Any other enginerds/devs having a hard time searching for simple things?
Posted: Tue Aug 16, 2022 2:50 am
TLDR; I'm old, grumpy, and am getting mad at simple search terms like "mudlet sleep/delay method" or "WoW style timer bar" turning up nada. How old do I need to be mentally for maximum success?
I'll be the first to admit that my point-of-view on coding/scripting/dev is scewed. I've been scripting longer than some of you yungins have been alive. I started in Solaris. Evolved/"migrated" to shell <insert flavor here> with *nix. Mastered my craft on green monochrome 9 inch (230mm) CRT monitors that made your hair stand on end if you touched the glass and the OG mechanical keyboards that built fat fingers and required true intention in what you were typing. I used to have to write my own patches to "port" TinTin to *nix/Mac.
I'm using Mudlet for Network Engineering/Whitehat Network Security purposes. It has been a real fun challenge. I'm just now starting to get into my groove with LUA, and now wanting to throw some gooey at my client. Here's where I'm struggling. The video content is good for certain demographics, but not mine. The wiki is organized in a way that makes little sense to me as a professional.
This has become more difficult in the past 5 years as more and more forums are requiring posts to be as narrow in scope as humanly possible without any references to competing/similar products. As if the idea of mixing two related concepts is diluting the problem...
Ok, next up on the soap box? How much of a whiny brat am I being?
I'll be the first to admit that my point-of-view on coding/scripting/dev is scewed. I've been scripting longer than some of you yungins have been alive. I started in Solaris. Evolved/"migrated" to shell <insert flavor here> with *nix. Mastered my craft on green monochrome 9 inch (230mm) CRT monitors that made your hair stand on end if you touched the glass and the OG mechanical keyboards that built fat fingers and required true intention in what you were typing. I used to have to write my own patches to "port" TinTin to *nix/Mac.
I'm using Mudlet for Network Engineering/Whitehat Network Security purposes. It has been a real fun challenge. I'm just now starting to get into my groove with LUA, and now wanting to throw some gooey at my client. Here's where I'm struggling. The video content is good for certain demographics, but not mine. The wiki is organized in a way that makes little sense to me as a professional.
This has become more difficult in the past 5 years as more and more forums are requiring posts to be as narrow in scope as humanly possible without any references to competing/similar products. As if the idea of mixing two related concepts is diluting the problem...
Ok, next up on the soap box? How much of a whiny brat am I being?