Except developers run docker compose locally all the time.

And even if I am just using Excel, my work still deserves to be respected by the operating system.

throw1234567891 19 hours ago | parent [-]

Sure, they do. Then design your workflow in a way that tolerates an outage. What if electricity goes out? A lightning strike? It’s a no-brainier.

Excel stores unsaved data in temp files on disk, just like your vim. Many Windows apps do because of the described behaviour. Use the right tool for the right job.

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anonymars 18 hours ago | parent | next [-]

Do laptops and hibernate not exist where you live? Do lightning strikes reset your computer monthly?

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pathartl 13 hours ago | parent | next [-]

Not that I disagree with you, but some of us still use desktops because laptops don't always get the job done. That being said, how hard is it to hit ctrl-s

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		I originally wrote "and UPSes" but naïvely thought, "surely I can elide that for brevity" As for ctrl-s, wasn't running docker containers as a developer a prominent part of this conversation?
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throw1234567891 13 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

I don’t know where you live, but where I live, my Windows admins send me notifications about planned upgrades.

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perryizgr8 16 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

I've a solid UPS.

	▲	throw1234567891 13 hours ago \| parent [-]
		so you know what I mean