Ben Callaghan

[Ben Callaghan @CallaghanBenj]

Recently, I started learning C development and the various build tools and IDEs available for that. I'm not sure which I find more annoying: trying to learn vim bindings, or trying to ignore the fake squigglies in VS Code.

[Ben Callaghan @CallaghanBenj]

FluentAssertions is switching to a paid license in v8. I just got my team using it, and change does not come easy to us. I get that developers need to support themselves, but $130/dev/year is really steep. I don't want to rewrite all of my tests, but I can't justify that cost.

[Ben Callaghan @CallaghanBenj]

@walkingriver @codeiumdev I hope it let you review that script before running it.

[Ben Callaghan @CallaghanBenj]

@davidfowl We're using C# for transaction processing. I'd hate to see that go down for even a minute or misplace a decimal point. I suspect a lot of finance is built on .NET.

[Ben Callaghan @CallaghanBenj]

@AdrienneTacke @cartermorgan @bookoverflowpod What timing! My engineering training this week was about effective code reviews. I enjoyed your presentation at #VSLive Chicago.

[Ben Callaghan @CallaghanBenj]

@walkingriver Don't forget Nuxt.js

[Ben Callaghan @CallaghanBenj]

@everquestii #24 Kerafyrm, the Prismatic dragon. Formerly the Sleeper, now he is Awakened

[Ben Callaghan @CallaghanBenj]

@everquestii #14 Tenebrous Tangle, on the west side of the Temple Grounds Island

[Ben Callaghan @CallaghanBenj]

@walkingriver It's been a while since I've worked with Linux. My team is entirely Windows, and it largely needs no configuration. However, Linux is far more customizable, especially for always-on servers. Finding that perfect customization will be a long dark rabbit hole

[Ben Callaghan @CallaghanBenj]

@everquestii The Twin Tears #57

[Ben Callaghan @CallaghanBenj]

@everquestii Al'Kabor and Dartain #54

[Ben Callaghan @CallaghanBenj]

@walkingriver If most of the information is required, could you default to "required" and mark the rest with "optional: true"? Though I'll note that "required: true" is much more common in Swagger, JSON Schema, and other contract languages

[Ben Callaghan @CallaghanBenj]

To be clear, I have nothing against these rules. They would make my reviews much more meaningful. But is it going too far if a company required and enforced the use of these labels in all PR comments?

[Ben Callaghan @CallaghanBenj]

Just learned some great advice and resources for writing better pull request reviews (as both author and reviewer) @VSLive. The following rules help reviewers focus and stay objective, but are they too structured for a human team?
https://t.co/xIzxVL3eNs

[Ben Callaghan @CallaghanBenj]

@walkingriver Maybe this is how you can get Jess into coding

[Cory LaViska @claviska]

“Music notation should be as accessible and as fluid as text is, on the web; that it is not, yet, is something of an afront to my sensibilities. Let us fix this pressing problem.” https://t.co/Pj0KpYl2Ew

[Ben Callaghan @CallaghanBenj]

@jamesqquick Multiple times, I have created a short script in pure JS because it was a quick one-off calculation. Each time, I've switched back to TS in less than 10 minutes.

[Ben Callaghan @CallaghanBenj]

@jezell If only...I don't have that much control over our network

[Ben Callaghan @CallaghanBenj]

At multiple companies, with multiple CI/CD products, I've hit the 260 character path limit imposed by Windows. Each time, it has taken me multiple days to diagnose and fix. Why do I have to relearn this lesson every year?

[Ben Callaghan @CallaghanBenj]

@walkingriver @dmikeyanderson @TheJackForge Yep. Years of learning bash and Linux IT just so I could have that one effect