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2019-12-26

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Twitter: 2019-12-26 Thu 10:16

This whole thread but right here -

the majority of my career isn’t adding features or streamlining logic assumptions or even fixing good old fashioned bugs.

It’s trying to put out the dumpster fire that was somebody’s Cool Shit Project 1-10+ years ago.

https://twitter.com/amyhoy/status/1209706905897029634

Twitter: 2019-12-26 Thu 10:19

I’m working on it, though.

Twitter: 2019-12-26 Thu 10:54

I hated myspace and geocities and all that screen glitter and the burning logos.

I hate what we have now more, though. Just as hard to find what I need through all the mail room photocopied newsletter aesthetic, but nothing to entertain me while I struggle.

https://twitter.com/amyhoy/status/1210075125195796480

Twitter: 2019-12-26 Thu 11:06

And as long as we’re making full admission here

I’m not sure I want to sit and think about how many times I tried to put out a dumpster fire by either

throwing additional trash on with a quick fix

or replacing it with a bigger brighter dumpster fire.

Twitter: 2019-12-26 Thu 12:27

Trying to remember what I was doing before the slack notifications.

Twitter: 2019-12-26 Thu 12:44

70-something 20 + 40 is 60 7 + 8 is 18 wait no it’s 15 60+15 is 76 dammit 75

https://twitter.com/Wparks91/status/1143666051793788928

Twitter: 2019-12-26 Thu 14:54

Especially entertaining since, until very recently, starting a line with an asterisk was sufficient to create a list item in slack.

https://twitter.com/ReinH/status/1210278850363412480

hackers.town: 2019-12-26 Thu 16:33

Huh. Tried design by contract for some safety rails in a utility script. These assertions are kinda like TDD for tasks.

(Since some might be curious: using Deal library with Python)

https://deal.readthedocs.io/index.html

hackers.town: 2019-12-26 Thu 17:07

What people don’t understand: my low-value low-interest technical posts are my shitposts.

If I only posted the good stuff I’d have way too many followers.

hackers.town: 2019-12-26 Thu 17:24

https://hackers.town/users/drwho/statuses/103376894913311449

Twitter: 2019-12-26 Thu 17:46

Persistent honest description of the consequences of my actions.

But. It took me a couple years to listen, a couple more to understand, and a couple more to take it seriously.

Not sure I’d endorse anyone committing to the emotional labor of reaching a young me.

https://twitter.com/HappyShiiba/status/1210228248338038784

Twitter: 2019-12-26 Thu 18:49

The video is a lot more interesting than the hot take I wanted to blurt.

https://twitter.com/ajplus/status/1210367692970037248

hackers.town: 2019-12-26 Thu 19:31

Got a work thing I’m working on.

Got a me thing I’ve been working on.

Brain hurts. Went to lay down.

Suddenly inspired with possible fix for work thing I put on back burner weeks ago.

Brains are magic, in a monkey’s paw sort of way.

hackers.town: 2019-12-26 Thu 19:53

Some of the loud cars are expensive, modified with careful intent, polished with satin and angel farts.

Some are held together with duct tape and prayer, engines perhaps making peace with impending death.

My ears have no idea which is which.

hackers.town: 2019-12-26 Thu 22:52

@rabcyr This is the very specific loud of small vehicles souped up and/or worn down to a constant rattle and pop.