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We can all stop now, this one is perfect
i’m in a code review with elon musk. ive got the CSS for neopets.com on 3 monitors. my browser’s in dark mode so it looks cool. “this part?” he asks, pointing to code for the Giant Omelette. “caches tweets in the mainframe cyberhex,” i say. he nods. “as i suspected”
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One of the most damaging myths in tech is that all you need for good software is a smart engineer and a problem/code base. Context, relevant experience, collaboration and co-learning are so essential for quality work
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It’s really extraordinary how “people” will say right out loud that “great code” should take precedence over product and design. Like buddy, what are you coding, and for whom? That matters way more than your LOC
How did I miss that @substack is doing a Reader now and has apps? Esp given many “blue check” folks are there already and anyone can get one, is this not a possible #twexodus platform vs. cohost or mastodon? Genuine question, I know little.
on.substack.com/p/new-web-re…
“Work won’t love you back” was a quick and helpful read, too.
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Michelle C. Funk retweeted
I've said it before and I'll say it again:
A staff developer who works in isolation and presents only fully-formed solutions is not a staff developer.
Honestly the user experience of Notion is so lacking in such basic ways that it feels like some antiquated software like Microsoft Works got resurrected and actively developed again
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I spend so much time being like "wait I can't copy this?" "wait I have to do this manually?" "why does this do this?"
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Michelle C. Funk retweeted
y’all wanted the “you do you” approach and now you’re ridiculing immunocompromised people for taking extreme precautions that we have to take because y’all wanted a “you do you” approach?
One fun thing about being a software engineer is that you go to do a bit of quick research on a problem you're trying to solve and then before you know it you're on a Biblical Hermaneutics stack exchange page on whether John the Baptist was a Nazrite. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
Michelle C. Funk retweeted
Your code doesn’t matter.
But your architecture, domain modeling, data structures, and organization do.
this isn’t poetry, it’s a 12 book epic saga
Michelle C. Funk retweeted
It is beyond irresponsible for our elected officials to shirk all responsibility for what should be a collective response to a huge public health crisis.
For "regular" working people, the situation is the same or worse as it was under TFG.
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This was a fantastic talk, which (contrary to what you might assume from the title) actually contains some great thoughts on using useEffect in the right cases :)
Should you useEffect? Maybe not?
I explained why useEffect should be your hook of last resort at @reactathon. Give it a watch!
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Michelle C. Funk retweeted
Engineering management is like...
Choose two:
* Recruiting, interviewing, hiring
* Keeping reports happy and fulfilled with career path
* Managing projects and sustaining engineering
* Maintaining technical expertise
But also, we expect you to do all of them.