Alasdair Anderson

[Alasdair Anderson @ASW_Anderson]

@ThePrimeagen Lets just say I have been "looping for a while" 👀

[Alasdair Anderson @ASW_Anderson]

Watching @theo talk about where software is going could be quite a compelling solution where a product and its eco-system is completely democratised for end users. Where a user can build upon a solid foundation with their own and other users features. https://t.co/1PcrE4rhHV

[Alasdair Anderson @ASW_Anderson]

@stolinski Use CSS variables in combination with variable scope to create dynamic styles for your projects

[Alasdair Anderson @ASW_Anderson]

I have been struggling with my projects are straight out of the 2000s.
Decides to delv into @stolinski Modern CSS Design Systems course and finally starting to see all of my mistakes.
Thread incoming over the golden nuggets that I wish I new much earlier.
https://t.co/gnrEpbZHrL

[Alasdair Anderson @ASW_Anderson]

Leverage classless.css frameworks to give your project a quick default consistent styling across all browsers. Some great ones can be found on awesome-css-frameworks. https://t.co/IuVbkwzux7.

[Alasdair Anderson @ASW_Anderson]

Having this mental model when you are unsure what to work on or when you are lacking motivation can help you gain clarity on what is actually important to your development.

[Alasdair Anderson @ASW_Anderson]

Make the decision to work on something today that you from 5 years from now will be thankful for.

[Alasdair Anderson @ASW_Anderson]

Great video by @CodingGarden and the @syntaxfm crew. It makes me think about what programs will now never exist because people are defaulting to using AI instead of creating deterministic solutions.

[CJ (Coding Garden) @CodingGarden]

Some devs are leaning a bit too hard on AI for solutions and workflow.

In my latest video I show a few examples and give some advice on what to do / use instead.

Watch 🍿 https://t.co/QfslXBmqKs

[Alasdair Anderson @ASW_Anderson]

Never truer words have been said. The benefits I have seen in my professional life, by working on my interest and slowly building competency in areas not directly related to my work cannot be understated.

[DHH @dhh]

There'll always be more emails in need of reply, more meetings to attend, and more updates to read. A person can fill the entire workweek with these tasks over and over again. But to stay sane and sharp, you must pay yourself first by doing the work that actually means something to you.

I feel this acutely as someone responsible to employees, customers, followers, and readers. I could do nothing all day but check up on projects, people, and posts, but my brain would quickly check out if it was just doing that.

So quite frequently, I just don't. Don't check in, don't check up, and instead dive into the work that checks my own intellectual boxes. Programming for the love of it. Experimenting for the hell of it. Researching for the fun of it.

In another age, I might have been tempted to apologize for such privilege, but screw that. Privilege is wonderful. You should do your best to earn more of it. Even if you have to carve it out of the bare rocks around you.

Ironically, the best way to do that is also to choose to always pay yourself first, however little at first. By solving your own problems, tickling your own interests, chasing your own curiosity. That's where you'll find the motivation to elevate your talent. To turn interest into competency.

And once you've developed some competency, you'll be rewarded with more privilege to build it further. This is the virtuous circle of merit.There'll always be an endless list of work that could be done.

You'll never get through it all and onto your own priorities, if you continue to put them at the bottom.

[DHH @dhh]

There'll always be more emails in need of reply, more meetings to attend, and more updates to read. A person can fill the entire workweek with these tasks over and over again. But to stay sane and sharp, you must pay yourself first by doing the work that actually means something to you.

I feel this acutely as someone responsible to employees, customers, followers, and readers. I could do nothing all day but check up on projects, people, and posts, but my brain would quickly check out if it was just doing that.

So quite frequently, I just don't. Don't check in, don't check up, and instead dive into the work that checks my own intellectual boxes. Programming for the love of it. Experimenting for the hell of it. Researching for the fun of it.

In another age, I might have been tempted to apologize for such privilege, but screw that. Privilege is wonderful. You should do your best to earn more of it. Even if you have to carve it out of the bare rocks around you.

Ironically, the best way to do that is also to choose to always pay yourself first, however little at first. By solving your own problems, tickling your own interests, chasing your own curiosity. That's where you'll find the motivation to elevate your talent. To turn interest into competency.

And once you've developed some competency, you'll be rewarded with more privilege to build it further. This is the virtuous circle of merit.There'll always be an endless list of work that could be done.

You'll never get through it all and onto your own priorities, if you continue to put them at the bottom.

[Alasdair Anderson @ASW_Anderson]

Just got Omarchy 2.0 up and running and I can't believe how easy it was. Finally a new unique way of computing with a focus on being streamlined and customisable. Thanks @dhh for bringing this into the world, looking forward to finally making my computing experience personal.

[Alasdair Anderson @ASW_Anderson]

@DThompsonDev and @leonnoel, absolutely loving the podcast. Be interested to get your opinions on Claude's learning mode, to boost learning and helping beginners build out their first projects.

[Alasdair Anderson @ASW_Anderson]

The fact that something like this is running on mobile hardware just shows how far the technology has come. I am very excited to see where it goes next #VR #Bonelab

[Brandon J Laatsch @BrandonJLa]

Captured natively on a Quest 2 running at 90hz in headset! $39.99. Only 3 more days until #Bonelab.

[Star Wars @starwars]

A long time ago, in a galaxy far, far away. Happy 45th anniversary, Star Wars: A New Hope.

[Skill Up @SkillUpYT]

Dear videogame companies, if you are going to delay everything to 2023, please remember that there are a total of 12 months in the year and not everything needs to be released in February. We did that this year and we will not survive a repeat. Ty.

[Alasdair Anderson @ASW_Anderson]

What are people streaming now we have all this time in quarenteen #Netflix #COVIDー19

[Alasdair Anderson @ASW_Anderson]

After a long night i have finally finished #THEBOYS on Amazon Prime and have to say was not disappointed with the story 😁