(He/Him) Side-project instigator, software developer and part-time prof.
Joined July 2010
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Jan 10
ohhhhhhhhh
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24 Dec 2024
How is there no mention of The Simpsons.... it's the only opening that I never (ever) skip, it's the only opening that I ever talk about independent of the actual show.
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7 Sep 2024
Found a new weekend read (Badass). Highly recommend the other two.
6 Sep 2024
Three of my favorite books on how to build great products that I don’t see mentioned very often in my circles —
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10 Feb 2024
Unlabelled? Neutral. Laptop only, means i can bang out work on a train, on a plane, with a fox, on a box!
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10 Feb 2024
I find selling the mono-repo such a difficult task, even when benefits like this are implemented and demonstrated to be amazing.
10 Feb 2024
We’re a team of 3 engineers covering hardware, a cloud service, CLI, edge compute worker, ML stack, video processing, and WebRTC.
Biggest boon to productivity?
Everything is in a single monorepo. You can run the whole stack locally, and make changes across the system in one PR
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23 Dec 2023
"For programmers that means poring over that pull request of theirs over and over again until it’s as aesthetically pleasing as it is functionally correct."
I like to apply this at the commit level, where the history tells a compelling story of "mark the hard change easy..."
“If there’s anything I see juniors often miss, it’s this. Careful, repeated, even obsessive, study of their own work. For programmers that means poring over the pull request until it’s as aesthetically pleasing as it is functionally correct.” world.hey.com/dhh/commit-to-…
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7 Dec 2023
The evolution of automated testing acronyms...
We started with First,
TFD
We elaborated with Design
TDD
We clarified with Feedback
TDF (tidyfirst.substack.com/p/tdd…)
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6 Dec 2023
“Oh, and you often have to rewrite your app in proprietary JavaScript – even if it’s already written in JavaScript!”
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6 Dec 2023
FLAME is out! 🔥 Auto scale by wrapping any app code in a function and have that block run in a temporary copy of your app.
It's time to rethink Serverless.
No rewrites. No bespoke runtimes. No outrageous layers of complexity. Blog screencast 👉 fly.io/blog/rethinking-serve…
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7 Nov 2023
supa dupa fly
#WorkIt @MissyElliott! Missy is officially the first female Hip-Hop artist to be inducted into @rockhall! She holds 6 Platinum 💿 or higher tracks and 6 💿 Platinum or higher albums.
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14 Oct 2023
Getting to brevity requires clarity, forcing you to stake a claim about what is your most important point. m.signalvnoise.com/the-writi…
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Andrew Forward retweeted
20 Sep 2023
After a seven year break, I'm back running the Pragmatic Bookshelf. I have a lot of cool things planned, but I could really do with your help. For the background, and for details on how to voice your opinions, see pragdave.me/thoughts/active/…. I look forward to chatting with a whole bunch of you.
Thanks
Dave
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12 Aug 2023
Wizard!
11 Aug 2023
Before I write any code, I formulate an expectation in my mind. I don't just blindly write any code. What I do next is write that expectation down in the form of an executable test. I then run that test & see it fail. My work is now cut out for me: make that test pass & refactor.
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8 Aug 2023
!(if A then B)
!(!A or B)
!!A and !B
A and !B
right?
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5 Aug 2023
My iphone journey
iphone 3g
iphone 4s
iphone 6
iphone 12 mini
Sad to have seen the smaller phone discontinued.
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5 Aug 2023
Summarizing books is such a great way to deepen comprehension. My problem is that is that read (and listen) in environments unsuitable for note taking (doing chores, before bed, in a lounger). Still trying to add this to the mix.
5 Aug 2023
One of my smartest friends only reads 3-5 books per year but rewrites every page in his own words as he goes through it. Then, he summarizes the entire book once he's done. He reads only the best books, but very carefully. This is the kind of reading we should be encouraging.
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