Alex Pánek

Software engineer, passionate bicyclist

[Alex Pánek @JimPanic]

YES:“Sometimes, the elegant implementation is just a function. Not a method. Not a class. Not a framework. Just a function.” – John Carmack

[Alex Pánek @JimPanic]

@chezTone @kotlin It looks as such… and it seems the reason is 🤭

[Charity Majors @mipsytipsy]

Motivation doesn't come from you, and it doesn't come from games or novelties. It comes from believing in the mission, knowing how your part is crucial to its success, and having the resources to get it done.

And from caring about the people you work with.

[Shadowhunter @manisha72617183]

The worst part about being an educated adult is that, you realize that you can't explain everything with one thing. When you're young, it's easy to say: Everything is science! Everything is greed! Everything is sex!

But it turns out everything is... hopelessly complicated.

[Peter Steinberger 🦞 @steipete]

“My boss invited me for a one-on-one chat where they politely asked me to revert my change. I was aghast. The old code was a mess, and mine was clean!

I begrudginly complied, but it took me years to see they were right.” https://t.co/Bngk6pE4tF

[Shadowhunter @manisha72617183]

Life's most deepest feelings are often expressed in silence.

[Sarah Drasner @sarah_edo]

Repeat after me: you do not go farther by tearing others down. It just doesn't work like that. Build each other up. We get further together.

[Shadowhunter @manisha72617183]

Morning coffee joke: 😁

Q: What do you call it when you walk into a cafe you're sure you've been to before?

A: Déjà brew

[Alex Pánek @JimPanic]

@felis_rex ✋

[Alex Pánek @JimPanic]

@kvlly I just read this while fetching another cup of coffee. ☕️

[Andrea Goulet @andreagoulet]

Pondering Agile anti-patterns today. Soooo many come to mind:

* hero culture
* shame & blame
* silos
* command & control
* no experimentation
* fear of failure
* feature pressure
* urgency/fire-fighting
* coding alone
* poor communication
* poor code quality

How about you?

[Alex Pánek @JimPanic]

@rachsmithtweets Unfortunately the UX of tools and processes to deliver software are not on the same level as the software we deliver most of the time. Most people (tool developers and users) have completely different priorities it seems 🤷‍♂️

[Alex Pánek @JimPanic]

@EricVBailey Tribes 2
Borderlands 2
Live for Speed
Settlers 2 (&remake)
…I can’t think of a fifth that deserves in that list

[Jessica Kerr @jessitron]

You waste a perfectly good problem by stopping at one solution.

[Alex Pánek @JimPanic]

@robotlolita But…writing parsers is kind of fun…? Why are you writing an erlang parser, though?

[Alex Pánek @JimPanic]

@MrksTre @LastWeekTonight @iamjohnoliver Do it!!

[Alex Pánek @JimPanic]

@ASpittel @jessitron @raganwald @steveklabnik @hirojin and so many others… 💪

[Alex Pánek @JimPanic]

@kvlly Whatever brings the most value 🤷‍♂️ In Long-living Systems, this usually boils down to the hard parts, in new ones, the simple parts.

[Alex Pánek @JimPanic]

@wycats git add —patch
find …
mv a.{foo,bar}

[Alex Pánek @JimPanic]

@kvlly My team and I released/presented two internal tools and everyone loved it 🌈

[Alex Pánek @JimPanic]

@kvlly 1. I have no idea what I’m doing
2. I have no idea what is happening
3. What?