We are actively destroying the web gomakethings.com/we-are-activel… "You take something the browser just gives you for free, break it with JavaScript, then reimplement it with more JavaScript, often poorly.."

Why are you not designing your day-to-day experience? uxdesign.cc/why-are-you-no…

25yrs ago: COM (focus on your biz logic) 20yrs ago: Java (focus on your biz logic) 15yrs ago: .NET (focus on your biz logic) 10yrs ago: Dynamic langs (focus on your biz logic) 5yrs ago: Microservices (focus on your biz logic) 0yrs ago: Serverless (focus on your biz logic)

The software industry has lost one of its greatest champions. Rest In Peace, Joe Armstrong. #rememberingjoe #joearmstrong #erlang #programming #distributedcomputing

If you haven't seen it, here's the announcement: media.pragprog.com/newsletters/20… The Pragmatic Programmer, 20th Anniversary Edition, real soon now. A whole bunch of new content, a whole bunch of revised content, but no change to the common sense.

The key to writing less code and causing less rework is to write better abstractions. Get better at identifying and avoiding repetitive code.

Absolutely fascinating! I saved the image and did: unzip -l DqteCf6WsAAhqwV.jpeg And it worked. x.com/David3141593/s…

"In the end, regardless of where you are on the development hierarchy, keep coding. It’s where you’re most valuable." - The Developer's Code

Hey junior devs, want to know a secret? The longer you're in your programming career, the more you realize everyone's just making it up as they go. We just learn to use Google a bit more efficiently.

I wish developers felt they could slow down and look around, think about what they were doing, etc. In many cases, verbose code, inconsistencies, weird logic, etc. are all a consequence of organisational culture, giving rise to unwitting ignorance and ingraining of poor habits.

"Testing leads to failure, and failure leads to understanding." - Burt Rutan

Thing of the Day: "The Code Restorer" by Abraham Marín-Pérez "I think current software practices suffer from an illness caused by too much haste." medium.com/97-things/the-…

Apple Has Pushed a Silent MacOS Update to Remove Zoom’s Hidden Web Server: daringfireball.net/linked/2019/07…

10 years of js-montreal meetup.com/js-montreal/ev… rsvp! places will be limited!

It’s official: “JavaScript: The First 20 Years” by Allen Wirfs-Brock and Brendan Eich has been accepted for the 2020 ACM History of Programming Languages Conference Almost 190 pages about the creation, evolution, and standardization of JS covering 1995-2015 BrendanEich #hopl

full house for JavaScript Montreal tonight 🎉

Un volcan impressionnant se réveille et force des évacuations aux Philippines. Les détails avec Julie Emond au #TJ22h #Philippines #volcan

E2E tests make sure the app is working properly. Integration tests make sure the code is working properly. Unit tests make sure the developer is working properly.