Was: Building microservices with .NET Core on AWS. Event Sourcing, Xamarin, Continuous Delivery. CEH v9. Now: Bit more TypeScript, bit less .NET.
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Gavin retweeted
The single assert rule is misnamed. It should be the single action rule.
All tests are composed of Arrange, Act, Assert. The purpose of the rule is to avoid: Arrange, Act, Assert, Act, Assert…
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Things that schools should teach: 🧠
• Emotional behaviour
• Financial management
• Relationship building
• Developing the passion
• Handling failures
• Forgiveness
• Generosity
• Altruism
• Persistence
• Mental health
• Critical thinking
• Open-mindedness
• Values
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I liked this backend developer roadmap by @kamranahmedse roadmap.sh/backend -- it's impossible to build a list like this that everyone agrees on but it's a good starting point
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Do you need a Stephen Hackers? #cybersecurity #infrastructure #specialist (Check out his LinkedIn profile lnkd.in/ew-SJbE
This Hot Wired IT Solutions resource has availability April 2020 onwards for consultancy and specific scoped project work.…lnkd.in/eGybYHF
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1/n It has always bugged me that I can't run my 64-bit C# games on MS-DOS. Today I fixed that. A thread.
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1/7 Did you ever need to run a piece of C# code on Windows 3.11? Me neither, but I did it anyway. A thread.
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Playing Snake in my Christmas tree.
The apples that you need to collect are actually lighted Christmas balls. How cool is that?
#ChristmasTree #Led #DIY
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This is my new favorite galaxy brain stackoverflow answer: abusing double-precision float behavior to make discontinuous CSS rules. It works and I truly hate it. stackoverflow.com/questions/…
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Things to look for in a code review: Code is...
- Well designed
- Readable by others
- Doing what the author intended
- No more complex than needed
- Not degrading system code health
- Commented with the why vs. what
- Appropriately tested
- Sufficiently documented
Gavin retweeted
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Gavin retweeted
Shorter encryption debate:
Them: Terrible things are terrible
Us: Yes they are
Them: Stop the terrible things
Us: We don't know how to do that without side effects that would be even more terrible.
Them: Just do it without causing the side effects.
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Timeless:
Science, math, philosophy, rhetoric. First principles. Creating art & business. Family & lifelong friends. Habits to calm mind & body.
Temporary:
Politics, news, entertainment. Memorizing facts. Hourly work. Transactional relationships. Drugs & doctors for mind & body.
Gavin retweeted
Is High Quality Software Worth the Cost? Excellent explanation by @martinfowler of #TechnicalDebt and #Cruft, quite accessible to people who aren’t coders. Recommend for #Agile #Leaders and #Managers martinfowler.com/articles/is…
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I've recommended this channel before, and I will recommend it again.
If you dig this style, absolutely check out his series on the SNES. It's pure bliss.
youtube.com/watch?v=ataGotQ7…
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We are starting to prepare our next release, 0.34.0 (github.com/cake-build/cake/m…). This is your friendly reminder that if you haven't pinned to a specific version of Cake, you should do it now :-) cakebuild.net/docs/tutorials…
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After audio recordings were leaked, @Google has acknowledged its contractors are able to listen to recordings of what people say to the company’s #AI system, Google Assistant. theguardian.com/technology/2…
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Outstanding post by @mikeindustries about Superhuman's extraordinarily creepy email tracking, which invisibly logs every time you open an email from one of their users and your physical location. mikeindustries.com/blog/arch…