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Queer af founder of @GlassBottomGame, made @skatebirb! BAFTA Breakthrough. I work in a barn in the woods.🐦💸➡️ https://t.co/p0h2G2L6H3

Apr 28, 2021, 9 tweets

It's time for a How Anal A Coder Are You survey:

How annoyed are you by this plural check? (poll in reply)

I am, clearly, #2 here. But also very annoyed.

You can do this, BUT, know that the enum in question goes:

Clothing,
Species,
Music,
Skateboard,
SkateboardWheels

... and you might add SkateboardTrucks eventually, or similar deeper sub-skateboard options. So.

I am hearing a lot of "I would call it WheelSet to solve the problem" and, yes. I suppose the only thing to do when you're this far down VerboseCodeRiver is just PutInYourPaddleAndRowHarderDownVerboseCodeRiver.

<I Just Wanted To Be Pure.GIF>

... jesus christ I was not expecting to nod encouragingly at the idea of Canadian Notation today.

... but yes. Yes, this would actually solve this issue in a durable, ongoing way.

Anyways, the important thing is that this work is bearing fruit. My bird randomization is now a lot less <underwater trumpet noises>.

Look at this champion lil do-it-yourself pirate.

<puts a single French word into the game>

Haters of how stacked/verbose it was getting, good news! I too loathed SkateboardWheelSet and I just... I couldn't, anymore.

Also they're DECKS, not "skateboards", and it was FRUSTRATING ME, and-

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