Roger Lipscombe

Software Engineer at Happening (the tech powering Superbet). Formerly @twilio IoT.
@[email protected]

[Roger Lipscombe @rogerlipscombe]

So, this Mastodon thing. I'm @[email protected]; let's see how that works out.

[Roger Lipscombe @rogerlipscombe]

@bitfield Oh, and while the debugger can't *fix* the problem, it can certainly *help*.

[Roger Lipscombe @rogerlipscombe]

@bitfield Your original statement can be read as "if you use a debugger, you're bad and you should feel bad". It comes across like gatekeeping. The over-the-top reactions are unjustified, however.

[Roger Lipscombe @rogerlipscombe]

Slowly weaning myself off this thing. I've just unfollowed a bunch of accounts that are either on the fediverse or that weren't adding value to my feed.

[Roger Lipscombe @rogerlipscombe]

@hillelogram My answers were hypothetical. My trainer sanitises the kit after we've finished our session (or if one of the other trainers wants to use it, but they tend not to overlap equipment).

[Alan Johnson (@acjay.com) @AlanJay1]

No platform is required to let one user pollute the experience of other users. This is what moderation is about, not whether particular ideas are shareable or not.

[Greg Young @gregyoung]

"You will never make anything useful with that stupid 3d printer"

#ChallengeAccepted

[Roger Lipscombe @rogerlipscombe]

#AdventOfCode #GleamLang

https://t.co/8YaNL9I9Rw

(also Elixir, Rust and GNU awk...)

[Inactive; Bluesky is @hillelwayne(dot)com @hillelogram]

It's December 1st, which means Aprils Cools is just 4 months away! You should all join me in celebrating!

What is April Cools, you ask?

LET ME TELL YOU ABOUT APRIL COOLS 🧵

[Roger Lipscombe @rogerlipscombe]

@mattmight I used just (GNU) awk: https://t.co/2bCjtbu5Kl

[Jessica Kerr @jessitron]

“I used to say: test the happy path first, then fill in the rest gradually.
Now I say the opposite. The happy path, you hit all the time. Test the paths that you don’t see every day.”
@tastapod #yowlondon

#testInProd

[Roger Lipscombe @rogerlipscombe]

The BEAM ecosystem. #YOWLondon

[Cory Doctorow NO LONGER ON TWIT TER @doctorow]

One of the wildest features of the crypto wipeout is that all of these "multi-billion-dollar" firms never bothered with an independent audit, and they all turned out to be lying about their balance sheets. 1/

[François Chollet @fchollet]

Meanwhile, a human can perform the same thing after a few hours (or dozens of hours) of familiarization with a game -- *any* game, including games that have yet to be invented.

And could adapt instantly to a simple rule change.

That's what general intelligence is.

[Roger Lipscombe @rogerlipscombe]

@log1kal Definitely the first one.

[Jessica Kerr @jessitron]

To have more fun in the workplace:

Step 0: Stop prohibiting fun.

Step 1: Look for un-fun things. Get rid of them.

Usually when things aren’t fun, it’s because they aren’t useful.
Usually we’ve been told what to do by someone outside this context.

@holly_cummins #YowLondon

[Jessica Kerr @jessitron]

Gamification is a powerful force.
It will even drive people to do the WRONG thing.

Leave room for play: no purpose, no rules. Yet fortuitous results.

@holly_cummins #YowLondon

[Jessica Kerr @jessitron]

Gamification is superficial - let’s talk about game design, and use that in our teams.

Departing for YOW! London now, to speak on Tuesday
Come if you can

https://t.co/aOh49SiaaQ

[sari azout @sariazout]

people building tech products so often miss the point

the point is to help people live a good life, not an efficient life

the point is resonance, not scale

the point is to deliver comfort, not just convenience

the goal is not technology - the goal is human flourishing

[Roger Lipscombe @rogerlipscombe]

. @tfl please sort out the data feed for the 218 bus. For the last several weeks, it's been completely unreliable. Right now I'm sitting on a bus that doesn't exist, according to the app.

[Roger Lipscombe @rogerlipscombe]

@mark_aldworth @68K My favourite tree is still standing, but we did chop down my second favourite tree recently. We really ought to get around to replacing it.