James Rantanen

[email protected] - Software Engineer. Ux. He/Him.

[James Rantanen @JARinteractive]

@matthewgood @internetofdog Hang in there, Tessa 😢

[Kate @thingskatedid]

when someone confidently says "we need to rewrite the whole thing from scratch", what they mean is "i don't know how to read and navigate this".

look for the person who tells you how to rewrite parts of it without breaking the running system. they'll be quiet and sound unsure

[Sarah Drasner @sarah_edo]

Good devs are curious: they explore context before they get to work.

None of that happened, under the assumption that “I’m so smart, I can figure everything out on my own, quickly.” You see this a lot with junior devs or folks who haven't had to maintain large systems over time

[Jessica Kerr @jessitron]

Laughter diffuses tension.
You can have that tough architecture discussion, and then laugh together and it reduces stress.

Job satisfaction is the #1 predictor of organizational performance. (these things happen together)

@holly_cummins #YowLondon

[Beats Per Minute @BeatsPerMinute]

18 songs that display Mimi Parker as the beating heart of @lowtheband

We remember the musician's eternal qualities through some of her most memorable performances

https://t.co/VkEGYHhTku

[James Rantanen @JARinteractive]

@PerennialBeer @prairieales Thanks again for doing the collab. Delicious. Cheers!

[James Rantanen @JARinteractive]

@heyjovo Jealous. Wish I was there this year

[James Rantanen @JARinteractive]

*when bridging SwiftUI and UIKit*
Questions career choices

[Mikaela Caron 🦄 @mikaela__caron]

*when writing SwiftUI*
This would be so much easier in UIKit 😡

*when writing UIKit*
This would be so much easier in SwiftUI 😡

#iOSDev #iOSDevelopment #swiftLang

[Karri Saarinen @karrisaarinen]

Tech industry forgot that A/B tests and metrics are not product vision or the end goal.

If the vision is to be virtual public town square or whatever it makes sense to change direction. You are not going get there with a/b micro-optimizations.

[James Rantanen @JARinteractive]

@nrose STL County property search says David Porter https://t.co/Io7h5GtIbd

[James Rantanen @JARinteractive]

@starstryder If RPN on the phone is acceptable @pcalc is great!

[Peter Steinberger 🦞 @steipete]

🔥

[Stefan Lesser (no longer active here) @stefanlesser]

Software tends to favor additive, bolted on, isolated feature development over integrated, interconnected, holistic improvement. Because the former is fast and scalable and the latter is slow and demanding.
I'd wait a few more years for something that "makes our hearts sing."

[Stefan Lesser (no longer active here) @stefanlesser]

I hope that's just a blip and nothing to worry about and that Steve's philosophy still applies, because there aren't many companies that are remotely interested in doing this in the first place:
https://t.co/j23KaReyBd
(I am worried though.)

[Ken Kocienda @kocienda]

The “designer” and “engineer” labels don’t always apply so neatly. My current job is a combination of these roles, and I don’t think about design or engineering separately, but making great products holistically.

[James Rantanen @JARinteractive]

@PerennialBeer @prairieales I can’t wait to taste the result, thanks for making it happen!

[Asbestos Insulation Enthusiast @rustbeltenjoyer]

While I was doing research for my Eads Bridge thread, I found out that streetcars used to run across the top deck until the rails were removed in 1942.

It was pedestrians and streetcars on the top deck, heavy rail on the lower. As far as I'm concerned, the perfect bridge.