Really cool idea, and from the author of knockout.js no less!

You can just see how this could become a mainstream approach

Steve has always been years ahead of the game

Mindfulness is something that should be practiced. It's perspective that helps me. After all nothing really matters that much at all.... We are all just passing through. Maybe I got a little too Zen there... But hey keep busy being happy, move away from negative influences

not to mention the air quality in London!

The OP is now a single income household, and is £400 in the red every month. Also they have just had a kid (big cash drain), so I can't imagine there will be much socialising in the near future. Think they may need to "move to the 'burbs"

The burbs that are connected via major transport links are not cheaper by any means, you get a slightly bigger property but pay the same in taxes.

If you move further out then expect to pay as much as 5000£ per year to commute.

> 5000£

Umm, that's pretty cheap for a commuting train pass in London! It's usually way more. Double that at least.

It's 40% on earnings above around 45K, below that it's 20%

That is still extremely high depending on where you are coming from. The US also uses a marginal tax system and the highest bracket is 39.6% and starts at ~$425k (varies based on how you are filing). ~$38-90k bracket is 25%.

You don't pay any tax on the first 11500 either.

So on 44999 You'd be paying 20% of (44999 - 11500) so 6700 on 44999 (effective rate been 14.8%).

exactly... its not that bad! includes free healthcare! and in northern ireland, free prescriptions!

You have to add in state tax if you comparing against the US. (Not all states have an income tax, but California does have one)

And 15% federal payroll taxes

London is shocking price wise...I could never contemplate working there although I once did. I work in Belfast Northern Ireland, earn approx £57k, my spacious detached house with garden and tranquility 20 mins train commute from the office costs around £180K... So there is no financial way I would ever go to London...It seems crazy and illogical to me to work there.. nice place to visit however!

isn't it great that we have reached the times when we can put Belfast and tranquility in one sentence.

yeah, Belfast has been tranquil for a long time, some 20 years or more, the media perception always inflated the reality even in the bad old days..

the good thing is, that in the ensuing time, the city has become alot more vibrant, the youthful generation are now not as shackled with the past. Belfast feels fresh, and its a town with a great industrial and innovative past. Its about time!

I have pretty much moved to VS Code from VS Studio.. The tool chain dictated the move, and I could not be happier.

I'm doing typescript/react stuff now so I'm on VS Code, but when I was doing C# VS Community was out of this world amazing.

I'm also very happy :)

It is most excellent. Great little intuitive routing convention, plus plays well with express

Its wonderful actually. It shows how technologists and technology can be a hope for the future as opposed to politics. Seems to me alot of real change is being driven by technology and sharing of information. Well, lets be honest, Elon Musk is a very unique individual, and I really like his style.

Nice. Do you use any medical archetypes or open standards like openEHR or FHIR