I don't ever think I had one fail to write

Sure you can go to the ER. The level of treatment you get heavily depends on luck

It also had the side effect of keeping the heat off our roof and would actively pull heat out of the attic. PV panels would have worked with a heat pump but probably would have cost a ton more for the required capacity needed. Not to mention the extra heat on the roof from not having it watercooled.

So basically a smart thermostat that accounts for ramp up and cool down times when adjusting the temperatures.

EDIT: I checked around their shop, they do sell replacement batteries for $109, but I still wish they sold an extended cell variant like laptops did 10 years ago.

I remember thinking back then (2013) when this tech was getting sunset that we had somehow gone the wrong way, and that thin clients were the future, especially from an efficiency standpoint.

I still believe that, but we're still a ways off from general purpose compute accessed over the internet for the majority of use cases.

My server box is also a 2012 era machine, it's a 3770k build. It's perfectly fine for what I use it for. Yeah it takes a bit more power than a modern intel chip, but it sure beats the alternative of throwing it in a landfill to save a few watts at idle.

You could also keep ICE engines in use without worrying about their carbon footprint. Excess renewable power turns into fuel to be used in cars, boats, trains (diesel electric freight cars), and airplanes.

Using this tech for off peak leveling on the grid might not be cost effective, but it can certainly be used to support the existing infrastructure we have to allow for a more graceful transitional period.

1TWh / 20 Watt brain = 50,000,000,000 (50 Billion) Hours.

50 Billion Hours / (24h * 365.25) = 5,703,855.8 Years

> Finding and fixing bugs is a lot of fun. Incidence response is a lot of fun. Hacking on new projects is a lot of fun. Writing unit tests is fun too.

I'd agree on the first three, I'm not a huge fan of unit tests though. They seem like something a "good programmer" should do but to me it's in in the CYA lane, not programming.

> Refactoring, rewriting, sprint, agile, rearchitecting things etc aren't that fun.

I actually like refactoring code. To me it's like pruning a garden, moving stuff around to fit better. It also helps me on longer running projects to fix up crap that I wrote months/years ago. I'm always growing as a developer, and fixing foundations so they don't end up a cobbled mess is actually a pride point for me.

Agile / Sprints / Pre-Future proofing / API contract writing? Pure overhead for me. My current job is a ridiculous amount of meetings. I get like 15-20 hours of meetings weekly in my position.

This really boils down to being at a company that doesn't have technically knowledgeable management, and being on projects without a dedicated architect.

This is also missing the point slightly. You shouldn't have to rely on tax day returns.

Easily 2+ hours each way from door to door. And let me tell you, the LIRR is vastly overfilled during peak. You're lucky to get a seat for that 90 minute leg of your trip, and if you didn't, you were probably sardine packed in the aisle.