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[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 days ago (1 children)

At this point, I think it’s required to have a sort of alternate identity online and keeping anything private, photos of yourself and other information just offline. Except for government stuff, which requires your real identity.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 days ago

I mean yeah, I selfhost everything, but I hate that i have to learn and support the most useless shit ever just to earn a living.

It used to be fun being a dev, now I'm just repeating the same warning phrases about technologies.