brandon paquette

pm & web engineer

[brandon paquette @brandonmp44]

@lllatan @Ben_Cates @Pinboard 'specially the baroque ones

[brandon paquette @brandonmp44]

@theweslenng @dan_abramov @en_JS Not a pilot but went to the air force academy. IIRC engines don't cause vortices, it's the air fluid dynamics & shape of the wing at the tip--i.e., gliders cause them too.

This is one of the main reasons airports have to stagger takeoffs

[brandon paquette @brandonmp44]

@paulg Follow all the topics?

[ameelio @teamameelio]

We're raising $30k to fund more free letters for families impacted by incarceration. The first 24 hours are CRUCIAL if we want to go viral on Kickstarter and reach as many donors as possible. Back us now at https://t.co/fgqxUUiM6w and join our movement.

[Paul Graham @paulg]

One thing I've learned as an adult that I didn't realize as a kid is how precisely you have to aim at a goal to hit it. If you choose to optimize something even slightly off to the side, you'll sometimes achieve almost nothing toward your intended goal.

[James Cham @jamescham]

I don't think that people appreciate how different the voice to text experience on a Pixel is from an iPhone. So here is a little head to head example. The Pixel is so responsive it feels like it is reading my mind!

[brandon paquette @brandonmp44]

The main tech in @WestworldHBO is more witchcraft than science, but the misc. day-to-day tech in this season is a rly nice vision of near future.

Virtual assts booking rooms in 1 voice command, self driving cars, AR dressing rooms--all on the horizon but looks like total magic

[Moritz Klack @moklick]

😷 I created a browser extension that puts masks on faces on the internet for a safer browsing experience #coronavirus

[Zayd Enam @zaydenam]

Excited to announce that @cresta is on the @CBinsights list of the top 100 most promising AI companies in the world. We are just getting started! https://t.co/yqcE9fKPoV

[brandon paquette @brandonmp44]

@EricVicenti Open office layout, ick

[brandon paquette @brandonmp44]

@dan_abramov @Vjeux Sell! Having both your income (your salary) and your wealth (the value of your portfolio) tied to a single company is so risky. Diversify yo stocks

[brandon paquette @brandonmp44]

@mitevpi @benawad I used it in one project for a few pieces of global state, but mostly just to avoid adding a new library for global state management.

It was pretty verbose, should have gone w/ mobx or redux in hindsight.

[brandon paquette @brandonmp44]

Every time @gmail correctly predicts what I'm trying to say, I quietly wonder if their algo is just that good, or if my written communication is just that unoriginal

[brandon paquette @brandonmp44]

alliterative(ish) company tradition idea: "weird idea Wednesday." Someone presents an idea that's so out there it's either absurd or genius

[Addy Osmani @addyosmani]

The life of a project

[brandon paquette @brandonmp44]

This is one of best ways I've seen this argument put--i.e., that arguing for less inequality isn't vilifying the current system's winners

[Ben Cates @Ben_Cates]

@thebharaths @dhh I can accept that one plant is thriving because it's healthy and also acknowledge that it's choking off sunlight to the rest of the flowers. Pruning helps the whole garden thrive, not just the healthiest few.

[brandon paquette @brandonmp44]

pretty clever @ziprecruiter, offer access to a new feature in exchange for signing up for email alerts. happy to see non-deceptive innovation like this around GPDR compliance

[brandon paquette @brandonmp44]

I wish I saw more writing like this about prouct experimentation

https://t.co/377OzrKdNI