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Principal Engineer @ Convictional

[ben @bencrouse]

https://app. is the new https://www.

[Steven Strogatz @stevenstrogatz]

Feynman’s letter to his wife Arline, written two years after her death. Read by Oscar Isaac. https://t.co/R46OgGBiSO

[ben @bencrouse]

@jasonfried I think there's also an argument to made that kind of maximization creates general fragility to adaptation, i.e. easier to disrupt.

[John D. Cook @JohnDCook]

The Myth of the Myth of the Lone Genius

https://t.co/oMtY751MqP

[ben @bencrouse]

engineers often think they have an opinion on a programming language, but actually have an opinion on a codebase.

[ben @bencrouse]

put YAGNI on my tombstone.

[ben @bencrouse]

@kyletymo Makes sense literally. When I hear someone described that way I tend to think imaginitive, non traditional, original.

[@jackbutcher @jackbutcher]

What you have patience for ends up being what you’re good at.

[ben @bencrouse]

I’ve finished Disco Elysium, and I have to say: it’s the best video game I’ve ever played.

[ben @bencrouse]

if you never say something wrong, you're never really saying anything at all.

[ben @bencrouse]

how to use a library/API should be like recognizing a face - you know instantly without thought and yet can't really explain how you know that.

[Stewart Brand @stewartbrand]

A richly informative obit for Christopher Alexander in the New York Times, by Penelope Green.
https://t.co/c25nJPF63u

[ben @bencrouse]

the only thing worse than an engineering team arguing about naming is a team that doesn't argue about naming at all.

[ben @bencrouse]

@McElaney @cnorm35 @kcdragon_ I still reread this classic article as a refresher once in a while, it’s my interviewing North Star. Also I really try to put people at ease because nerves can wreck a convo! https://t.co/F192RFbQOK

[ben @bencrouse]

@UberEats hey I used the wrong payment (should be business not personal) on my order and your app has no way to reach out to you. can you help?

[ben @bencrouse]

@tenderlove one /r/ I've come to love for these kinds of things is https://t.co/EukyIOCjRM

[ben @bencrouse]

@hillelogram @jessitron I read it as abstractions only exist in people's heads, so they can/will be changed as desired.

[ben @bencrouse]

christmas break movie picks: basic instinct, hard eight, nocturnal animals