Mastodawn

Dave Hounslow Feb 20, 2023

@jasongorman you also need to give them the responsibility for their own continued existence. Allowing them to work how they want on what they want without responsibility for the consequences is a one way ticket to failure. Without responsibility there is no real power, and it's hard to truly give teams responsibility without spinning them off as an entirely separate organisation.

Dave Hounslow Jan 8, 2023

Wonder of Science Dec 14, 2022

The speed of light visualized on a cosmic scale.

Credit: @Physicsj

Dave Hounslow Jan 8, 2023

Woolly Mammoth Jan 5, 2023

Dave Hounslow Dec 18, 2022

Finally completed day 10 of #adventofcode in BBC basic on the BBC micro (emulated with BeebEm)

It's been interesting to go back to old school.

I've been able to do a level of TDD, but I gave up on pretending to be able to do OO in a language which really has no features to support it. Progress improved after that.

Dealing with the odd file structure was an early challenge, basically had to write a key to disk util.

At least can mostly avoid GOTO except for error handling
#retroAdventofcode

Dave Hounslow Dec 18, 2022

Allen Holub Dec 18, 2022

The best way to keep customers is by making it easy to leave. It builds trust. The problem ppl are solving is "I don't want to lose connections when Twitter collapses." The solution is to convince us that Twitter isn't collapsing. Desperate policies like this do the opposite.

Dave Hounslow Dec 18, 2022

Gergely Orosz Dec 18, 2022

I really agree with both these takes from Effective Software Testing by Mauricio Aniche:

1. That simple code won’t guarantee no bugs, and is not a replacement for testing

2. That the more you write tests, the less effort it becomes to do so.

Dave Hounslow Dec 18, 2022

Chad Loder Dec 18, 2022

Please stop cross-posting your twitter feed automatically to Mastodon. When you cross-post but never engage with your Mastodon followers, you're treating this as a syndication platform rather than a community. It comes off arrogant, and it clutters the timeline.

Dave Hounslow Dec 18, 2022

Kenneth Finnegan Dec 17, 2022

#JohnMastodon really isn't getting the level of appreciation that he deserves, if we're all being honest with ourselves.

Dave Hounslow Dec 17, 2022

Starting to regret my decision to switch to BBCBasic on BeebEm using the standard BBC micro "screen editor" for day 10 of advent of code

I may not make it out alive.
#BBCMicroComputer #adventofcode

Dave Hounslow Dec 16, 2022

Tim Bray Dec 16, 2022

If you’re going to leave Twitter, please don’t
a) delete your account, because someone bad will steal your handle
b) delete your Tweets, because their existence doesn’t help Elon and it’s like burning the Library of Alexandria.

Twitter captures a real-time historical record of a couple of decades and the billions of individuals’ snapshots are irreplaceable.

The thought of all those tweets being erased makes me feel physically sick.

[please pass on if you agree.]