Mark J Smith

Principal Developer at @stormUK. I write code and tell jokes. Sometimes they work.

[Storm Consultancy @stormUK]

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[anthony @fascinated]

imagine sleeping at the office to ship this

[Mark J Smith @mark_js]

@samjbrown_ Congratulations mate. Very exciting! All the best going from strength to strength from here on.

[James Shore @[email protected] @jamesshore]

Software teams have two jobs: 1) produce valuable software; 2) increase, or at least sustain, their ability to do #1.
Software development is unique in that ignoring #2 will rapidly destroy #1.

[Mark J Smith @mark_js]

@penelope_zone Does it still involve a micro jack audio cable?

[Mark J Smith @mark_js]

@penelope_zone Hopefully the tech has moved on slightly in the past ten years but that part used to be harder than solving the cube itself 😂

[Malte Ubl @cramforce]

Successfully deployed the only sentence you need to be able to say to be a principal engineer: "What are you actually trying to do?"

[Cassie @Cassiesmyth]

Anxiety tip: Next time you cringe over some embarrassing moment you had years ago try to remember other people's embarrassing moments. You can’t can you? That’s because you’re the only embarrassing human to exist, everyone else is always thinking about how cringey you are.

[Rachael @ChaelCodes]

He wants to brag about Hotwire, and I'm not going to name drop like he did, but he drove the person who ACTUALLY BUILT (most of) IT out of the Rails community, as well as 1/3 of his team at Basecamp.

This isn't politics, this is his influence on the Rails community.

[Ian Dunt @IanDunt]

There should be a name for the feeling of resignation and disappointment you get when someone you find quite charming mentions cryptocurrency.

[Mark J Smith @mark_js]

@susie_dent What is the origin of the terms “spring” and “neap” with regards to tides? Especially neap - does that word have any other uses / meanings? Thanks!

[Philippa Willitts: writer, editor, journo @PhilippaWrites]

So weird that "Downing Street apologised to Buckingham Palace". No people involved. Just a street apologising to a palace.

[Storm Consultancy @stormUK]

We have had a fabulous day planting over 500 trees with @co_forestuk! After two years of waiting, we are so pleased to see this project get its roots in the ground. Thank you so much to the other pledgers and planters for helping it come to life 🌱

[Chelsea Fagan @Chelsea_Fagan]

in some ways this latest COVID wave feels the most depressing, as it's genuinely hard to tell what we're even reaching for anymore. everything feels simultaneously accessible and irresponsible, and you don't feel 100% good about any choice

[Tom [email protected] @SirOpsALot]

I just learned that 1 horse has about 15 horsepower and I'm so mad I can't think straight

[Mark J Smith @mark_js]

@nicalpi @TheCookiesHQ Congratulations, Nic! All the best for the next steps and learning new ways of working together. Very exciting times.

[Mark J Smith @mark_js]

@DaleAnthony @benjaminreid I’m upgrading from a mid-2014 pro to one of these (whenever it arrives in the next couple of weeks). Very excited!