Russell Davis

Engineering @AnthropicAI. Previously: @StainlessAPI, @stripe (@sorbet_ruby), @thehipmunk, @plaxo.

[Russell Davis @_RussellDavis]

@tjholowaychuk @ThomasBem Sleep is important, but that book is riddled with errors. This might relieve some of your anxiety: https://t.co/lteQb9bTNj

[Pushbullet @pushbullet]

Let's guess what Google requires in 14 days or they kill our extension https://t.co/hBeQ2Eid5H

[David Chapman @Meaningness]

.@slatestarcodex is an extraordinary, massive, persistent force of nature, like Jupiter’s Great Red Spot or something.

Read his decade in review and be gobsmacked: https://t.co/vOysnvbUmd

[Russell Davis @_RussellDavis]

@patio11 Counterpoint, later the same day 😂: https://t.co/RIhXMRLsR1

[Russell Davis @_RussellDavis]

@ebroder Haven’t tried it yet, but https://t.co/Y6VDZfrQwV looks promising.

[Russell Davis @_RussellDavis]

@padolsey I was recently doing something similar. You can also use Object.create as an equivalent to creating a new object with __proto__.

Incidentally, this led me to discover a bug in typescript (now fixed!): https://t.co/vIOjXW6UqX

[Russell Davis @_RussellDavis]

@garybernhardt Not sure how effective it is, but @getsentry has a "Filter out errors known to be caused by browser extensions" option under Project Settings -> Inbound Filters.

[Russell Davis @_RussellDavis]

@SeaRyanC c.f. epic disclaimers at https://t.co/5yZAVk6KVT. "STOP DEBATING SEMANTICS IMMEDIATELY"

[Russell Davis @_RussellDavis]

@SeaRyanC +1. One option: use codenames. Document the mapping from "Foo" to "blocked", but preface it with disclaimers about avoiding semantic debates, etc.

[Russell Davis @_RussellDavis]

@danluu A crazy example from my Plaxo days of the convicted murderer who was repeatedly, incorrectly, cited as being a cofounder of Plaxo: https://t.co/ijnzQ6aZgD

[Russell Davis @_RussellDavis]

@danluu Related, periodic reminder to beware of citogenesis: https://t.co/Ph2RfVB3Mq

[Dan Luu @danluu]

Periodic reminder that many (most?) citations are bogus. This happens to be about the claim that 3.5 hours/day of deliberate practice is the right amount, but I find this level of accuracy when I check most citations:

https://t.co/e3Mra8fE0W

[Russell Davis @_RussellDavis]

@kentcdodds @malfaitrobin @roelvangils @YvesHanoulle This doesn't work for me (and others, e.g. https://t.co/P6Io0URKfG). What version of macOS are you guys using? Anyone successfully do it on Mojave?

[Russell Davis @_RussellDavis]

@patio11 Great writeup! A typo: "$2.26 in net interest" should say "2.26% in net interest" (unless you've found an investment that turns one dollar into $2.26 in a year :P)

[Russell Davis @_RussellDavis]

Fun fact: it's written in C++. This has its pros and its cons, but one thing is for sure: it's *fast*. Speed gets neglected in comparables like TypeScript, to their detriment: https://t.co/Ph8Yq6UAdH

[Gary Bernhardt @garybernhardt]

In 2008, I was extremely frustrated by Ruby imposing a constant ~100 ms startup penalty on hello world. In 2018, computers are ~3.5 times faster (4479 vs. 1266 Geekbench for 2007 vs. 2017 MBP). TypeScript imposes a 1600 ms startup penalty on hello world. https://t.co/GzMcXPoFNU

[Russell Davis @_RussellDavis]

Congrats to my former team for shipping and open-sourcing this. In my (biased) opinion it's a must-have for writing Ruby at scale.

[Sorbet @sorbet_ruby]

We’re excited to announce that Sorbet—a fast, powerful type checker for Ruby, built by @Stripe—is now open source! See https://t.co/K9FL9x0sbw for more.

[Russell Davis @_RussellDavis]

@michaelvillar Polite horns FTW: https://t.co/ocgrDkdSNG

[Russell Davis @_RussellDavis]

@AdrianDuong 2/2 So, overall, worth the tradeoff IMO (especially with how convenient it is when you enable auto copying the 2FA code to the clipboard when you autofill your password)

[Russell Davis @_RussellDavis]

@AdrianDuong 1/2 That's true, but there are still some benefits, and the fact that you're using a password manager (and therefore stronger passwords) somewhat compensates for the extra risk. Some good analysis at https://t.co/x8ByV0mdpJ

[TechCrunch @TechCrunch]

Render gets $2.25M seed round to give developers alternative to biggest names in tech https://t.co/QNfoUMWFjt by @ron_miller