Charles Kubicek

Father, Principal Engineer @ Springer Nature in London

[Charles Kubicek @ckubicek]

@lubampton @dhcraney @FernwehFarer @exon157 @CommunityFibre Same in SE23

[Programming Wisdom @CodeWisdom]

"If you provide an API client that doesn't include rate limiting, you don't really have an API client. You've got an exception generator with a remote timer." – Richard Schneeman

[Charles Kubicek @ckubicek]

@steveklabnik Golf course fallout

[I Am Devloper @iamdevloper]

companies in the interview: we want you to have been doing side projects in your spare time

companies after the interview: we want you to be doing our work in your spare time

[Charles Kubicek @ckubicek]

@davefarley77 Linux

[Charles Kubicek @ckubicek]

The difference between writing code and maintaining it, is the difference between raising your hands and keeping them raised indefinitely.

https://t.co/gVsQvlOTk0

[DM of Engineering @dmofengineering]

New to tech:
This code has been running for 2 years, we should rewrite it.

Tech Veteran:
This code has been running for 20 years, I’m starting to feel like maybe we’ve got the bugs out.

[DM of Engineering @dmofengineering]

New to tech:
Googles everything

Tech Veteran:
Googles everything with quotes

[Graham Hutton @haskellhutt]

Depresssingly, this quote from 1984 is even more true today than it was then.

[Charles Kubicek @ckubicek]

@davefarley77 Using HTTP to split modules

[Charles Kubicek @ckubicek]

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[Charles Kubicek @ckubicek]

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[Charles Kubicek @ckubicek]

@samaaron https://t.co/YpPxLot5Ss

[RZA! @RZA]

If you live through defeat, you are not defeated.If you are beaten but acquire wisdom, you have won.

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[kief.yml @kief]

If you have "CI" running tests on your "Pull Request", you may not understand what the "I" stands for in "CI"

[Allen Holub. https://linkedIn.com/in/allenholub @allenholub]

You need PRs when:

• You don’t trust the code
• You don't trust the person writing the code
• You don’t trust the process used to write the code
• You don’t trust the system used to check in the code

Maybe we should dump the PRs and work on that trust thing instead?

[rm @sprainhill]

With inflation at 7.5%, you lose half your money in 9 years. The only way to outperform that consistently, that I have found, is crypto. Just this year I’ve already lost half my money.

[Emma Bostian @EmmaBostian]

Also my hot take of the day: if you, as a senior team member refuse to pair with more junior team members, you’re not only missing out on a learning opportunity yourself but you shouldn’t be in a leadership position.

[Dan Luu @danluu]

One thing it took me quite a while to understand is how few bits of information it's possible to reliably convey to a large number of people.

When I was at MS, I remember initially being surprised at how unnuanced their communication was, but it really makes sense in hindsight.