing ability, and that CSS has variables. If I just started using 99% of Node.js tutorials I would be skipping straight to using express.js. And after a lot of reading and watching I still have no idea why the hell I would need a framework. But then again state management isn't a big deal for me right now, which seems to be the main use case? My gut tells me to just ignore these things until I need them. But any intro Udemy course, or even the famous free bootcamps, all seem to include these frameworks as if they are core topics in web development. Is it just the instructors/courses bending their course to student expectations, or have I missed the reason these are taught as beginner topics? Assistant: Such bad advice here. Learn the frameworks and get a job. The little details of the language(s) will come over time with exposure. The frameworks still force you to learn JS fundamentals. Don’t learn the language - learn to build things.	Human: I feel like, as a beginner, I should just pretend that JS frameworks, CSS Frameworks, CSS pre-processors, and even back-end frameworks don't exist. They're solving problems that I don't have and (for me) muddy up the "vanilla" learning of JS, HTML, CSS, and Node I'm wondering if this makes sense. Because when I look at beginner tutorials they almost all use these frameworks. I've been spending most of my time learning JS, but I I just learned that Node.js has its own routing ability, and that CSS has variables. If I just started using 99% of Node.js tutorials I would be skipping straight to using express.js. And after a lot of reading and watching I still have no idea why the hell I would need a framework. But then again state management isn't a big deal for me right now, which seems to be the main use case? My gut tells me to just ignore these things until I need them. But any intro Udemy course, or even the famous free bootcamps, all seem to include these frameworks as if they are core topics in web development. Is it just the instructors/courses bending their course to student expectations, or have I missed the reason these are taught as beginner topics? Assistant: Software architecture is one of the most difficult parts of development, and frameworks will remove a lot of those problems from you. I think it is a huge mistake not to couple frameworks and learning code.
Human: How was your first year on WebDev? (professionally) Assistant: Had some react experience from learning on my own. Helped a team of like ~15 devs re-write a large-scale application (millions of users) from scratch. Was the only dev with any react experience at the time of joining the team. basically became a senior dev from the get-go. I was given immense opportunity to grow and use my skills. Can't thank the company enough for that. Since then in the first year and a bit I've 150% my initial salary. Bet on yourself.	Human: How was your first year on WebDev? (professionally) Assistant: Year 1: Started with a small group, providing small scale WebDev/Design/Hosting service. Things were going well, but I didn't enjoy the process of copy-pasting our work dozen of times. Year 2: Took a break from developing. Tried learning more about UI designing (basically less code and more design). Year 3(now): Trying out as a full-time front-end developer. What I've learned from the UI designing course helped me a lot and I feel a lot more confident now. Learning more everyday.
Human: PHP - Is there a better way to filter out data rather than using lots of if and or statements ? $pref1 = "Food"; $pref2 = "History"; $pref3 = "AfterDark"; function assignCategory(& $preference1, & $preference2, & $preference3){ if($preference1 = "Food" \|\| $preference2 = "Food" \|\| $preference3 = "Food"){ echo "Food"; } if ($preference1 = "History" \|\| $preference2 = "History" \|\| $preference3 = "History"){ echo "History"; } if ($preference1 = "Leisure" \|\| $preference2 = "Leisure" \|\| $preference3 = "Leisure"){ echo "Leisure"; } if ($preference1 = "Entertainment" \|\| $preference2 = "Entertainment" \|\| $preference3 = "Entertainment"){ echo "Entertainment"; } if ($preference1 = "Sport" \|\| $preference2 = "Sport" \|\| $preference3 = "Sport"){ echo "Sport"; } if ($preference1 = "PopularPlaces" \|\| $preference2 = "PopularPlaces" \|\| $preference3 = "PopularPlaces"){ echo "PopularPlaces"; } if ($preference1 = "AfterDark" \|\| $preference2 = "AfterDark" \|\| $preference3 = "AfterDark"){ echo "AfterDark"; } if ($preference1 = "Arts_Culture" \|\| $preference2 = "Arts_Culture" \|\| $preference3 = "Arts_Culture"){ echo "Arts_Culture"; } if ($preference1 = "Transport" \|\| $preference2 = "Transport" \|\| $preference3 = "Transport"){ echo "Transport"; } if ($preference1 = "Facility" \|\| $preference2 = "Facility" \|\| $preference3 = "Facility"){ echo "Facility"; } } I have 3 preferences and I want my function to echo out whichever preference is passed in - these preferences can be in any order as they will come in URL format api.com/?pref1=pref2=pref3= Assistant: You shouldn't use `echo` in functions. You should use `return`.	Human: PHP - Is there a better way to filter out data rather than using lots of if and or statements ? $pref1 = "Food"; $pref2 = "History"; $pref3 = "AfterDark"; function assignCategory(& $preference1, & $preference2, & $preference3){ if($preference1 = "Food" \|\| $preference2 = "Food" \|\| $preference3 = "Food"){ echo "Food"; } if ($preference1 = "History" \|\| $preference2 = "History" \|\| $preference3 = "History"){ echo "History"; } if ($preference1 = "Leisure" \|\| $preference2 = "Leisure" \|\| $preference3 = "Leisure"){ echo "Leisure"; } if ($preference1 = "Entertainment" \|\| $preference2 = "Entertainment" \|\| $preference3 = "Entertainment"){ echo "Entertainment"; } if ($preference1 = "Sport" \|\| $preference2 = "Sport" \|\| $preference3 = "Sport"){ echo "Sport"; } if ($preference1 = "PopularPlaces" \|\| $preference2 = "PopularPlaces" \|\| $preference3 = "PopularPlaces"){ echo "PopularPlaces"; } if ($preference1 = "AfterDark" \|\| $preference2 = "AfterDark" \|\| $preference3 = "AfterDark"){ echo "AfterDark"; } if ($preference1 = "Arts_Culture" \|\| $preference2 = "Arts_Culture" \|\| $preference3 = "Arts_Culture"){ echo "Arts_Culture"; } if ($preference1 = "Transport" \|\| $preference2 = "Transport" \|\| $preference3 = "Transport"){ echo "Transport"; } if ($preference1 = "Facility" \|\| $preference2 = "Facility" \|\| $preference3 = "Facility"){ echo "Facility"; } } I have 3 preferences and I want my function to echo out whichever preference is passed in - these preferences can be in any order as they will come in URL format api.com/?pref1=pref2=pref3= Assistant: First check that pref1, pref2, and pref3 are identical. If they are, just look at pref1
Human: I have a very good idea for a website and absolutely no experience with web development. What do I do? Essentially the website is a forum where chat rooms are generated as each fills and every four hours the subject of the website changes. It would have to support many, many people and have live feedback in order to work properly. Additionally, an app that works exactly the same way would be required, but the website is the real focus. It seems that most website makers/builders are made for commerce and not live discussion and would be completely inadequate for my purpose. I’m looking for advice on where to start as far as supporting many people and live updates in websites go. Thanks Assistant: You can start by hiring a developer..	Human: I have a very good idea for a website and absolutely no experience with web development. What do I do? Essentially the website is a forum where chat rooms are generated as each fills and every four hours the subject of the website changes. It would have to support many, many people and have live feedback in order to work properly. Additionally, an app that works exactly the same way would be required, but the website is the real focus. It seems that most website makers/builders are made for commerce and not live discussion and would be completely inadequate for my purpose. I’m looking for advice on where to start as far as supporting many people and live updates in websites go. Thanks Assistant: You can try a chat / messaging service such as Sendbird to do most of the chat functionality.