Dear people writing code: Never create a class/file/package with “utilities” in its name. You are opening an escape hatch for people trying to avoid thinking about where things should go. It will inevitably grow to become a sprawling, misshapen, widely-hated monster.
Web components are a complete waste of time and effort at this point. The champions of web components are too invested to admit it, but there are so many problems with the current spec. They haven't learned anything from the current state of the art of building UI for the web.
Insecure leaders seek to be dominant, and stoke fear.
Confident leaders seek to be respected, and earn trust.
Courageous leaders seek to be challenged, and earn admiration.
#WednesdayWisdom
I’ve said it before, I’ll say it again: Being A Programmer basically requires you to deal with extended periods of feeling like a moron punctuated by brief periods of feeling like a goddamn genius.
GitHub *finally* moved the + and - symbols from diffs to CSS pseudo-elements, making it possible to copy code directly from a diff without having to clean it up. That is long overdue and fantastic. ✨
Those who subvert the will of the majority make it seem like your voices will never be heard, like your votes don't count, like your values are outside of the norm of American patriotism Don't believe it. Cynicism and intimidation are ways the weak make themselves seem strong.
Building a GraphQL API with Node and React : https://t.co/buBerXwDsM (A hands-on tutorial about building GraphQL API with Express, using React on the client side.)