Paul Gross

Principal Software Engineer. Formerly @Rvvup_co, @Ripple, @Braintree/@PayPal, @ThoughtWorks. Mastodon @[email protected]. Bluesky @pgr0ss.bsky.social.

[Paul Gross @pgr0ss]

If you want to continue following me, you can find me here: https://t.co/627AuLmMgH

[Rvvup @Rvvup_co]

What is @rvvup_co, why now, what's our solution, how did the company start, who's the team, our 5 year predictions & more!

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[Paul Gross @pgr0ss]

New blog post:
ULID Identifiers and ULID Tools Website
https://t.co/tJzqJz74YR

[Benjamin Td @_benjamintd]

Isochrones 😍 ! This map shows you how far a 5h train ride will take you, departing from any city in Europe.

https://t.co/6F4dJ80N87

Inspired by Direkt Bahn Guru by @juliustens.

[Paul Gross @pgr0ss]

Simple Command Line Function to Decode JWTs: https://t.co/6zCbcf21L8

[Paul Gross @pgr0ss]

@simonw Here's the Braintree blog post, btw: https://t.co/KeQe6PtCVU

And I think you can do it now with haproxy by setting maxconn to 0: https://t.co/AyKW4P24tB

[Michael Fairley @michaelfairley]

I've been running Deku Deals as a one-man project since 2018. Check out this interview if you want a peek under the hood: https://t.co/kY25GZdwYx

[Brian Guthrie @bguthrie]

So, here's my contrarian take on Why Trunk-Based Development Is Great But Probably Won't Work For You. Buckle up, it's a long one.

[Paul Gross @pgr0ss]

jq might be the most powerful but steepest learning curve tool I've used in a while. You can do anything, but only after studying the docs for 30 minutes. https://t.co/JSka97dXu8

[ElixirStatus @elixirstatus]

Getting Started with Phoenix and Kubernetes https://t.co/jquB9K9BKP /cc @elixirweekly #elixirlang

[Paul Gross @pgr0ss]

Just published a post with @___leigh___ on the new @braintree tech blog https://t.co/QXuEFzbSxw

[Jez ⭐ @jezzamonn]

I'm finally finished with my article: An Interactive Introduction to Fourier Transforms!

⭐️ https://t.co/rf0AM0D7S0 ⭐️

Want to learn about practical uses of Fourier transforms? ✅
How about pointless but cool uses of Fourier transforms? ✅

[Paul Gross @pgr0ss]

@gesa I used "Share draft link" and then I opened that link in a private browser (so I wasn't logged into Medium). Not sure if there's a better way.

[Paul Gross @pgr0ss]

vim-github-url now copies the URL to the clipboard: https://t.co/0AoF2f4WeR

[Paul Gross @pgr0ss]

Great podcast by @AnnieDuke. So much in here to digest, such as
- Using good peer groups to fight your biases
- Analyzing failure vs blaming luck
- Evaluating decisions by their process instead of their result (and how to preserve innovation)

https://t.co/8EXJqMbvF5

[Jumana B @JumzB]

I spoke @DeconstructConf and it was wonderful in so many ways.
You can find my slides: https://t.co/Wfwyd26RUM. Shout out to @pgr0ss whose work I missed citing🤦‍♀️

[Paul Gross @pgr0ss]

I extracted this code to a plugin: https://t.co/PtukfEAoqv

[Dan Manges @dan_manges]

we use a Modular Monolith architecture to build our Rails backend at @joinroot. it's been working exceptionally well for us.

https://t.co/uPN2eqxA3O

[Paul Gross @pgr0ss]

New blog post: Easily go from Vim to a GitHub link with a simple function https://t.co/kuArcGaQNv