Jacob Herrington

@jacobherrington
28 Followers
36 Following
82 Posts

Web developer building cool stuff.

Follow me to talk about #webdev he/him

GitHubhttps://github.com/jacobherrington
Bloghttps://jh.codes
Podcasthttps://www.devpath.fm
Jacob HerringtonAug 16, 2019
New podcast episode today! I interviewed Chris Oliver (GoRails, Hatchbox) about his early days as a programmer and how he learns. Go check it out: https://share.transistor.fm/s/5136e995
devpath.fm | GoRails Creator and Consultant Chris Oliver | Episode 20

Chris is the creator and CEO of GoRails, a site that hosts his Ruby and Ruby on Rails screencasts. Chris is also an Open Source developer and a well-known content creator. He co-hosts the Remote Ruby podcast. In our conversation we talk about Chris' start in Open Source, the value of learning in the open, and his strategies for learning new skills. GoRails: https://gorails.com

Jacob HerringtonAug 15, 2019

Ever want to add a second author to your commits?

This is a great trick for pair programming; it adds an additional author to the last commit you made.
🤠

Probably my favorite snippet from the article I posted early today (link: https://bit.ly/2Tyznnp) bit.ly/2Tyznnp

#DEVcommunity @ThePracticalDev

10 More Git Tricks That You Should Know

Jacob HerringtonSep 10, 2018

Made the jump to Spacemacs last week. Not sure I can ever go back.

I really can't see the downside -- getting the benefits of a modal editor and the emacs ecosystem.

Jacob HerringtonAug 29, 2018
Briana MorganAug 29, 2018

I have a copy of Marcus Aurelius's Meditations on my desk at work. It's got a bunch of underlines in it. Every day, I randomly open the book and think about the underlined phrase that jumps out at me first.

Today's: "Leave other people's mistakes where they lie."

Jacob HerringtonAug 25, 2018
TahajinAug 25, 2018

Due to popular demand, and the ever-increasing net to explain Mastodon to newbies as every instance is being bombarded with new users...

I've gone ahead and create a video tutorial that should help folks get to grips with all of this platform's particulars:

Intro to Mastodon 101
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W22msAw2zwI

Special Thanks to:
@noelle @Gargron @MillennialDog @Rybark

Intro to Mastodon 101

Auf YouTube findest du groĂźartige Videos und erstklassige Musik. AuĂźerdem kannst du eigene Inhalte hochladen und mit Freunden oder mit der ganzen Welt teilen.

YouTube
Jacob HerringtonAug 25, 2018
pbredenbergAug 25, 2018

How to learn Vim:

1 - Google how to do a thing in Vim.
2 - Google how to undo that thing because you already forgot how to undo stuff.

Jacob HerringtonAug 24, 2018
Hey @jmcharnes caught your talk at Southeast Solidus -- really appreciated you making an effort to keep everyone grounded. Glad to see you on !
Jacob HerringtonAug 24, 2018

Open source #Minecraft clone written in C. Would be a pretty fun project to hack on for any #GameDevs

https://github.com/fogleman/Craft

#OpenSource #GameDev #OpenGL

GitHub - fogleman/Craft: A simple Minecraft clone written in C using modern OpenGL (shaders).

A simple Minecraft clone written in C using modern OpenGL (shaders). - fogleman/Craft

GitHub
Jacob HerringtonAug 24, 2018
Volkan ÖzçelikAug 24, 2018

The hardest thing in Computer Science (and also in life) is actually to say “I agree with you”

And then put a period.

Not a “comma, and…”

Not a “comma, but…”

Just a period.

.

Jacob HerringtonAug 22, 2018
Show thread➡️ new acct link in bioAug 22, 2018

@miketannenbaum here's what you need to know:

- you can follow people on any instance, and be followed from any instance (unless you block or are blocked)
- your instance is kinda like a neighborhood.
- your home timeline is just the people you follow
- your local timeline is just the people on your instance
- the federated timeline is all activities across all instances
- search only works on hashtags, so #introductions is a good starting point
- be friendly (duh) and don't be a Nazi (duh)