I 98% agree. Only thing I'm not sure about is if third copy/paste is always a bad thing. There are things like configuration and templates where independency is more important than DRY. Sometimes you do those through code.
I feel that Yaml sucks. I understand the need for such markup language but I think it sucks. Somehow it's clunky to use. Can you explain why?
This whole writing seems to assume that productivity is a feature of an individual and not a feature of a team. That's a wrong assumption. The fairest way to pay is same salary for the whole team.
This writing is also PR for some individual company.
And this writing is three years old, written before the current economic slump. Nowadays the market is not so busy, at least not where I live in.
Damn! Last winter I heard somewhere Screen was died and I thought I should finally learn tmux. It seems Screen is still alive, after all! Great news.
What do you will need new color states in GTK for? I'm not sure but I hope I will get better looking fonts into my editor because of this change. But not sure and this is only guessing
How much JS differs from ActionScript? I have an assumption they are pretty similar
I always recommend Ubuntu for beginners. It has the largest userbase and broadest support from all kinds of software vendors (including commercial software)
Ubuntu with default desktop will probably work straight out of the box with your computer if any distro will. Then you can easily try it, learn more and see if you like it.
You can also get commercial support for Ubuntu: maybe even your local computer shop can help you with any problems you run into (like printer installs)
Later on, you may switch to something else if Ubuntu does not feel the best distro.
Is it a synth of some sorts? Where Actionscript even runs nowadays?
Do they have some preference what GUI toolkit apps should use? GTK or Qt?
Your portfolio showcases an impressive breadth of skills and interests, from Unix-like photo management systems to HTML5 ports of classic games. It's clear you have a passion for learning and experimenting with different technologies, which is something to be incredibly proud of.
Hmm, I don't remember making any HTML5 ports of classic games but ok