Developer and all-around nerd. Economist in spirit.
Grand Rapids, MI
Joined November 2007
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Remember folks, we wouldn't even need net neutrality rules if we forced ISPs to compete with each other. arstechnica.com/tech-policy/…
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I think it's time to discuss the efficacy of Pull Request Reviews as a way to ensure code quality and shared understanding on software teams. Here's a little thread on some of the experiences I've had in my career, why I think this matters, and what we can do about it.
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To simplify following the criminal justice news of the last 36 hours, I posted a set of 10 links to police brutality videos on Facebook
Can't do that here, obvs
So I'm putting them into a thread – at North Carolina, USA
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It's finally here! @programming_elm is officially published and now available in print! Learn how to build safe and maintainable front-end applications with Elm. Pick up your copy today. #elmlang #javascript #functionalprogramming #webdev #programming
pragprog.com/book/jfelm/prog…
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We have lots of ways to catch issues:
1. Compiler error
2. Unit test
3. Integration test
4. PR comment
5. Manual QA
6. User feedback
When you find a problem, ask how you can move it up 1 or more levels.
e.g. “How can I turn this PR comment into a compiler error or unit test?”
These are the things I want to know about every technology ever. Hell, every designed thing ever.
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Lots of dangerous nuance here. 😁 The final sentence stuck with me: "In the end, we call our good decisions ‘clean code’ and our bad decisions ‘technical debt’, despite following the same rules and practices to get there." programmingisterrible.com/po…
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I am a full stack engineer which means if you give me one more task my stack will overflow
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Fantastic thread for software engineers; we see Normalization of Deviance all the time. Annoying error messages that have always been part of build log? Yup. Console errors when loading a web page? That too. – at Colorado, USA
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I haven't seen a video trumpeting the awesome :Gstatus changes that @tpope made in fugitive.vim, so here it is. It's like `git add --patch`, but nicer.
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he's makin a list
it's kept in plain text
an elf just got phished
you know what is next
santa claus has leaked 2.2 billion user's names, addresses, naughty/nice statuses, and the times they are asleep in their homes
Celebrated Xmas by breaking my in-laws (new, fiber) internet. Turns out you should save the modem/router’s settings _before_ you reset it. Who knew? 🙄 Now waiting for their (rural) ISP to open on the 26th to fix my mistake.
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When I was mainly writing, I heard this great rule:
"When people have a problem with a part of your text, they are usually right.
When they suggest something to change it to, they are usually wrong."
This seems to me a general truth. Has been helpful in the startup world too.
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OK, I get it. You created a search results page using the latest single page app hotness. But here's the deal. When I click on one of the items to see its details and then go back to the search results page, here's what I expect:
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"An Amazon representative reportedly told them that one of their staff members had made a one-time error ... This was an unfortunate case of human error and an isolated incident."
Blaming accidents on "human error" is a great way to keep having accidents.
gizmodo.com/the-amazon-alexa…