Jack Slingerland

Director of Engineering @ SpotOn, dedicated husband, father, travel enthusiast, and founder of and

[Jack Slingerland @jackslingerland]

Years ago when I first started @kernl_, I received an email from Matt Mullenweg about his displeasure with the whole project. Why? Because it didn't align with his world views on open source and the #WordPress ecosystem as a whole.
Needless to say, I'm not surprised by this drama

[Jack Slingerland @jackslingerland]

@editingemily Ankle socks ftw. I don't do all those calf raises for nothing 😂

[Jack Slingerland @jackslingerland]

@ashleymayer Had mine for several weeks. The doctor prescribed a steroid which cleared it up in about a week.

[Jack Slingerland @jackslingerland]

@KassandraSanch Network-wide ad/malware/malicious site blocking tool! https://t.co/0cKUZZgVD6

[Patrick McKenzie @patio11]

The entire finance industry will repeat this quote for a thousand years as an example of Things To Not Put In Writing during employee training.

[Microsoft @Microsoft]

In honor of @MarvelStudios’ #GotGVol3 we’re giving away this never opened Microsoft Zune. We have no idea if it works. Like and RT for a chance to win! US 18+. Ends 5/17/23. Rules: https://t.co/Mdr2C4z9aY. #ZuneSweepstakes

[Aleksandr Volodarsky @volodarik]

Sunday read.

This is hilarious. Engineers are competing who creates the worst UI on Reddit.

I think the winners are:

1/ Enter your phone number

[Jack Slingerland @jackslingerland]

@craig_labenz You’re killing man! Keep it up.

[Andrew Schmelyun @aschmelyun]

what do you think

[Web Design Museum @WebDesignMuseum]

Happy 20th Birthday CSS Zen Garden!

In May 2003 the Canadian web designer Dave Shea launched a community gallery of websites called CSS Zen Garden.

https://t.co/csCyd2RSRQ

#ZenGarden #WebDesignHistory

[Jack Slingerland @jackslingerland]

Converting a Node.js codebase (@kernl_ ) that is old enough to be littered with callbacks to use async/await is sooooo tedious. This is where I really wish I could trust something like ChatGPT to do the work for me.

[Jack Slingerland @jackslingerland]

*Insert "old man yells at clouds" meme*

[Jack Slingerland @jackslingerland]

I still feel a bit bad about being part of SPA movement back in early 2010s. In hindsight, SPA ✨all the things✨ was a huge mistake. Some application are great candidates for SPAs, but most are better off as server rendered with JS sprinkled in here and there.

[Jack Slingerland @jackslingerland]

I've been playing around with @OpenAI's API and created a tool to help my wife, a pre-school teacher, create her lesson plans every week. While not perfect she said its great for helping her generate ideas, which feels like a huge success to me :)

https://t.co/cXKWeh30pz

[Jack Slingerland @jackslingerland]

I just used @OpenAI #ChatGPT to "rubber duck" my way to a really useful SQL query using window functions and averages. Originally I started at Stack Overflow, but my I couldn't find what I was looking for. Within 5 or 6 prompts I had exactly what I needed from ChatGPT 🤯🤯🤯

[Jack Slingerland @jackslingerland]

Did he really just use his car to grind a concrete divider?
🤯🤯🤯🤯 @TheHoonigans
https://t.co/A2atwnHRVU

[Terrible Maps @TerribleMaps]

You can sail in a straight line from England to France

[Jack Slingerland @jackslingerland]

I tried. #linux

[Jack Slingerland @jackslingerland]

I've been playing around with #fortran for the past few days and honestly it's the most fun I've had programming in a long time. Am I ok? Should I get my head looked at?

[John W. Rich (Wealthy) @Cokedupoptions]

The global housing market explained