James Wood

panic: runtime error: invalid memory address or nil pointer dereference

[Kyle Mistele 🏴‍☠️ @0xblacklight]

The plan? We announce we rewrote typescript in rust and it’s 400% faster, but we don’t actually implement a type checker and we don’t maintain it

[crytra ♁ @crytradev]

we are reaching unprecedented levels of apathy and disrespect for learning hard things and towards people who have invested their time into becoming proficient at a technical skill

[Gabriel Dechichi @gdechichi]

the craziest part is that I've for real met many "software engineers" who would openly say they didn't understand pointers or were afraid of them.

for me this was one of the main tells that the profession was going downhill

[James Wood @NilPtrDeref]

@janetacarr I think my wife is tired of hearing me say this 😬 unfortunately it’s become a daily occurrence.

[LaurieWired @lauriewired]

Insulin Pumps
Pacemakers
Airbag Deployment
Smoke Alarms
Elevators
Anti Lock Brakes
Lithium Battery Controller
Safety Critical Aircraft Code
Pressure Cookers
Power Steering
Treadmill Saftey
CPAP Machines
Defibrillators
3D Printers
Railroad Crossings
Nuclear Reactor SCRAM Logic
Literally anything PLC

gotta disagree on this take. tiny code often the most important

[Janet A. Carr @janetacarr]

Follow me if you still love typing code

[Тsфdiиg @tsoding]

Honestly after this tweet I just can't unsee it now. It explains so much about the target audience of this marketing.

[Casey Muratori @cmuratori]

100% yes! Thank you @lauriewired.

[Ray @raysan5]

I think C/C++ is more relevant today than ever. I expect a close future of new hardware explosion... and it will be coded in C/C++.

In the meantime, I do my part at University and with raylib.

[terminally onλine εngineer @tekbog]

>I do not agree that my messaging has been disproportionately negative

are you kidding me?

[Lane || Boot.dev @wagslane]

Its staggering how many more features you can ship if you're okay with them being useless

[Mario Zechner @badlogicgames]

recommended reading.

https://t.co/igyB7oofie

[Lane || Boot.dev @wagslane]

It's kinda sad how we much celebrate "code that actually works" these days

expectations are so low from our profession

[James Wood @NilPtrDeref]

@forgebitz Honestly, software should be gatekept harder 🤷🏻‍♂️

[zakk @hexednobility]

Excellent software takes time.

It requires smart people to care deeply about the product and to obsess over the details. To debate passionately about the details big and small. To spend time deeply thinking.

Nothing about this has changed.

[Dmitriy Kovalenko @neogoose_btw]

Finally the first article of this type that actually makes sense.

[James Wood @NilPtrDeref]

@typecraft_dev I’d be more impressed if you stored relational data in a video 🤔

[Naeem Malik @tiredkebab]

To be clear:

> I’m not anti-AI (LLMs)

> I’m anti-enshittification-of-software-by-ignorant-unconscious-tokenmaxxers

[LaurieWired @lauriewired]

@simonw the difference is when I handwrite code I have respect for future developers.

completing "task" != nice, maintainable API design

big, big difference in a lib that people love to use years down the road vs "eh the generated unit test says it works idk"