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30 Oct 2022
Now that my interactive CLI Kotlin library #Kotter is 1.0, I thought I'd put together a supercut of some of the favorite demos I wrote using it.
The source for all of these examples (and many more) can be found in the project.
github.com/varabyte/kotter
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16 Nov 2024
I have no idea how many people are here who followed me back when I talked regularly about my projects (mainly #Kobweb and #Kotter).
If you're interested, I'm starting up again on Bluesky. You can find me there at bsky.app/profile/bitspittle.…
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David Herman retweeted
18 Nov 2022
I've seen a lot of people asking "why does everyone think Twitter is doomed?"
As an SRE and sysadmin with 10 years of industry experience, I wanted to write up a few scenarios that are real threats to the integrity of the bird site over the coming weeks.
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18 Nov 2022
Your explanation (which I'm sure Musk expects people to think) falls apart when you know some of the people who got fired. Musk fans have this narrative that Twitter was full of entitled, lazy, liberal activists, but that bubble pops if you actually knew them.
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18 Nov 2022
The problem wasn't that Musk had to cull. Many in tech would agree he had to, and even that a culture change was necessary. But he executed it so inexpertly and mockingly, that he not only melted away real talent from Twitter, but he destroyed his reputation among tech circles.
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17 Nov 2022
I am excited to see Twitter 2.0 (as Musk is calling it). At this point, it will be staffed entirely by Musk devotees who, after observing them the last few weeks, I imagine are the sort of people that only learn that stoves are hot by touching them.
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15 Nov 2022
If you're not a programmer, you may not realize that Elon is ensuring a significant percent of very talented developers will never work at any Musk-run business. Now, if you are a developer who loves Musk after all this, congrats! Probably opportunities to apply to Twitter soon.
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15 Nov 2022
I see Musk fans gloating "You all said the site would crash but it didn't!" Actually yeah, I've been really impressed!
But this isn't a defense of Musk -- more of Twitter, which is built more resiliently than I thought. And Musk fired most of the engineers who accomplished it.
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15 Nov 2022
Contradicting your CEO in public (even if they do it to others) is a standard way to get fired. However, I bet Eric now has the pick of many job offers, managing to stand out even in these market conditions. So if you still work at Twitter but want to leave... take notes!
14 Nov 2022
Guess it is official now.
ALT Computer Recognized Text: This Mac is Locked The system PIN is required to use this Mac. This Mac has been locked by your organization. Tounlock, enter the system PIN or contact your administrator.
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David Herman retweeted
13 Nov 2022
This is what micromanaging from the top looks like, when the CEO *thinks* they can tell the source of the problem and how to fix it, just by looking at it.
It’s incredibly frustrating when it happens to you. It’s rare to see it this public.
Good luck to engineers in the weeds.
Btw, I’d like to apologize for Twitter being super slow in many countries. App is doing >1000 poorly batched RPCs just to render a home timeline!
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11 Nov 2022
I will give @elonmusk credit for bringing comedy to Twitter. When you see two fake accounts both pretending to be the same official brand apologizing for the fake messages put out by the other, it's already a great joke but even crazier that $16 was spent for us to enjoy it.
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10 Nov 2022
Can @elonmusk claim that destroying Twitter is essentially charity and therefore take its $44 billion cost as a future tax write off? 🤔
10 Nov 2022
Heck yes. Everyone! AFAIK those not interviewing before are interviewing now (if they're not based in HQ)
8 Nov 2022
Musk fans one month ago: Twitter is censorship garbage and its overbearing rules are coming down!!!! 🥳🥳🥳
Musk fans today: Well if you check page 307, section 4b, article 7 of the TOS, you'll see the limitations of parody accounts have actually been strictly defined for years.
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6 Nov 2022
Looks like "Move Fast and Break Things" is now Twitter's mantra.
6 Nov 2022
Multiple sources and Twitter Blind chats now saying that the company has begun to reach out to some people it laid off yesterday asking them to come back. Whoops! 🥴
David Herman retweeted
We hit 500 users yesterday. Just got a larger server (should handle 2k users) and went through and let hundreds of folks on that signed up. If you didn't get on this round hold tight. Should be good in a few days. Thank you @mastohost@mastodon.social for lovely hosting and (1/2)
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David Herman retweeted
4 Nov 2022
If folks are interested in positions working with Kotlin, make sure you join the #hiring channel on kotlinlang.slack.com. Offers are posted quite frequently.
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4 Nov 2022
Anyone have a Twitter alternate they recommend? I'm just looking for a corner of the net to post short, silly project updates where there's a geeky audience. I was finding my groove here, but if I can find a reasonable substitute, it might be time to move on.
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4 Nov 2022
A long fascinating thread about the decline of Something Awful. Likely relevant to Twitter's near future?
"Now that the critics had been given their wish and were allowed to post freely, it was time for them to deliver on their end and bring the funny. But they didn't."
Alright, you've been waiting very patiently and I thank you. At long last: Here's the story of Halloween 2013, the night that killed one of the biggest old-school vBulletin-style internet forums. 🧵
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4 Nov 2022
Welp, the Musk takeover resulted in the firing of Manu, the Goomics artist. 😭 As if I needed any more proof he doesn't know what he's doing.
If you think you don't know Manu, you probably do. If you're in tech I'm almost sure you've seen this one: bonkersworld.net/organizatio…
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