David Blake

Early forties, father of two, run everyday, ride my bike a lot, climb occasionally.

[Mohammad Hussain @MohammadHussain]

Growing up, my Muslim family never celebrated Christmas. This year I am not going home, because pandemic, so my roommates are teaching me how to have my first proper Christmas.

I am approaching this with anthropological precision.

Here are a few observations.

[Programming Wisdom @CodeWisdom]

"Measuring programming progress by lines of code is like measuring aircraft building progress by weight." - Bill Gates

[Randy Shoup @randyshoup]

Agile is no more or less than
* work in small increments
* get feedback
* take engineering seriously

If someone tells you it’s more than this, they are trying to sell you something.

If someone tells you it’s less, they don’t understand agile.

@tastapod at #CraftConf

[Raspberry Pi @Raspberry_Pi]

NASA Johnson Space Center break room problems are different than most...

(from @reddit user Reesh26 https://t.co/qM20Cd1tE3)

[Natural History Museum @NHM_London]

The Museum's ceiling in Hintze Hall is a golden cover for a spectacular natural treasure trove, adorned with 162 illustrated panels showing plants from across the world #PlantAppreciationDay

[Kevlin Henney @KevlinHenney]

"How is this even working?"
"Because it's JavaScript."

[Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan @MayorofLondon]

As of today, Londoners can refill their plastic bottles with free tap water at more than 65 businesses and shops, including @CostaCoffee, @LeonRestaurants and others through our new @RefillLondon scheme to help cut plastic waste. Download the app here https://t.co/Z2ZhIui7rz

[Kevlin Henney @KevlinHenney]

Web developers! Try decoupling, abstraction and encapsulation! Don't depend on everything in the universe! Don't leak implementation details everywhere!

(OK, rant over. We return you to your normal stream of social media...)

[I Am Devloper @iamdevloper]

I feel bad for kids who are currently learning to program by moving shapes and animating dogs as they're gonna be hit with the cold reality of real development which is copy/pasting linux commands and resolving git merge conflicts.

[Kevlin Henney @KevlinHenney]

Define a subset of the system…small enough to bring to an operational state…then build on that subsystem. This strategy requires that the system be designed in modules which can be realized, tested & modified independently.
— E E David
NATO Software Engineering Conference, 1968

[Computing History @computermuseum]

Happy birthday HAL! "I am a HAL 9000 computer. I became operational…in Urbana Illinois on January 12, 1997". How close are we to creating anything similar to sci-fi's most famous computer? @StanleyKubrick #arthurcclarke #supercomputing #ArtificialIntelligence #sciencefiction

[StravaWankers @stravawankers]

I really hope I see more of those “Strava, your year in stats” videos all over social media today.

I love watching them 😕

#stravawankers

[Peter Hilton @PeterHilton]

Startup idea: big posters of code examples that demonstrate good coding style with beautiful typography, to decorate the office.

[Robert Smallshire @robsmallshire]

"Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic"

Arthur C. Clarke on winter tyres.

[David Blake @get_a_run_in]

Had a mechanical whilst out today and was offered help from some of your members @tiptreevelo Thank you.

[Steve Magness @stevemagness]

Before there were tough mudders and obstacle races, there was this thing called Cross-Country...

[David Blake @get_a_run_in]

@Flying_Legends Great day so far @flying_legends

[SkillsMcGill @skillsmcgill]

Oh my god, she's had a jacket made from Humpty Dumpty's pelt! It's like 101 Dalmatians is happening all over again.

[VeryBritishProblems @SoVeryBritish]

"I tried ringing you earlier"

I remember, please don't let it happen again

[Trail Runner @trailrunnermag]

WATCH: The First Person to Run The Australian Alpine Walking Track, 400 Miles in 14 Days.

https://t.co/uWa1FqGEwE