Jake A. Smith

I used to write code, now I support engineering and management teams.

[Jake A. Smith @jakeasmith]

When reporting a bug to an engineer, never ever ever say “it’s broken”. Instead, say “when I did X, I expected Y, but got Z”. Trust me.

[Jake A. Smith @jakeasmith]

@shrtwhitebldguy Who even is this guy?

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@ChristophKhouri Uhh… the prerequisite step might be to create that lottery. Them’s some fancy looking cars though.

[Jake A. Smith @jakeasmith]

@ChristophKhouri @AmazonAlexa Dude, for real. How is this not a thing? Smh.

[Jake A. Smith @jakeasmith]

@jperras @jwage Whoa. This is a great tip!

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@eaxford HA. Well, that's a trip. Something something don't believe everything on the internet, I suppose.

[Jake A. Smith @jakeasmith]

@jaredshane @karijobe Oh man. I don't remember this specific event but the whole idea of it took me straight back to 2006. Those were times.

[Jake A. Smith @jakeasmith]

Sometimes, if I’m not on call, I uninstall Slack AND email on the weekend. I am really bad about reflexively checking opening these apps for no real reason.

[Logan Bailey @baileylo]

@ieatkillerbees @slack @jakeasmith always uninstalls his during vacation.

[Jake A. Smith @jakeasmith]

@grmpyprogrammer @ramsey @JoePFerguson HA. I’ve been called many things but this one... this might be a first.

[Jonathan H. Wage @jwage]

Choose the right tool for the team. Too often ppl choose what they think is the right tool for the job without thinking about the team and the tech strategy. You end up with too many different technologies you have to support and maintain and it causes maintenance problems.

[Jake A. Smith @jakeasmith]

@ramsey @grmpyprogrammer @JoePFerguson Oh geez. Haven’t signed into my Twitter account in months and this is the first thing I see 😂😂

[Jake A. Smith @jakeasmith]

@tacobell Ha. Yes!! Make it happen!

[Alex Poythress @apoythress]

@tacobell Are you going to give this dude free tacos for life or what? https://t.co/5N7HbSmMkp

[Logan Bailey @baileylo]

Remember, your git history will outlast your move from BitBucket to GitHub to GitLab. It will outlast your move from Campfire to HipChat to Slack. It will outlast your move from Bugzilla to Redmine to Jira. It is the single best place for explaining why your code does anything.

[Jake A. Smith @jakeasmith]

@JoePFerguson @baileylo @davidstanley01 Yes.

[Jake A. Smith @jakeasmith]

@JoePFerguson HOLY SHIT. You finished those?

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@JoePFerguson @gonedark I love that you keep pointing people to that lol. Bump is unquestionably more useful though https://t.co/v9RPNR9vUu

[Jake A. Smith @jakeasmith]

@ieatkillerbees *YOU’RE

[Jake A. Smith @jakeasmith]

I am overwhelmed with gratitude by the support of the PHP Community today. Thank you for thinking of my family and I as we mourn the loss of my father. We're truly grateful to be surrounded by such a great group of people.

[Jake A. Smith @jakeasmith]

My father is missing in Renton, Washington. More details at https://t.co/SlWdz6pXDT. Please share with any groups that may be able to help locate him.

[Jake A. Smith @jakeasmith]

#TooReal