Ryan (@vidkun) profile picture

i break things...

Austin, TX
Joined November 2007
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> we're looking for a junior developer with the experience of a senior developer for the salary of an intern
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> we don't do remote working, because we value in-person collaboration *cut to multiple devs sat using headphones, sending emojis on Slack*
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Haven't blogged in a while, but after seeing "NGO for attribution" I realized we haven't learned much. iamit.org/blog/2017/06/when-…
System Engineer: We dont allow root access to the box. Me: But you allow `sudo su`? System Engineer: Yeah, people need it. Me: 🤦‍♂️
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In support of Paris, CA billionaires pledge to never again fly private, will only fly commercial. J/K--will quit symbolic councils instead. teapawt.net/elonmusk/status/870369…
Am departing presidential councils. Climate change is real. Leaving Paris is not good for America or the world.
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- s'ok, I'll push it straight to production
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When you can read names on the wall and know their laugh and see their smile, THEN you get Memorial Day. Some debts can never be repaid.
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That feeling when I see a colleague using a text editor other than Vim... :)
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PSA: Twitter's new privacy policy screws you, make sure to uncheck everything on your "personalization" settings. teapawt.net/settings/personalizati…
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Code review can be: • honest • nice Pick one...
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The best smartphone choice is the one your kid has to see the back of the least.
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In 12+ yrs I've been unable to find a single study that supports this folk wisdom about homework having nonacademic advantages
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15 new ransomware decryption tools added to No More Ransom - bit.ly/2nCNvtV - @Europol @BrianHonan
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Every functional programming tutorial...
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The best minds of my generation are thinking about how to include emojis in test runner output. That sucks.
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We are being led to believe the way the emails were released are more important than their content. Rubbish.
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Working on a side project `git init`
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“I have first-hand experience in that” - in an interview “I read it about it in a blog post once” - in reality
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That was fast. Apple CEO Tim Cook says company won’t build a “backdoor” to unlock San Bernardino shooter’s iPhone. fusion.net/story/269651/appl…
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