Jonathan Geddes

[Jonathan Geddes @j_gds]

@iammerrick @jordansjones Destructors have historically worked poorly with GC. I'm not even sure if deterministic destructors are possible with GC, unless you count rust ownership as compile-time GC (I don't, but I've heard it described as such).

[Jonathan Geddes @j_gds]

@shmish111 @krisajenkins Where can I learn more about the state of Haskell wasm? Sounds amazing.

[Laurie Voss @seldo]

A rich GitHub profile is like a college degree:
∙ It's a positive signal, one of dozens possible
∙ Not everybody has the time and resources to get one
∙ Having one does not necessarily mean you're good at your job
∙ Ignoring one would be silly
∙ Requiring one would be silly

[Venkatesh Rao ☀️ @vgr]

Squeakiest wheel effect: loudest complainer rather than most-hurting person gets helped

Similar effect in insight: of the people who get an insight, the one most surprised by it will make the biggest deal about it, claiming great personal originality, and will get credit for it.

[Jonathan Geddes @j_gds]

@NickSRandall @geddski @raedius This is as close as I've gotten

[Merrick Christensen @iammerrick]

Loved this episode... If you measure people exclusively on their outcomes and not their "swing". You will incentivize your team to shy away from hard problems and the most valuable pursuits (w/necessary risks) will remain unattended to. https://t.co/V5v7AI2XfS

[Jonathan Geddes @j_gds]

@iammerrick Sometimes it's a linear old-to-new direction of influence, but other times it's a non-linear network of influence. I recently added live reload to a C++/opengl project because the web workflow had spoiled me!

[Jonathan Geddes @j_gds]

Looks awesome. I would rather see some of this functionality contributed back to postgres for a smooth transition story. Maybe it's too extreme/different, though? https://t.co/dGgiiq4PW1

[Nick Randall @NickSRandall]

This project is very intriguing. I will be really excited if they can pull off what they have outlined here. https://t.co/4wUEBCLx9z

[John D. Cook @JohnDCook]

"Leadership is about disappointing your own people at a rate they can absorb." -- Marty Linsky

Sobering, but that's part of it.

[Jonathan Geddes @j_gds]

@iammerrick I'd say once you understand the complexity, the path to "beautifully boring" *is* tools, abstractions, and paradigms (ideas). The problem is going overboard with each when "beautifully boring" is already available for your scenario.

[Programming Wisdom @CodeWisdom]

"There are two ways of constructing a software design. One way is to make it so simple that there are obviously no deficiencies. And the other way is to make it so complicated that there are no obvious deficiencies." - C.A.R Hoare

[Alexis King @lexi_lambda]

Hot take: getting the most significant benefits of static type systems requires a meaningfully different mental model of program construction, and gradual/optional type systems make static types *feel* terrible because they, by design, don’t demand or encourage that mental shift.

[LunarFox DAO @lunarfoxdao]

Good point

[Jonathan Geddes @j_gds]

@david_welch So this is what it feels like you want to punch @david_welch... Ok I'm over it. You *really* got me. :)

[Jonathan Geddes @j_gds]

...said one part of my brain to the other. https://t.co/xtZ3AP5KMS

[Everyday Mindfulness @MindfulEveryday]

Maybe it would be easier if we could put this down... ~ @theawkwardyeti
#mindfulness

[Merrick Christensen @iammerrick]

Woah! @j_gds tests-as-automaton answer to the question, "why is writing tests important for some developers and not others" is down right wisdom. Highly recommend reading his answer to the question. Pure gold. https://t.co/iC7ViOfq6p

[Venkatesh Rao ☀️ @vgr]

Theory: restlessness is triggered by being afforded a taste of a freedom that you don't yet possess but plausibly could

[Dave Geddes @geddski]

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[Jonathan Geddes @j_gds]

What would you call a false-dichotomy in continuous space? I want to say nonlinearity, but that doesn't seem to fully capture the idea.

[Jonathan Geddes @j_gds]

@keyboardio I thought I chose blank... Am I remembering incorrectly? Anyway... Any idea on price for those?