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by codeduck 1y ago
I've maintained for a long time that Jira (and similar tools) are where work goes to die.
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by codeduck 1y ago
In your camp, waving a flag. I love ruby's simplicity when it comes to rapidly prototyping something, and find the wails about production type errors puzzling. Only thing I've come near that gave me as much joy was Elixir, and I
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by codeduck 1y ago
It's the circle of life!
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by codeduck 1y ago
God, what an ugly device.
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by codeduck 1y ago
Time to cast Dispel Evil
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by codeduck 1y ago
The geological record of the K-T boundary is very hard to argue with
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by codeduck 1y ago
I remember the first time Brontosaurus was Brontosaurus.
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by codeduck 1y ago
Nothing made me appreciate the information-density of engineering meetings like attending parent/teacher or sports club committee meetings. It's like... people, is your time not worth more than this thirty minute bun-fight over su
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by codeduck 1y ago
> In business, quickly I'd say, we will realise that the vast majority of worthwhile communication necessarily must be produced by people I believe that one of the most underappreciated skills in business is the ability to string a
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by codeduck 1y ago
Unfortunate choice of project name should you google this with safe search disabled
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by codeduck 1y ago
Good Lord, how can you function with that massive chip on your shoulder?
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by codeduck 1y ago
Paywalled.
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by codeduck 1y ago
Hugo does this as well.
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by codeduck 1y ago
parent mentioned SOAP as an alternative to JSON. I was being glib about the fact that the engineer who wrote this blog post is a highly-regarded sysadmin and SRE who tinkers on things ranging from writing her own build systems to playing w
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by codeduck 1y ago
Given her experience and work history, it's much more likely that she views any text-based protocol as an unnecessary abstraction over simply processing raw TCP.
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by codeduck 1y ago
I call shenanigans on this. Suicide rates are not a reliable signal for underlying mental health issues in isolation Bullying via social media and group chats is endemic, and phones function as a massive signal amplifier in this regard.
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by codeduck 1y ago
I think one of those bears just dined on the parent poster. Rest in peace, RandallBrown
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by codeduck 1y ago
That website is almost unreadable. So much crap littered around.
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by codeduck 1y ago
I'd guess it's karma farming so that they can be used to steer sentiment in subreddits that require positive post karma to comment / contribute.
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by codeduck 1y ago
Shout out to Archery GB - https://archerygb.org/ - because if you're going to be firing arrows, you really really should know how to do it safely. Bows are not toys.
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by codeduck 1y ago
I like your optimism.
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by codeduck 1y ago
Tell me you're an inexperienced developer without telling me you're an inexperienced developer.
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by codeduck 1y ago
Bluey learning to ride her bike to the slow building of the Ode to Joy was a moment of profound and innocent joy for me.
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by codeduck 2y ago
This hurts me in so many different ways, and yet I love it.
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by codeduck 2y ago
> So in 2008, the wise and good-humored manager (who retired in 2014), did what no other airport manager in the world thought to do: he invented a word and a concept, "recombobulation." Except that Piers Anthony used it in a bo
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by codeduck 2y ago
> why such a rush First mover / Fear of missing out. Frankly, inclusion of "AI" in a tool is a great way to ensure I don't use it.
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by codeduck 2y ago
> There’s no such thing This is your opinion. I have worked with and managed 'toxic' employees. They are very much a thing.
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by codeduck 2y ago
those penguins are incredibly buoyant.
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by codeduck 2y ago
don't threaten me with a good time
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by codeduck 2y ago
Exactly. I'd love an old discovery, but I know that I'd never take it anywhere out of terror it would die along the way

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