Ben Scott

Web Monkey, Martial Artist, Procrastinator Extraordinaire. Staff Developer @shopify. Ex-BBC @programmes. Inevitably

[Ben Scott @BPScott]

@atesgoral Love a good 3 year old TODO comment: https://t.co/U9WCW8o0br

[Ben Scott @BPScott]

@robmanuel Riffing to find something *slightly* more memorable:

Roll 2 dice
- if both 6s try again
- else if die 1 is a 6, it's a G
- else look at die 2's value: 123456 = ABCDEF

(Alphabetical 1-6=A-F feels like a quicker mapping in my brain but I'm no musician)

[Ben Scott @BPScott]

@jaffathecake Big fan over here https://t.co/4O8gOXki3r

[Dixie @dixieonline]

OMG. This NEVER happens.... what a build up!

[Ben Scott @BPScott]

@kaelig @danmall https://t.co/cXVfTSiPML

[Ben Scott @BPScott]

As a discussion in a design systems team grows longer, the probability of someone asking "yes but what IS a design system" approaches 1

[Ben Scott @BPScott]

It's been a while since I got to work with Jared, but when I did every moment was delightful. If you want a smart, thoughtful UX leader or crafter who wants to build the right thing the right way, you'd be hard pressed to do better than him.

[Jared Fanning @JFann]

Today was my last day at Shopify after four years working on Polaris — going to take a moment and then jump into exploring what's next. So many incredibly thoughtful, talented folks were impacted today, if you're looking or need to fill an open role we've started a resource here

[Alex Page @alexpage_]

A lot of exceptionally talented folks from the Polaris team are no longer at Shopify today. These people have levelled up crafters, orgs and platforms through our Design System.

:legends: @JFann @RaquelDesigns @timlayton Natasha Lloyd, JJ Galipeau, Gui Santos

[Jared Fanning @JFann]

Today was my last day at Shopify after four years working on Polaris — going to take a moment and then jump into exploring what's next. So many incredibly thoughtful, talented folks were impacted today, if you're looking or need to fill an open role we've started a resource here

[Ben Scott @BPScott]

@philnash @astrodotbuild @typescript If you're going to have lots of yml files then you can instead create a .d.ts file for all yml files. Create a file-types.d.ts somewhere in your tsconfig's includes (project root is probably fine):

```
declare module '*.yml' {
const yaml: any;
export default yaml;
}
```

[Ben Scott @BPScott]

@philnash @astrodotbuild @typescript Create an appearances.yml.d.ts next to appearances.yml. In it place the following, filling out the Appearances interface as you see fit:
```
interface Appearances {}
declare const appearancesYaml: Appearances;
export default appearancesYaml;
```

[Ben Scott @BPScott]

@MarmiteJunction I will B flat

[Ben Scott @BPScott]

Happy 10th birthday to the best tweet on this here website

[Ben Scott @BPScott]

I spent some time working with Julia and every moment was a delight. If anybody is hiring in the US for remote Staff eng roles that can transfer a H-1B visa, you should speak to her https://t.co/MD7sqCbvuh

[wint @dril]

i truly believe that i will usher in a new era of peace and prosperity when i get every single post on hthis fucking website deleted by 2022

[Ben Scott @BPScott]

Using https://t.co/dJuxap5Bj2 to hunt for folk I follow with Mastodon handles in their bio already and bulk importing them is a pretty seamless experience.

[Ben Scott @BPScott]

In the event that twitter goes up in a ball of flames: https://t.co/HX7A8Md7ld

[Ben Scott @BPScott]

@nevali See also: Yellow, but it's Placebo: https://t.co/BnnNRVCVLi

[Ethan Fields @theethanfields]

yellow by coldplay but it’s placebo

[Ben Scott @BPScott]

Willfully mishearing the new JS ecosystem hype vehicle

[Ben Scott @BPScott]

Requesting "please adjust your media query ranges by 0.01px" is a new low for me https://t.co/QcI9nh4PVE

[Ben Scott @BPScott]

Who called it fetishizing grief and not mourning wood

[Ben Scott @BPScott]

@cboltt Good news: it will be timeboxed
Bad news: it's going to take about 6 weeks for the British media to get it out their system