Eric Ridgeway

Software Craftsman,
random comments my own

[Eric Ridgeway @Ang3lFir3]

why is it, that whenever I see something that people have built in js or even TS ... that it is just super poorly designed? I blame code camps ...

[Eric Ridgeway @Ang3lFir3]

@davidlymanning @Adron :)

[Eric Ridgeway @Ang3lFir3]

@davidlymanning @Adron no one said they were Express :(
Note that, I was mostly looking for an excuse to vent my current frustrations with an ecosystem full of bad Node code. (so while gc has no real bearing on that or Rust honestly, I still hate these two things and complaining makes me feel better)

[Eric Ridgeway @Ang3lFir3]

@davidlymanning @Adron my excuse is that I am old (got off my lawn) ... but mostly using Rust to write webservices - looking at you actix-web ( so many things wrong here, and I've done it myself several times. It was bad and I was wrong to do it ) and then there is the Node obsession

[Eric Ridgeway @Ang3lFir3]

@Adron Tell that to the current breed of "cool kid" programmers. I get that being productive doesn't feel like being a H@x0r and they never got to experience writing shitty code for money. But, I have, it's not worth it ... be a h4x0r on ur own time kiddos. /rant

[Eric Ridgeway @Ang3lFir3]

when your team is seriously talking about basically implementing a document database in MySQL ... because getting a real document database is just not an option. (or even actually what we need - :facepalm: )

[Eric Ridgeway @Ang3lFir3]

start off with 3 core languages ... add Rust ... realize that was a bad idea because no one knows rust ( and it takes forever to build anything ) ... decide "fuck it" ... lets make everything javascript ... maybe that's a bit too far ... yup ... #Istillhatejavascript

[Eric Ridgeway @Ang3lFir3]

Dear @amazon .... I know its a baffling idea ... but maybe you could teach your drivers that screen doors open ... outward ... and to stop blocking them with delivers ... please?

[Eric Ridgeway @Ang3lFir3]

I've decided that C# needs a new shiny funky name so it can not sound so normal and people will stop thinking it's boring. I was thinking maybe Crakinata!

[Eric Ridgeway @Ang3lFir3]

@spacattac lol ... awwww !!! Good Times !!

[Eric Ridgeway @Ang3lFir3]

when you are using Kafka as a pub-sub messaging system, for rpc ... stop acting like any of that has to do with events ... please ... that is all

[Eric Ridgeway @Ang3lFir3]

@Adron been making my own for a bit now ... 100% fermented no added vinegar ... good and hot !

[Eric Ridgeway @Ang3lFir3]

Every time I see raw SQL in code ..... I die a little inside

[Eric Ridgeway @Ang3lFir3]

Truth ... I have heard him say this in person .... several times :) also GO!! NASA!

[Kelly Sommers @kellabyte]

One of the most baffling engineering feats to me is Voyager 1/2 are billions of miles away in space, launched 43 years ago and with 43 year old tech we can still communicate with them.

We can’t even keep a HTTP API stable for 3 months without breaking it for frivolous reasons.

[Eric Ridgeway @Ang3lFir3]

hey Netflix Tech or anyone I know working at Netflix .... how relevant is this article today?
https://t.co/gHtfFJnOZD

Most specifically the idea of "one metric" ?

[Eric Ridgeway @Ang3lFir3]

@blowdart @jongalloway Like authN vs authZ kinda authN ... (serious question I've been away from netfx for a while now) ?? ..... (we have home grown things that I dislike implementing over and over again, in new languages)

[Eric Ridgeway @Ang3lFir3]

So today I poked around on the internet and saw the most shocking and horrifying two words I hoped to never see again in the @aspnet world .... "code behind" .... clearly we didn't learn our lesson the first time around.

[Eric Ridgeway @Ang3lFir3]

Something enterprise devs have known for long time that I find is revolutionary to many "internet" devs ... Expressing intent over just code/details makes code more consumable and maintainable in the long run.

[Eric Ridgeway @Ang3lFir3]

Writing book about becoming extremely wealthy overnight. Looking for investors. Please RT .... let's get this thing in gear for 2021!!!!