Keith Bennett

Longtime software developer, specializing in Ruby, with European and Asian experience and language expertise.

[Keith Bennett @keithrbennett]

As with AI, Linters like Rubocop should play a servant, not master, role, subject to critical supervision. After a substantial session modifying code to conform to a lint rule, I pushed back and realized the rule was a net negative for the code base.

[Daniel Beauchamp @pushmatrix]

Huh, so that's why text is called a string

[Keith Bennett @keithrbennett]

@BurgerKing Hey Burger King you just lost a sale at CNX airport. Why do you only support large size meals? I wanted a Whopper with small fries and drink but there was no small or even medium available.

[Keith Bennett @keithrbennett]

By the way, the only dropdown values were for Confluence, and when I selected the free text input it claimed that my invoice number was invalid.

[Keith Bennett @keithrbennett]

Hey @loom & @Atlassian, the incompetence is astounding. First, the email address you put on your invoices is unmonitored. Then when I find and complete your help form, *there is no Submit button*!!!

[Keith Bennett @keithrbennett]

Well said ..

[MW4Liberty @MW4Liberty]

America is now undeniably a country where a small group of wealthy, politically connected people, are protected by the law, but not bound to it; and where the rest of us are bound by the law, but not protected by it.

[Senator Mark Kelly @SenMarkKelly]

Pete Hegseth is coming after what I earned through my twenty-five years of military service, in violation of my rights as an American, as a retired veteran, and as a United States Senator whose job is to hold him—and this or any administration—accountable. His unconstitutional crusade against me sends a chilling message to every retired member of the military: if you speak out and say something that the President or Secretary of Defense doesn’t like, you will be censured, threatened with demotion, or even prosecuted.

Every servicemember knows military rank is earned, not given. It's earned through the risks you take, the sacrifices you and your family make, the leadership you display, and the respect you earn from the superiors who recommend you for promotion. From the moment I drove through the gates of Naval Air Station Pensacola, to when I was shot at over Iraq and Kuwait, to when I landed Space Shuttle Endeavour on its last mission, I gave everything I had to this country and I earned my rank of Captain, United States Navy.

Now, Pete Hegseth wants our longest-serving military veterans to live with the constant threat that they could be deprived of their rank and pay years or even decades after they leave the military just because he or another Secretary of Defense doesn’t like what they’ve said. That’s not the way things work in the United States of America, and I won’t stand for it.

In 1986, at just 22 years old, I took an oath to protect and defend the Constitution. I have fulfilled that oath every day since, but I never expected that I would have to defend it against a Secretary of Defense or President. But I’ve never shied away from a fight for our country, and I won’t shy away from this one. Because our freedom of speech, the separation of powers, and due process are not just words on a page, they are bedrock principles of our democracy that has lasted 250 years and will last 250 more as long as patriotic Americans are willing to stand up for our rights.

So today, I filed a lawsuit against the Secretary of Defense because there are few things as important as standing up for the rights of the very Americans who fought to defend our freedoms.

[John O'Connell @jdpoc]

Posting this and waiting for the comments. This should be good.

[Keith Bennett @keithrbennett]

@MaritvanDijk77 @jetbrains When you say "A follow up question can clear this up", it sounds like you are saying that the original message from JetBrains was ok. It was not. It was confusing and contradictory.

I love JetBrains products, but I was hoping they would acknowledge this.

[Keith Bennett @keithrbennett]

.@jetbrains Your recent email message about data sharing is contradictory and could lead users to unwittingly share their data if they don't read the entire message (in which case they would be confused about the contradictory messages). See https://t.co/0Xh3KV1DoR

[Margo @JulesGrit]

@StephenM @samstein

[Keith Bennett @keithrbennett]

Eloquently said.

[Mike Young @micyoung75]

Stephen, let’s take a deep breath. Let’s remember why we signed up for this fight: to defend a republic where power bows to principle, not bully posturing.

You call Portland’s protests a “terrorist assault” on ICE, but let’s step back into reality. What’s happening there is speech, constitutionally protected, born of outrage at family separations and federal overreach. These aren’t death squads in the streets; they’re desperate pleas for a country that honors both security and dignity.

A Trump-appointed judge, Karin Immergut, didn’t cook up an “insurrection.” She applied the law. She recognized that neither the Insurrection Act nor the Posse Comitatus Act allows federal troops to be unleashed at whim. She paused the deployment because she saw that the protests were relatively small, peaceful, and did not justify the use of military force.

That restraint is not judicial overreach. It’s precisely what the Founders baked into the system to prevent the drift toward rule by fear. You trumpet “law and order,” yet your instinct is to summon soldiers instead of fixing broken policy.

If you want to claim legitimacy, shift from grandstanding to results. Let’s accelerate asylum reviews, deploy humane technology at ports of entry, and bolster agents with better training and oversight, without compromising on cruelty. That’s real leadership, not culture war baiting.

And a caution: when you stoke fear, you risk widening cracks between you and the men and women in uniform. Soldiers and agents believe in service, not spectacle. Let’s rebuild those bridges together. Will you help write a better chapter for America, or double down on conflict?

[Keith Bennett @keithrbennett]

@ThaiPod101 I have enjoyed your Thai Word of the Day emails for years, but now that you don't include the word's meaning in the email message they have become far less useful. I hope you will go back to the original format, which was an excellent learning tool.

[Keith Bennett @keithrbennett]

@CebuPacificAir Also, you failed to address at all the other point I originally made, that of the annoying web app bug that has been there for years. I can only assume you do not care about either of these points. Please prove me wrong.

[Keith Bennett @keithrbennett]

.@CebuPacificAir I was booking a flight on your web site, selected Flexi, *de*selected travel insurance, but the premium was still included at checkout. Tried several times. I then booked on the mobile app without that problem. Also, opt-out for it is sneaky and deceptive. Stop!

[Keith Bennett @keithrbennett]

@CebuPacificAir In the past, when I deselected the travel insurance, the fee was not charged on the final page of charges. This time, it was. You're offering to fix this on a case by case basis, but that is not sufficient. It's likely a system problem & others are also affected. Do you care?

[Keith Bennett @keithrbennett]

@CebuPacificAir This is vague. What *exactly* are you asking me to do? Also, please inform me whether or not the other posters using your logo who have replied in this thread do in fact represent your company.

[Keith Bennett @keithrbennett]

@CAVA_Support Can you verify that you represent Cebu Pacific? There seem to be many fake accounts pretending to represent companies.

[Keith Bennett @keithrbennett]

@MarkCebuAir Can you verify that you represent Cebu Pacific? There seem to be many fake accounts pretending to represent companies.

[Keith Bennett @keithrbennett]

@CebuPacificAir I think I've already given sufficient information, but feel free to DM me with specific questions for more info. Until then, I will assume that your previous posts were automated and responses will be pointless. Sorry to be harsh, but pls demonstrate your sincerity with actions.

[Keith Bennett @keithrbennett]

@Schappi I love this!