How many times have you seen this? Engineer says, "Descriptive variable names are so important," yet the name of their team is something like The Applesauce Top Hat Brigade because of an inside joke from eight years ago.

Do you remember when you joined Twitter? I do! #MyTwitterAnniversary

Ruhe in Frieden Klaus. 😢

RIP Ευάγγελος

Bod Composition 1 by Wassilly Kandinsky

Letting the customer "drive" the dev process means that you watch them work, understand their problems, and collaborate on solutions. It doesn't mean that you mindlessly do what they tell you to do.

So, what you get is the game of Scapegoat Telephone. It works like this: 1) IC dev complains offhandedly to his manager that they discovered the app is doing 10,000 FizzBuzz a second. A second! 2) This sounds bad to the manager, so they pass it along to *their* manager.

It's my pleasure to support somafm with an early Xmas present again this year. Their music broadcasts are truly excellent and their independent business a shining light in this often soulless corporate world. Long may they continue.

Been thinking a lot about Archer Maclean’s passing today, and how we always wait to say thanks, you were an inspiration, or you defined my childhood etc… So, gonna start a list of folk who did define my childhood, or who had a major influence on me and my career.

Awesome feature LINQPad·Joe Albahari - just hightlight the code and press CTRL+SHIFT+B to benchmark with BenchmarkDotNet

To replace programmers with AI, clients will need to accurately describe what they want. We’re safe. #softwareengineering #programming

Really loving my new #Secretlab TITAN Evo 2022 chair.

"Offices are the best" says man who sells offices 🙄 fortune.com/2023/04/23/rem…

Anyone notice that OpenAI did the exact opposite of what YC preaches? 1. Raised a ton of money pre-product 2. Built for years before launching 3. Built waterfall vs agile 4. Hired big staff pre-revenue Solving complex problems requires money & time. Not a one size fits all.

This quote is directed at movie CEOs but is applicable to CEOs everywhere: "They are not running companies to profitably deliver a good product [...]. They are running companies to deliver good profit. The quality of their product has ceased to matter." theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/…

AI from 1962. 😃

"Offices are the best" says man who sells offices 🙄 theguardian.com/business/2023/…

A favorite load balancing technique at AWS is "the power of two random choices" On the left, nodes are chosen and used at random On the right, 2 nodes are chosen at random, but only the minimum is used This simple technique balances load very well

If you got a computer for Xmas 40 years ago, this is what it cost your parents in today's money: C64: £636 C16: £445 Plus/4: £955 SX64: £2,546 BBC: £1,273 Electron: £636 QL: £1,273 Spectrum: £413 Atari 800XL: £538 Man, some of these were a monumental waste of cash!