Chris Powers

Speaker and Clean Coders author. Director of Engineering at Sprout Social. A dad, drummer, and tabletop gamer.

[Chris Powers @chrisjpowers]

@laribee Thanks!

[Chris Powers @chrisjpowers]

@danielwalsh Defining value... 😂

[Chris Powers @chrisjpowers]

@dunkindonuts Do you normally charge $0.59 for a small ice water? I was wondering why my latte was 6 bucks...

[GrouponCareers @GrouponCareers]

Hey #Chicago — we're SO excited for our next @geekfest with @chrisjpowers

Topic: Building Teams Where Everyone is Heard
When: Tues. 10/30 from 12-1
Where: @Groupon HQ

RSVP required: spots will go fast! --> https://t.co/KNHGFb0aiN

#TeamGroupon

[Chris Powers @chrisjpowers]

@robertlagrant That was the original use case, I needed to run the same rules in the browser and in a Rails server. It’s a neat little project, but not one that I am supporting at this point.

[Chris Powers @chrisjpowers]

Tomorrow (Friday) I'm speaking at 8th Light University about building teams where everyone is heard. If you're in Chicago near the Loop, come join us! https://t.co/9dGunNo2SH

[Chris Powers @chrisjpowers]

I felt a great disturbance in the Force... as if millions of people suddenly pulled their phones out of their pockets and silenced them all at once...

[Chris Powers @chrisjpowers]

Congrats to newcomer @OdellBrewing for winning our Oktoberfest tasting bracket! Thirteen tasters, and they beat out Sam Adams 7-6 in the final! Sam had @TwoBrothersBeer knocked out surprisingly early in the semifinals.

[Chris Powers @chrisjpowers]

@johncutlefish I met a guy who just finished a 5 year migration to Silverlight, and was immediately planning a new 5 year migration to HTML5 😱

[Avdi Grimm @avdi]

Today I will give a free year of RubyTapas to any woman in software who wants it. DM me your email. No questions asked so long as your Twitter account seems legit. Especially interested in women just getting started. Tell your mentees, your interns, your code school students.

[Chris Powers @chrisjpowers]

@akouzmanoff Be sure to read the debriefs at https://t.co/nR4QMlXcqo, they help fill in the meta-narrative, especially for that mission.

[westeeze @westeeze]

Having a great time at #JsCampChi

[Chris Powers @chrisjpowers]

@TechnoTone @unclebobmartin Well, my intent is to have one more video out by the end of the year to finish the SOLID series. After that, who knows?

[Chris Powers @chrisjpowers]

@TechnoTone @unclebobmartin Hey Tony, sorry for the delay. Right now the "buy all episodes" provides a discount for existing videos but not future videos.

[Chris Powers @chrisjpowers]

At one point I thought about buying this game, but given current events, maybe not...

[Chris Powers @chrisjpowers]

A recipe for success! Legibility and useful abstractions keep code malleable.

[Ben Rady @benrady]

For me, the connection between testability and good design emerges when you balance two principles:

1) Ensure all valuable behavior is easily tested
2) Encapsulate implementation details, without sacrificing principle #1

When you do this right, you can refactor effortlessly.

[Chris Powers @chrisjpowers]

@WhatGameNext Co-ops are the best gateway games; Forbidden Island and Flashpoint are particularly thematic and accessible.

[8th Light @8thLightInc]

Everyone in your organization has a voice. Join us for 8th Light University in Chicago on 10/5 with @chrisjpowers to find out how you can help to to promote full-team engagement for underrepresented groups. Sign up here:
https://t.co/UbMLhSAt9g

[Chris Powers @chrisjpowers]

@akouzmanoff Looks great! Did you use a gold dry brush on the metals?