Erik DeBill

Programming. Books. Etc. Literally a cat herder. @[email protected]

[Erik DeBill @edebill]

Logging into my tech/professional twitter for the first time in ages and it’s crickets because I haven’t added any new follows to make up for folks who’ve stopped tweeting. A stark contrast to my more actively maintained other account.

[Erik DeBill @edebill]

Hey! I’ve not been around much lately. Mostly I’m on Mastodon as @[email protected]. It’s cool. Nice people and less OMG THE WORLD IS ON FIRE.

[Erik DeBill @edebill]

@ychaker Oh man, that’s rough. I hope they give you the good pain meds.

[Shannon Watts @shannonrwatts]

Their lives weren’t lost - they were STOLEN by our nation’s gun violence crisis, which Ted Cruz helped create by taking @NRA money in exchange for loosening gun laws.

In exchange for NRA support and money, he voted AGAINST good gun bills and FOR bad bills.

Vote @BetoORourke.

[Erik DeBill @edebill]

I’ve been pretty absent around here for a while. I’ve been on mastodon instead. I’m [email protected] over there. It’s weird and quirky, and people flag things like political rants so you can skip them if you’re not in the mood.

[Dan Luu @danluu]

An empirical study on the effect of open offices: "the volume of face-to-face interactions decreased significantly (approx. 70%)"

https://t.co/3Te6s3skm0

[Casey Michel @cjcmichel]

“God said love thy neighbor, not kidnap their children, you fucking asshole sacks of shit.” #KeepFamiliesTogetherMarch

[Austin On Rails @austinonrails]

TOMORROW! #GDPR panel with @ychaker, @ozmox, Nicole Linko and Erin Boase! Sponsored by @ShopifyDevs!

RSVP here:
https://t.co/6NMU9dcI7R

[Erik DeBill @edebill]

@r00k I will frequently forget what I worked on when it comes time for a standup, marking something done is a tiny little reward, and sometimes it’s useful to look up things from previous days. Also an excuse to use fountain pens.

[Brianna Wu @BriannaWu]

Uncomfortable truth: The South is going to remain in an economic and social purgatory until they invest in education and infrastructure for at least a generation. More likely two generations.

And I can’t see a way for those kinds of politicians to ever get elected.

[David K 🎹 @DavidKPiano]

In my opinion, sometimes the "most performant" code isn't the best code.

Some code optimizations save milliseconds in execution time ⏱️
And other code optimizations save hours in productivity, and potentially days in shipping 🗓️

[Charles Oliver Nutter @headius]

The hardest part of being an "experienced" programmer is not learning about new languages, libraries, and platforms. It's learning that not everyone around you has 25+ years of development experience and trying to find common ground with them.

[ArmadilloCon | An SFF con for Readers & Writers @armadillocon]

Stack Overflow Isn’t Very Welcoming. It’s Time for That to Change.
"Let’s shift from “don’t be an asshole” to 'be welcoming.'”
https://t.co/hVf1XNudGU

[Erik DeBill @edebill]

@ozmox Oh god. Hydration myths bug the crap out of me, too. Especially the 8 glasses a day one, and the sodas don’t hydrate you one.

[Sam Marx @smarxalot]

Can we call it a tax overheist? Overhaul doesn’t have quite the right ring to it.

[Last One Out, Please Get the Lights @jurph]

Watch Patreon's mishandled roll-out cost them a few million bucks - and possibly tank the company long-term - due to a single poorly workshopped persuasive essay.

Now remove the condescending phrase "soft skills" from your professional vocabulary forever.

[Erik DeBill @edebill]

You’d never guess she peed on the bed earlier.

[Kris Jenkins (@[email protected]) @krisajenkins]

The idea that you can’t be a great software engineer without a CS degree is nonsense.

The idea that there’s no value in spending three years studying the fundamentals of our field is also nonsense.

[Erik DeBill @edebill]

Fucker made a break for it and I had to chase him.