𝐃𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐡𝐁𝟒𝐃𝐞𝐜𝐚𝐟 ☕️🎧💻

Web Dev / XC MTB

[𝐃𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐡𝐁𝟒𝐃𝐞𝐜𝐚𝐟 ☕️🎧💻 @DeathB4Decaf]

Okay, headed for bed. If the heat is too much again tonight, everything's on the table. Might be sleeping in the yard tomorrow. We'll see. But doing @MarkHamill's no-tweet Tuesday so we'll discuss on Wed. G'night everybody.

[𝐃𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐡𝐁𝟒𝐃𝐞𝐜𝐚𝐟 ☕️🎧💻 @DeathB4Decaf]

@deathjitsu good times...

[𝐃𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐡𝐁𝟒𝐃𝐞𝐜𝐚𝐟 ☕️🎧💻 @DeathB4Decaf]

Okay, I’m out. Anyone who wants to can generally find me as DeathB4Decaf at your preferred purveyor of fine social media feeds.

[𝐃𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐡𝐁𝟒𝐃𝐞𝐜𝐚𝐟 ☕️🎧💻 @DeathB4Decaf]

Forever the best Mercutio.

[Film Updates @FilmUpdates]

27 years ago, ‘ROMEO + JULIET’ released in theaters.

[𝐃𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐡𝐁𝟒𝐃𝐞𝐜𝐚𝐟 ☕️🎧💻 @DeathB4Decaf]

@NellyBelle3379 @FilmUpdates

[𝐃𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐡𝐁𝟒𝐃𝐞𝐜𝐚𝐟 ☕️🎧💻 @DeathB4Decaf]

This is a huge part of why I use a to-do list. And I’ve worked with lots of folks who delegate verbally & then lose track of what they’ve delegated. It’s really helpful to be able to refresh their memory & manage expectations in the moment.

[Chris Sev @chris__sev]

i always think "i havent done anything"

this is why its good to reflect from time to time

usually beat myself up way more than i ever needed to

[𝐃𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐡𝐁𝟒𝐃𝐞𝐜𝐚𝐟 ☕️🎧💻 @DeathB4Decaf]

Banks: You should plan & make decisions OBJECTIVELY, based on DATA.

Also banks: We won't supply any data until after you've applied for financing & signed forms and no data will be in writing it's all gonna be verbal.

[𝐃𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐡𝐁𝟒𝐃𝐞𝐜𝐚𝐟 ☕️🎧💻 @DeathB4Decaf]

[Researching HELOC vs. HIL]
// fills out info //
"Click here to see options."
//...click...//
Thanks for all that! Now you're going to get 87 calls over the next two days from high-pressure salespeople trying to loan you money for your home improvement project! ENJOY MOFO!!!

[𝐃𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐡𝐁𝟒𝐃𝐞𝐜𝐚𝐟 ☕️🎧💻 @DeathB4Decaf]

The kiddo and I are finishing up the Blacksmith’s House & starting on this tonight. Feeling grateful that this is our Saturday when so many are suffering tonight.

[𝐃𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐡𝐁𝟒𝐃𝐞𝐜𝐚𝐟 ☕️🎧💻 @DeathB4Decaf]

@JillWohlner Yeah, that post-college letdown is REAL. Esp in the US, you go from living near (or WITH!) your friends & sharing time together constantly to a solo apartment 500 miles from your closest friend. The isolation is horrible & everyone just keeps saying, "Oh! Isn't that EXCITING!"

[𝐃𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐡𝐁𝟒𝐃𝐞𝐜𝐚𝐟 ☕️🎧💻 @DeathB4Decaf]

@javavvitch I looked into wireless HDMI, and the big issue was latency. So I mounted my console (just a li'l Switch) & cables to the wall behind the TV, and it's all nicely out of sight now.

[𝐃𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐡𝐁𝟒𝐃𝐞𝐜𝐚𝐟 ☕️🎧💻 @DeathB4Decaf]

In case anyone's curious, here's a thing I wrote years ago about some tools I use. It's not ADHD-focused, but it's a little taste of what't out there.

https://t.co/32qPC5O6p3

[𝐃𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐡𝐁𝟒𝐃𝐞𝐜𝐚𝐟 ☕️🎧💻 @DeathB4Decaf]

I've added SO MANY little affordances to my computer that help with the effects ADHD, and I can't imagine suddenly having that ripped away. (Or treated as evidence of cheating.) I'm always aghast at how casually academic institutions pull nonsense like this.

[Nikhil @SecretsN1nja]

During covid in April 2020 our university forced us to handwrite our assignments
Instead of handwriting all assignments in 2 days, I spend a week perfecting the best-looking fake assignment generated using Microsoft word, handwritten font, some color correction and editing.
All of my assignments were copied and pasted in MS word.

And then I used a special handwriting font. It was for sale for 50$. But the provider had a demo web app where you could try the font, I was able to extract the TTF file from the web app without paying.
Then I spent a good deal of hours finding the right color filter and color settings which made the white word page appeared like the real paper, and black and blue color in word as ball pen like color.

Then i made each page look a bit angled, and skewy like the pictures of notebook were taken from phone.

And then added the scanned with camscanner logo at bottom of each page for the final touch.
This was the final result.

All 10 assignments were done like this and nobody ever noticed. 😂😂

[𝐃𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐡𝐁𝟒𝐃𝐞𝐜𝐚𝐟 ☕️🎧💻 @DeathB4Decaf]

@dustychipura It means having a clear, achievable vision of what "organized" looks like, breaking that goal into bite-sized tasks, and then steadily completing those tasks until you're done. (Also: don't backslide between tasks!) Pretty much the definition of executive function.

[𝐃𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐡𝐁𝟒𝐃𝐞𝐜𝐚𝐟 ☕️🎧💻 @DeathB4Decaf]

@kyleshevlin Absolutely. React is the de-facto "just how everybody does it now", and now & then things shift within that, but we're nowhere NEAR the churn I remember from ~8-10 years ago.

[𝐃𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐡𝐁𝟒𝐃𝐞𝐜𝐚𝐟 ☕️🎧💻 @DeathB4Decaf]

@kyleshevlin I've literally had this convo:
BOSS: I'd like you to be more disciplined.
ME: Is the quality of my work slipping?
B: No, your work is always excellent.
ME: Then...?
B: When you're fully focused, you move at lightspeed, and I just want to see that same focus all day.
ME: Ah.

[𝐃𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐡𝐁𝟒𝐃𝐞𝐜𝐚𝐟 ☕️🎧💻 @DeathB4Decaf]

@tdesseyn I'm with you on the cheddar, but... no.

[𝐃𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐡𝐁𝟒𝐃𝐞𝐜𝐚𝐟 ☕️🎧💻 @DeathB4Decaf]

It feels like we’ve seen peak React *hype*, but I think that’s partly because React has become simply “how you do front-end” these days.

[𝐃𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐡𝐁𝟒𝐃𝐞𝐜𝐚𝐟 ☕️🎧💻 @DeathB4Decaf]

And React is, from what I’ve seen, still growing, and even successfully making inroads on competition from tech stacks that offer better time to market & are easier to staff, and require FAR less architectural expertise.

[𝐃𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐡𝐁𝟒𝐃𝐞𝐜𝐚𝐟 ☕️🎧💻 @DeathB4Decaf]

Java & JSP was still going strong well into the 2010s, and from what I see it still has a solid user base as a back-end dev language. It takes a LONG time for businesses to phase out old tech stacks, esp if they can still staff for them.

[𝐃𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐡𝐁𝟒𝐃𝐞𝐜𝐚𝐟 ☕️🎧💻 @DeathB4Decaf]

I’ve been on a kick lately leveling up my skills, and I go by what I see in job listings. React is still WAY ahead of the pack, and I don’t see any consensus around an alternative.

[Aaron Francis @aarondfrancis]

I wonder if Peak React is behind us?

Other frontend frameworks are gaining traction. Complex frontend tooling is being questioned completely. Macro environment has changed. And now this Vercel thing.

Seems like a lot is happening recently! Vibe shift, or just me?