@jmoiron @copyconstruct Code formatters. Go fmt was 2009 I think, but their ubiquity is a 2010s thing. I think their impact on readability is vastly underestimated, and they are one of the few tools to have had an unambiguously positive impact on communication and knowledge sharing.
jmoiron plays the blues
@jmoiron @chimeracoder All old world nightshades were poisonous (except eggplant)
@jmoiron That payphone... I watched a video in Japanese class ~12y ago and we had to describe the scene. Someone had already said the woman made a call, so I said she "used the pink phone". Sensei laughed loudly; apparently it's old slang for calling an escort. https://t.co/UzKmRUGsGu
@jmoiron RT @dgryski: Teaching performance through memes. https://t.co/YFyTASGF1C
@jmoiron @bryanl What is unique is my perspective, not my skills. Why wouldn't other people be as skilled at the stuff I'm good at?
@jmoiron @skelterjohn Some are falser than others :)
@jmoiron @dayorbyte This is the strongest case for "software engineering", I think. Nobody calls building a dog house "civil engineering". A painter can paint a landscape or a house, and we understand that these require different materials and skillsets.
@jmoiron Blanket statements about programming are always wrong for some subset of programmers. https://t.co/HmCrgqHroU
@jmoiron @elithrar @peterbourgon Corollary: if a rewrite doesn't change something fundamental about the design or structure of a system, it's not worth it.
@jmoiron @chimeracoder Flights:
Europeans: 3 hours is a long flight.
Americans: 6 hours is a long flight.
Asians/Australians: 10 hours is a short flight.
@jmoiron @chimeracoder It feels a bit gamergate to me. It's the same privileged indignation gamers have when they eg. protest being "silenced" on a forum for hate speech/their shitty, bigoted opinions. There's xenophobia/racism against China mixed in, too.
@jmoiron Overwatch fandom is full of people I love, and most of the boycott energy comes from a shitty place, but I support the boycott. https://t.co/cRODhqfpBu
@jmoiron RT @timbray: “The most important output of a senior engineer is more senior engineers.” https://t.co/luYteb5tjB
@jmoiron @pmbauer @SlackHQ I'm hoping Slack eventually becomes such a bad experience we can regress back to email.
@jmoiron @jordanorelli Regardless of options and various qualification requirements, I would have to vote for 3rd strike.
@jmoiron iFixit designed their own carbon fibre blend and called it Fixite, which is charming, and as a side effect, you can buy an actual real item legitimately called a "fixite spudger" https://t.co/6CBv6ctwtS
@jmoiron @dayorbyte 45th floor
@jmoiron The sunsets from the office this week have been pretty great. https://t.co/YBhQWYjSj3
@jmoiron "A dedicated Escape key allows quick switching between modes and views." It's just one innovation after another with this company.