Greg Hellings

Down with the web. Thicc clients for everyone. Automate everything until you have no job left.

[Greg Hellings @greghellings]

Hey @AmericanAir , why are there five hundred people at the check in counter with zero staff members at Anchorage airport? No one to check us in or accept checked bags. Been an hour, now.

[Greg Hellings @greghellings]

@kmelkhat When do I get a chance to chill away from everyone and recuperate. This email is an introvert's nightmare scenario. Hard pass.

[Greg Hellings @greghellings]

@petecodes @bobmagicii This is your philosophy, no?

[Greg Hellings @greghellings]

@bobmagicii Ooo, interesting. Wonder if it's like in Java or Go where your app can be long running, and have background processes by itself

[Greg Hellings @greghellings]

@bobmagicii How does that work in PHP? Does the httpd plugin maintain the connection pool?

[Greg Hellings @greghellings]

@bobmagicii That's why connection pools are so popular, no?

[Greg Hellings @greghellings]

@briankrebs @elonmusk If that's the action plan, what's the goal? What purpose does that accomplish?

[Greg Hellings @greghellings]

@bobmagicii Oh, I see the tag. I meant the Star Trek still

[Greg Hellings @greghellings]

@bobmagicii Try convincing a filthy casual that this is an actual screen shot and hasn't been altered. 😂😂

[Greg Hellings @greghellings]

@engineering_bae This is me, in my circle of friends. Every time I'm like, "Oh, where have I seen her?" My wife will then list off popular roles the actor has been in and I'll be like, "No, no, no..."

"Oh yeah, she was an extra in that one episode of Star Trek:TNG!"

[Greg Hellings @greghellings]

@dbbwriterdude @Konola4Colorado @Strandjunker Maybe. So perhaps selling water for a penny, and allowing people to buy on "store" credit? 🤔

[Greg Hellings @greghellings]

@davidfowl @GergelyOrosz I've never used the stack on the web. I played with it briefly on a desktop app. That's why I ask about the difficulty. I figured it must be possible, but I haven't seen docs or heard people lauding it's ease of use.

[Greg Hellings @greghellings]

@GergelyOrosz You can move fast in C#, but if there isn't an easy and obvious way to get rapid prototyping up lots of founders and startups will veer away from it. Low cost or free scaffolding is going to win that battle 90% of the time.

[Greg Hellings @greghellings]

@GergelyOrosz How easy is it to get .Net web services up and running outside of Windows/IIS? C# is one of the better languages I've dabbled in, being everything Java should have been, but I would bet it's more of a "move fast" decision that leads to other backend language choices.

[Greg Hellings @greghellings]

@GergelyOrosz Everyone on any Google property that doesn't have "Ad..." anywhere in its name has learned better than to trust it won't disappear.

[Greg Hellings @greghellings]

@GergelyOrosz This goes for not only mobile but other areas as well. "Oh, you have database, infrastructure, and backend experience but no browser experience. We want someone with all of it."

[Greg Hellings @greghellings]

@bobmagicii As a fan of WAC, I enjoyed it.

[Greg Hellings @greghellings]

Been happily using @AngelSoft tp for years, but this last roll I got IS PRE-USED?!?! WTF?!

[Greg Hellings @greghellings]

@FwardPhoenix @engineering_bae That's what I said the past three times, and still consistently fail to value myself appropriately, I guess. 😂

[Greg Hellings @greghellings]

@FwardPhoenix @engineering_bae My negotiations have always been the company countering my initial request with a higher offer than I had even considered possible. So I tend to shy away from negotiating any further.

Last time their offer was $10k base higher and 500% of the sign on bonus I had requested. 🤦‍♂️