Craig Phillips

Software Developer

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[Jaz Rignall @JazRignall]

If you got a computer for Xmas 40 years ago, this is what it cost your parents in today's money:

C64: £636
C16: £445
Plus/4: £955
SX64: £2,546
BBC: £1,273
Electron: £636
QL: £1,273
Spectrum: £413
Atari 800XL: £538

Man, some of these were a monumental waste of cash!

[Craig Phillips @craigtptech]

@Dave_DotNet @UdiDahan @davidfowl @captainsafia This. I'm all for calling out MS when they do something positive, but having only "paused" their eventing framework initiative, it would be prudent to wait and see what they actually do finally release to the world before we start with the high fiving.

[Craig Phillips @craigtptech]

@gregyoung Is this the news? https://t.co/ZJke8AH3pW

[Erik "Faelor" Shafer @Faelor]

Since a few folks have asked, let me append the original tweet to provide some clarity:
25 people were let go from Event Store Ltd yesterday.

[Grant Slatton @GrantSlatton]

A favorite load balancing technique at AWS is "the power of two random choices"

On the left, nodes are chosen and used at random

On the right, 2 nodes are chosen at random, but only the minimum is used

This simple technique balances load very well

[Craig Phillips @craigtptech]

@DDDNorth Do you know if there is car parking available onsite for the conference? If so, do you know if it's free or chargeable etc? Thanks.

[Craig Phillips @craigtptech]

@agileklzkittens Not sure if you've seen this previously, but I read it and thought of you. https://t.co/lKyEvcbUts 😁

[Craig Phillips @craigtptech]

@davidfowl You (MS) made the biggest mistake when you started what became .NET Core and refused to drop the .NET name (and made it even worse when you dropped the "Core"). Having the same name just reinforces the perception that nothing has changed for those unaware of the last 10 years.

[Craig Phillips @craigtptech]

@zerolehero @davidfowl @dsymetweets @relizarov @MadsTorgersen Dot Net drama intensifies

[Craig Phillips @craigtptech]

@Merrion @mathiasverraes Will never happen because of this.

https://t.co/4WY2Bk01ZL

[Dr Milan Milanović @milan_milanovic]

To replace programmers with AI, clients will need to accurately describe what they want.

We’re safe.

#softwareengineering #programming

[Craig Phillips @craigtptech]

@chrismckee Indeed. The sheer audacity of staff not getting their wages paid directly into the property tycoon's bank account!

[Craig Phillips @craigtptech]

"Offices are the best" says man who sells offices 🙄
https://t.co/Xb3Okv62PF

[🎻 ➡️ BlueSky @ericlaw]

If your @MicrosoftEdge app is losing cookies when restarted, ensure that your Bing Wallpaper app has update to version 2.0.0.5

[Paul Vick @panopticoncntrl]

This quote is directed at movie CEOs but is applicable to CEOs everywhere: "They are not running companies to profitably deliver a good product [...]. They are running companies to deliver good profit. The quality of their product has ceased to matter." https://t.co/hMjJ7CdCST

[Craig Phillips @craigtptech]

@firstdrafthell @_simoncurtis @davidfowl In my feed at least, I noticed David has replied to every other suggestion but those mentioning union types are conveniently ignored. 🤔 I think it's safe to say we're never going to see them. ☹️

[Craig Phillips @craigtptech]

@terrajobst @sanshugoel But much of C# terseness (especially the more modern stuff) is just hidden magic. Give me explicitness, even if verbose, any day.

[Craig Phillips @craigtptech]

AI from 1962. 😃

[John Henry @JohnHenryStyle]

Anyone notice that OpenAI did the exact opposite of what YC preaches?

1. Raised a ton of money pre-product
2. Built for years before launching
3. Built waterfall vs agile
4. Hired big staff pre-revenue

Solving complex problems requires money & time. Not a one size fits all.

[Craig Phillips @craigtptech]

@davidfowl Let me guess. "We know you all want unions but you're not getting them, so here's more syntactic sugar to further muddy the waters of the language". Amiright? 😉

[Craig Phillips @craigtptech]

@badamczewski01 That's because 95% of .NET jobs don't care about any of this stuff. They care about clean code, writing tests, DevOps with Azure etc. And, sadly, most of those same 95% of jobs still need serious help with this.

[Dr Milan Milanović @milan_milanovic]

To replace programmers with AI, clients will need to accurately describe what they want.

We’re safe.

#softwareengineering #programming