I'm not sure about SREs - it probably depends on company, but where I work, if you aren't oncall, you develop projects similarly to a SWE - so you can still think about work after you clock out.
I guess it's not serious in this case, as streaming audio is not very CPU-intensive, BUT I noticed that when I trained my ML model (basically 100% GPU usage) I could hear a noise in my M40Xs. I guess it's some MOBO/GPU insulation issue.
Most GPUs have some degree of coil whine, often under high or specific load. Even my PS5's has it in the menu of a particular game, I suspect they haven't capped the framerate for that menu.
My what-if joke was going to involve memcopy bringing up the dormant avx unit & causing some power fluctuations in the system. Which is like 99.9999999% a joke.
This is so much time that humanity (if still alive) could advance technology so much that we would be able to workaround heat death too. This is borderline sci-fi, but I believe we could bend almost any known laws of Physics with enough advancement.
Are you suggesting Frontend is more enjoyable in general? I think it depends from person to person. As a Backend Dev/SRE, I'm currently learning React and have to admit that it's a very refreshing and rewarding experience, but I'm not sure if I would like that setup in a real job - that would probably mean more "fighting" with UX designers, stakeholders etc. compared to backend job.
Maybe one thing worth adding here is the nostalgia factor. I'm not yet 30, but I often gravitate towards the music I relate with easier, carefree times. I find it true especially with OSTs of older games I played. The nostalgic value is giving the music another dimension, which is impossible to replicate when listening to new music, even if it's great. That being said I'm happy that I got into EDM genre as it's pretty easy to follow a few selected artists throughout the years, which naturally exposes me to new material.
I agree that there are better options for long-term maintenance of large projects, but let's not act like Youtube or Instagram don't exist - both of which used Django to some (high at the beginning) degree.
I'd say Google also doesn't care. Googleyness is gone, top-notch job security is gone, leadership doesn't listen to employees at all, the only thing that matters now is appeasing stakeholders.
I think the point being made here is that all CI/CD/SDLC stuff is effectively slowing down development, so the difference in iteration speed between Python and Rust is less explicit. But I dare to disagree, I just can't connect the dots here, moving code further down the CICD pipeline doesn't mean we can't work on the code itself or think about project improvement ideas.
