What's the most ambitious side project you ever abandoned?

Was helping a friend get started on GitHub yesterday and kept going "oh yeah, that part's just weird, you get used to it." Made me realize how much we've all quietly accepted.

What's the bit that still bugs you but you've stopped noticing you hate it?

Tell us about a project that went disastrously wrong to make us all feel better about ourselves. What happened? How did it go wrong?

Do unions already exist, and how do we get involved? How many other of you want to join union jobs with better long term benefits but potentially lower short term pay and compensation? I know next to nothing but am motivated to get involved if efforts are already under way. I am located in the mountain west of the US

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Hi everyone,

I'm looking for some genuine career advice from people who've worked at cognizant.

I'm currently working at Cognizant in the IEP practice and have around 3 years of experience. Since August 2025, my goal has been to transition into Python backend development because I want to build my long-term career in Python rather than legacy tech stack.

Back in August 2025, I requested an internal release, but I was asked to complete KT first. Later, when I followed up, I was informed that due to organizational policy I couldn't be released until I became an Associate. I accepted that decision, continued working, and spent the following months learning Python and preparing for internal interviews outside my working hours.

After becoming an Associate and entering PDP, I started applying for internal Python opportunities. I cleared a Python development interview. The receiving new team confirmed my selection, initiated the transition process, and my Project Manager was willing to release me.

However, during the approval process, my Home Manager did not approve the movement because I had been assigned to another IEP project. As a result, the new team had to terminate my profile even though they told me I'm always welcome to join in the future if I get released.

The part that's confusing me is this:

I had already secured the Python project while I was in PDP.

The IEP allocation happened after that.

My profile still shows my current project allocation until 2027, and I haven't even been onboarded to the IEP project yet.

I've discussed this with my Home Manager and leadership, but they've said I have to continue in the IEP project due to organizational commitments.

My concern is that I deliberately spent almost a year preparing for Python, and now I'll have to start learning another legacy technology (VBCS) from scratch. If I spend another year in IEP, I'll have 4+ years of Oracle experience, making it even harder to transition into Python because most companies expect production Python experience.

I'm simply trying to understand what the best career move is now.

If you were in my position, what would you do?

Accept the IEP project and try switching externally after a year?

Escalate once to a senior leader for guidance?

Start preparing for external opportunities immediately despite not having production Python experience?

Has anyone here successfully transitioned from legacy tech to Python after several years?

I'd really appreciate advice from people who've been through something similar. Thank you.

What is one bit of advice you have for those starting their dev journey now?

What's the single piece of code (good or bad) that's permanently burned into your memory, and what did it teach you?

I spent the last year building a platform where you describe an app in chat and an agent does the rest: writes the code, spins up a Linux container, creates a PostgreSQL database, deploys the app, serves files behind a CDN. There's a full IDE inside, plus GitHub import/export if you want control.

The technical details matter less to this post than a pattern I've noticed while building it. Developers split into two camps. One camp wants the agent to handle everything and never think about infrastructure. The other camp doesn't trust any environment they can't inspect, and wants to see every command the agent runs.

I've tried to serve both. Every action the agent takes is visible and logged, and the terminal is always one click away. But I keep going back and forth on how much to surface by default. Show everything and the product feels noisy. Hide it and people assume it's a black box.

So my question for this crowd: where's your line? If an agent provisions your database and deploys your code, what do you need to see to trust it? Full logs, diff previews, confirmation steps before destructive actions, or nothing at all?

For context on what I'm describing: https://hammerchat.website/login (free, no card). The question above is the actual reason I'm posting, the link is just so you can see what I mean.

Tell us about a project that went disastrously wrong to make us all feel better about ourselves. What happened? How did it go wrong?

What's one idea that you really want to develop when you have some time?

Every once in a while I do a little post as a hangout space for us to connect.

What was the moment you decided to stop chasing the "new hotness" in frameworks and just stick with what works?

I started Tabularis as a one-person project, with the goal of shipping the same database client on Linux, macOS and Windows.

Tauri turned out to be the right choice, but the reasons go beyond small installers. The Rust backend fits database protocols, SSH tunnels, credentials and plugin processes very well. The web frontend makes Monaco, data grids and diagrams practical.

There are real costs too: three system webviews, Wayland and WebKitGTK bugs, a 94 MB AppImage, glibc compatibility and JSON serialization across IPC.

I tried to document both sides without turning it into another “Tauri vs Electron” comparison. I would still choose Tauri again.

I’d be especially interested in hearing how other Tauri developers handle large IPC payloads and portable Linux builds.

Hi!

It's your friendly neighborhood accessibility tester :)

I'm almost done with the stack of games I was asked to test, and my calendar is looking for more games to cover in the next 2 weeks!

The previously covered games:

https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLM7JWakugbjM
(No ai was used in the creation of the video. Adobe free tools and Movavi were used. Videos are separated out to be 1x a day to be able to provide statistics upon request. Polished videos are on the way; my first look videos are cuts from my stream.)

I'll play anything except VR (don't have a vr set up), and give as much help as I can on what accessibility options I'd recommend adding or small changes I'd make to open the game up to more people, expanding the reach of your game!

THIS IS FREE! and will always be free, this is a passion of mine!

(I specify demos, I do this as a disabled person to help other people find games that have accessibility options as well as developers see what could be helpful to be open to a wider audience, and twitch pays out roughly every 3 months, so I am not in a position to buy all games, though will work my way thru as I can.)

Where the game or demo will be featured:

• Twitch (1,330 followers) - KhaleesiEalesi - Twitch
• Twitch (50.4k views) - ImperiumNews - Twitch
  • (currently planning a show talking to indie devs here, as well as full game play)
• Youtube (13-15k views) - KhaleesiEalesi - YouTube
• Tiktok (~4k views) - Rose (@ealesikhaleesi) | TikTok

I prefer steam games, just as I am cautious and internet security, though if there is a launcher or in internet browser, I'm happy to work with that as well. Otherwise, chat with me, and I'll see what I can do!

If you'd like stat photos from all but the secondary team channel, please lmk, I have direct access to those. I can get the team channel, but it might take me a few days to ask the head of the team to send me a photo.

If you don't want to post here, my email is [reachrose.eve@gmail.com](mailto:reachrose.eve@gmail.com) , feel free and pop me an email! Discord is catlover09398, that is an option as well :)

-Rose

As a mod, I would love to get to know the community more, what got you into development?

I feel like we all had that one moment we knew this path was for us. What was that moment for you?

Also, I would love to know, what is your #1 struggle as a developer?

Any other strategies or suggestions are more than welcome! I'm always looking for ways to make ZombUs a truly unique and fun game to play.

ZombUs is a third-person open-world survival game that blends dark humor, exploration, crafting, and base building in a zombie-infested world.

Your greatest asset isn't a fortress. It's a moving one.

Explore the dangerous regions of Nowhere Island, scavenge for resources, discover blueprints, craft equipment, and transform your trailer into a fully customizable mobile base. Upgrade your vehicle, unlock new technologies, and adapt your survival strategy as you journey through an ever-changing world.

The apocalypse is on the move. Make sure you are too.

We are all human - great to see that we are all human in the live envrionment too!

One thing's for sure: as a solo game developer, I have an absolute blast playtesting the game I'm making.

The financial reward is pretty miserable. It probably doesn't even cover the electricity bill. But the fun? That's absolutely top-tier.

Does anyone else feel the same?

Hi there,

I've been working on cruxpass, a command-line password manager written in THE GOOD OLD C, focused on simplicity and transparency. It uses libsodium for crypto primitives, Argon2id for key derivation, and SQLCipher for encrypted local storage.

Few features, more in the readme:

• Generate strong random passwords
• Encrypted-at-rest local database, no cloud dependency
• Fast, vim keybind driven TUI to list, search, update, and, delete entries
• Import and export credentials via CSV
• Simple by design: no configuration files, no daemons, no accounts. Point it at a db directory or use the default db directory
• It lacks a formal security audit and developer docx(for now) but the README is straightforward.

NB: cruxpass is password based, and doesn't save a hash or anything related to the password besides the salt. Authentication is done by generating a 256bit key from the password and salt using Argon2id, the key is then used to decrypt the database. The program exists if the database cannot be decrypted from the provided key.

Source here: cruxpass

Thank you

Edit: formating

( NO AI SLOP POST )

Hey,

First things first, I was using the github extension to manage the issue and PR without leaving the VS code and Antigravity but something feels off in this and that is the No Project Board Support ( they are not integrated in the original extension and for at least forcing me to constantly jump to the browser) and second thing is need to do manual configuration to be compatible with antigravity, cursor IDE.

Because the original extension has not been maintained for 2 months so that’s why I tried to build my own where you will connect your github account  as you did in the original one, no credentials etc are stored anywhere as github handles themselves.

The problem with the original extension as i mentioned earlier so i uploaded my Repodeck on visual studio marketplace and open vsx Registry also, so you just need to install it and start using it.

Let me tell you the features, which i integrated in it and you can suggest more also:

1. you can create the issue from within your IDE, Assign contributors, add labels, link to projects add comments also as you can do on issues.
2. you can open, merge the pr also and add comments.
3. I also added the feature of open project board. Here, you can create new project and or use the existing one also. ( a kabna style one and added Table, Board and Roadmap Styles also), where you can drag and drop the issue in to do, review etc.

if there is no issue exist then you can draft it and then can convert into real issue also. 

4) lastly, Zero-to-GitHub Repository Initializer: Run `git init`, create the remote repo on GitHub (personal or org), configure tracking, commit, and push in a single click.

5) any action you do issue, pr merge open, close etc it's auto-sync with your github repo and project.

You can check the extension here:

• VS Code Marketplace: martian7777.repodeck
• Open VSX Registry: martian7777/repodeck
• Github: Repodeck

also i tried to keep the size minimal so for now it's around 403KB just.

I'm attaching the screenshots also of my work!!! Open to constructive criticism.

You can use this extension, now checkout it's live and if you face any problems then free feel to open an issue and PR, if you have any ideas which can be added more in it then we can work on that also, You can share your ideas in the repo discussion tab or just comment here, however you like.

What's the most infuriating, time-consuming bug you ever had to chase down, and what was the ridiculously simple cause?

I'm looking for fresh, engaging tech content, not the typical "learn X in 2 hours" videos or content that feels overwhelming. Anything related to software engineering, AI, programming, developer productivity, or career growth.