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Aug 12 • 9 tweets • 2 min read
Europe is so broken. Here are some examples:
1. I ran a business for a year and it was quite profitable, but over time the bureaucracy required hiring people to deal with it that would make it not as profitable (or profitable at all) anymore so I closed it down.
2. Smoking is very normalized and prevalent and even worse, common despite all of us knowing it’s extremely harmful.
It’s also not people who grew up with it and are addicted but kids getting into it without much action from—ironically regulators.
Dec 31, 2019 • 13 tweets • 14 min read
Content created (or that I first became aware of) in 2019 that I really appreciate:
2) @ManuelBieh’s talk on developer tooling taught me about tools I didn’t know:
3) The @LadybugPodcast and the way it changes the ratio for the better.
5) @AdrienneTacke’s talk on respectful Pull Request reviews.
Dec 1, 2019 • 18 tweets • 6 min read
It’s Sunday, so no code.
Instead, I’ve been thinking about something I find beautiful and ugly at the same time.
I’m talking about confidence.
A research-backed thread. (1/17)
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I think we all know someone with far too much bravado:
• Speaks loud & proud at every chance (at the cost of others not being heard).
• Challenges every idea people present (not in the good way, more in the “prove yourself” way).
• Overly confident with little reason to be.
Nov 10, 2019 • 12 tweets • 3 min read
It’s Sunday, so no code. Instead, I want to share something I’ve been thinking about.
Lately, I’ve been thinking “am I free?”
A thread. 👇🏾
A palliative care nurse who watched dozens live their last few moments of life, @bronnieware aggregated people’s top 5 most common regrets from their deathbed.
#1 on the list?
“I wish I’d had the courage to live a life true to myself, not the life others expected of me.”
Oct 12, 2019 • 9 tweets • 2 min read
Want to be great at code? JavaScript? React? Web Development?
Heck, even more – want to be better at life? Successful? Happy?! Do not give up and consistently practice!
But how do you keep going? You need to be a little bit delusional – and optimistic. (1/8)
Research (ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/P…) shows that the key to perseverance/grit is to have "child-like" belief that you kinda sorta maybe can do it, even against your biases and voices that say you can't.
This applies to everything – fixing a hard bug, or making new friends. (2/8)
May 16, 2019 • 25 tweets • 7 min read
Since my React thread went so well, here’s one filled with things I’ve learned about Code Review, after reviewing pull requests for the last few years.
A thread. 👇🏾
It’s all about the communication. If you work on a software team, being explicit can really help.
I’ve found that the code isn’t necessarily as important as its intent. Making the intent clear helps the team understand and potentially improve the overall product.
May 14, 2019 • 14 tweets • 7 min read
Why React? A thread by the request of my friend @hackSultan.
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All apps require user interaction. On the web, responding (reacting?) to user events was often slow and inconvenient.
It was also hard to manage/track the state of a given user interface.
Fundamentally, this is the problem React solves.
Jan 15, 2019 • 8 tweets • 5 min read
@mlfrg@zeithq λs all the way my brother
@mlfrg@zeithq The problem that I have with running a container in the cloud is that it's harder to manage: your container dies (maybe insufficient resources?), your whole system dies. Of course, you could have microservice containers, but they're still harder to scale than λ IMO.
