Eric Richardson

I am a software engineer at Koho. I write for machines by day and for people by night.

[Eric Richardson @EricOnRails]

@cpt_silverfox Its a quickly compiled statically typed language that will provide strong guarantees on run time safety. You have to realize network calls are unreliable and account for that. It will teach the team to fail gracefully.

[Eric Richardson @EricOnRails]

@cpt_silverfox @reactjs I think its good to suggest things like that. Let them do the simple thing, but expose them to the higher level stuff. The better you can wrap your head around hard stuff the more valuable you are.

[Eric Richardson @EricOnRails]

@cpt_silverfox I put my .vimrc on github. Its cool being able to put it on a remote server in seconds and be able to develop there like your own computer.

[Eric Richardson @EricOnRails]

https://t.co/Y1oAdATIuY

I learnt how to make fractal pictures and how to profile them :)

[Eric Richardson @EricOnRails]

@dhh @shanselman A paradigm shift amongst enough people is itself a hard problem, but I like to think this myself.

[Eric Richardson @EricOnRails]

"Luck is the dying wish of those who think success is an accident. Sweat, is for those who know it is a choice" ~ Gym white board years ago.

[Eric Richardson @EricOnRails]

@goldmedalmind @KidLightningMMA Seneca is such a good read. I've been making my way through the Tim Ferris edition: https://t.co/j8CipYNRgN

[Eric Richardson @EricOnRails]

@reiver Check out "The True Believer" By Eric Hoffer.

https://t.co/60fureOc9E

He makes the same connection and goes in depth on the subject.

[Eric Richardson @EricOnRails]

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I would have never guessed so much was possible with such simple rules.

[Eric Richardson @EricOnRails]

Life is good when my biggest problems can be solved with a bit more shrimping.

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#BJJ4LIFE

[Eric Richardson @EricOnRails]

@reiver I was wondering what "Canadian" cuisine was. I figured it was just poutine.

[Eric Richardson @EricOnRails]

@reiver Giving the illusion of control is a lot easier to implement than actual control after all...

[Eric Richardson @EricOnRails]

I'd rather a hot head than cold feet.

[Eric Richardson @EricOnRails]

Ruby is full of optical illusions where that which seems clear, and beautiful to our mind’s eye actually is a mess of wires under the hood.

[Eric Richardson @EricOnRails]

By giving up vain individuality, you can leapfrog toils of mundane decisions, and make faster progress in areas that matter. ~Rails Doctrine

[Eric Richardson @EricOnRails]

Where Java championed forcefully protecting programmers from themselves, Ruby included a hanging rope in the welcome kit. ~ Rails Doctrine

[Eric Richardson @EricOnRails]

Trust the algorithm. Mark as spam what you dislike. Watch the machine learn. https://t.co/JcGybX4yRy

[Scott Mansfield @sgmansfield]

the @YouTube recommendations are pure shit now. Everything is clickbait.

[Eric Richardson @EricOnRails]

@dainmiller You might be exceptional in one area, but in many others you aren't special.
If you aren't like most people that creates a subtle arrogance.

[Eric Richardson @EricOnRails]

@dainmiller But in most of the things there are to do, you are most people. Most people have what it takes to succeeded in something.

[Eric Richardson @EricOnRails]

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