Samuel Bortle

Software Engineer | Husband | Father | Go Bills!

[Samuel Bortle @Night815]

@FReichComeback @ByGerrySullivan @nflcommish It's the Bills playoff seeds for the last seven years but it looks like a phone number. We had the #2 seed four times but they changed the playoffs so we never got a first round bye from them.

[Kevin Massare @KevinMassare]

The Bills lost by 3 in OT on the road:

- 5 turnovers
- on 5 days of rest, traveling out west
- playing a team with 12 days of rest
- 2nd most injured team in the league
- going against the 26th most-injured team (healthy)
- Backups Savage and Jackson played one play each and allowed TDs due to this
- had 100 more yards, 12 more minutes TOP
- Allowing just 41 yards rushing to RBs
- No call on Riley Moss on Brandon Cooks with clear DPI
- a Cooks catch turned INT
- back-to-back DPI calls in OT
- No defensive penalties called on Denver, though they are the most penalized team in the NFL

[Jason Fried @jasonfried]

Exceptionally good article on UI design, using Tahoe's regressions as examples of what not to do. Lots of side-by-side examples making the abstract obvious.

https://t.co/SQYsBiT40W

Via @daringfireball.

[CornDoggyLOL @CornDoggyLOL]

The Buffalo Bills Leap to 2-0 against the Jets 💙❤️

[Samuel Bortle @Night815]

Remember when Marvel movies used to be funny mixed with great characters? Go see Thunderbolts* now.

[Tesla Owners Silicon Valley @teslaownersSV]

The effects of refining oil vs. refining lithium. The real truth.

[NFL @NFL]

Congratulations to Josh Allen and Hailee Steinfeld on their engagement! 💍❤️

(via @JoshAllenQB, @HaileeSteinfeld)

[Samuel Bortle @Night815]

"I understood that reference"

[Barstool Sports @barstoolsports]

JAREDDDDD GOFFFFFFFF

[George @BehizyTweets]

Trump plans to redirect the money being spent on Ukraine towards a nationwide initiative to get the homeless off the streets by building "tent cities" where they can be relocated.

His plan includes banning urban camping & arresting violators while empowering rehab organizations.

"We want to take care of them, but they have to be off our streets. There is nothing compassionate about letting these individuals live in filth and squalor."

Our new golden age is almost here. Just two more months until Inauguration Day.

[Whole Mars Catalog @wholemars]

The competition is shitting its britches

[Samuel Bortle @Night815]

Deadpool & Wolverine was perfect.

[Sawyer Merritt @SawyerMerritt]

Tesla sold more Cybertrucks in May 2024 than the Ford F-150 Lightning and Rivian R1T combined, despite being a $100k+ truck.

• Tesla Cybertruck: 3,907
• Ford F-150 Lightning & Rivian R1T (combined): 3,590

Cybertruck is the bestselling EV pickup truck & most American made full-size pickup truck.

[Samuel Bortle @Night815]

I’ve had imposter syndrome for 20 years. This has sapped my motivation. Lately I’ve been ignoring those feelings and have done more in a month then in previous years. My motivation is off the charts! WE are not alone.

[Marc Köhlbrugge @marckohlbrugge]

Start.

Even if you don't feel motivated.

And motivation will follow.

[Samuel Bortle @Night815]

@adamsilverhq Jira is the best of a crowded room full of software that makes no sense. Using GitLab at work and am pulling my hair out over lack of basic features. It's designed by engineers for engineers and it shows. I now long for the days I was using Jira.

[Samuel Bortle @Night815]

@GabrielObaldia Web app backend with an Angular frontend. We were going to use Nestjs/Nodejs but wanted a bit more performance.

[Samuel Bortle @Night815]

Just started using Go at work, perfect timing!

[Gabriel Obaldia @GabrielObaldia]

Hey there! 👋

For years, I’ve felt that writing is something I need to improve. And for the same amount of time, I’ve procrastinated and done nothing to improve it. Now, the time has finally come, and I’ve decided to take action. I think the best way to get started is by sharing something I know that can be useful to other people. So, I’ve decided to create a course about Go entirely on Twitter/X. During the next month I’ll be posting a new lesson each day to help you get up to speed with Go. By the end of this journey, you’ll have a solid understanding of what Go is and how to use it.

Day 1: Introduction to Go

🤔 What is Go? @golang is an open-source, statically typed, compiled programming language.
- Statically Typed: This means that the type of a variable is known at compile time. It helps catch errors early in the development process.
- Compiled Language: Instead of interpreting code line-by-line (like Python), Go compiles your whole program into machine code before running it. This makes Go programs super fast.

✨ Key Features of Go
- Built for Simplicity: Go’s syntax is clean and easy to read, helping developers avoid common bugs and making it a great first language.
- Performance: Go compiles to machine code quickly and runs at near C/C++ speeds.
- Efficiency: With automatic garbage collection, Go handles memory management so you don’t have to worry about it.
- Concurrency: Go has built-in support for concurrent programming with goroutines and channels, making it ideal for large-scale, concurrent applications.
- Rich Standard Library: Go provides a powerful standard library out-of-the-box, with packages for everything from web servers to cryptography.

🛠️ Popular Use Cases
- Web Development: Many use Go for building web servers and APIs. Popular frameworks like Gin and Echo make this even easier.
- Cloud Services: Tools like Docker and Kubernetes are written in Go due to its performance and concurrency capabilities.
- Command-Line Tools: Go excels at creating fast and robust CLI applications.

🚀Why Should You Learn Go?
- Speed and Efficiency: Fast compilation and execution, combined with garbage collection, make Go a powerful tool for building high-performance applications.
- Easy to Learn: Despite its power, Go is straightforward and easy to pick up, with a focus on simplicity and clarity.
- Scalability: Go’s concurrency model makes it easier to build scalable applications that can handle many tasks simultaneously.
- Community and Resources: Go has a strong, active community and plenty of resources to help, from documentation to tutorials and forums.

That’s it for today! Tomorrow, we’ll dive into setting up our Go environment and writing our first Go program.

#go #golang #learning #30DaysOfGo

[Samuel Bortle @Night815]

As a follow drummer, this is spot on.

[Jason Fried @jasonfried]

I recently took up drumming. Again.

One of the first things you realize, other than you suck, is that you’re gripping the sticks too hard.

A tight grip denies certain degrees of freedom, limits subtlety, and ups the fatigue factor. Plus you give up the gift of bounce the drum heads happily offer. It’s like you’re constantly paying interest vs. borrowing for free.

I had the same experience when learning to play guitar. It’s like I was trying to choke the neck to death.

Clenching the neck makes every change a three step process: Release, move, and clamp down again. It’s slower, it’s harder, and it’s a lot less natural than a flowing motion up and down the neck, pausing to play, rather than stopping.

It’s a curious thing. We tend to hold on too tightly early on. It seems to be part of learning. When you don’t know what you’re doing, at least you know how to squeeze.

But then, you discover that making progress requires you to release a little, to lighten up on you grip.

A big part of what you see when you watch someone great is what you don’t see. Tension is notably absent. Instead, a certain ease, a gentle fluidity. A grace, not a grind.

To let go is to get somewhere. Rather than try so hard, enjoy harder.

[Samuel Bortle @Night815]

@KarmaKill2314 @Tesla @elonmusk Was going to say we will need a valet service at the superchargers but maybe the cars will just move themselves when charged.

Now how do we get the cars to plug themselves in?

[Sawyer Merritt @SawyerMerritt]

NEWS: Bargersville’s fleet of 13 @Tesla police cars saves taxpayers about $80,000 a year in fuel costs compared to gas-powered police vehicles.

The town is saving enough on fuel to pay for two additional officers. "We just traded our first car in this year and we got $17,500 for a 2019 Tesla, compared to the $5k we get for our gas-powered police vehicles.”

[Samuel Bortle @Night815]

This is amazing! Even if everything about how we generate power stayed the same, switching to an EV saves 70% waste!

[Graeme Cobb ⚡️🚙🚗 ⚡️ @graeme_cobb]

I discovered that I can post about an EV with 315,000 miles and be told it’s run on coal its entire life, that EVs are dirtier than ICE cars and renewables are bad for the planet.
So I shall post this amazing video narrated by Robert Llewelyn from @FullyChargedShw
It will undoubtedly trigger some folk