Ross Brandes

Developer and all-around nerd. Economist in spirit.

[Ross Brandes @rosston]

Remember folks, we wouldn't even need net neutrality rules if we forced ISPs to compete with each other. https://t.co/MUP92aoOnw

[Ross Brandes @rosston]

@searls If you can find it near you, Lagunitas Hoppy Refresher might scratch that itch. It doesn’t have any of the malty flavor of beer, but it is quite tasty. https://t.co/TpZWEUcrKQ

[Ross Brandes @rosston]

@searls I’m not certain because I think I last had this issue almost 3 years ago, but it looks like I disabled both Bookmarks and History and Siri Suggestions to deal with this issue. YMMV

[Justin Searls @searls]

I think it's time to discuss the efficacy of Pull Request Reviews as a way to ensure code quality and shared understanding on software teams. Here's a little thread on some of the experiences I've had in my career, why I think this matters, and what we can do about it.

[Ross Jones @rossjonesWXYZ]

This interview with a sitting sheriff in Michigan is absolutely wild.

[T. Greg Doucette @greg_doucette]

To simplify following the criminal justice news of the last 36 hours, I posted a set of 10 links to police brutality videos on Facebook

Can't do that here, obvs

So I'm putting them into a thread

[Ross Brandes @rosston]

@jwright Codenames is a blast.

[Ross Brandes @rosston]

@jasonkarns Do you have "Enable Quick Website Search" checked under Safari's Search settings? I just tested successfully with RubyGems and Google Maps.

[Ross Brandes @rosston]

Had some fun in Apple Maps.

[Jeremy Fairbank @elpapapollo]

It's finally here! @programming_elm is officially published and now available in print! Learn how to build safe and maintainable front-end applications with Elm. Pick up your copy today. #elmlang #javascript #functionalprogramming #webdev #programming

https://t.co/kFljU3xJbt

[jill wohlner @JillWohlner]

whats funny about working from home is that you actually feel worse about not 'working' than you do in office. in office you can literally just go get coffee or walk around and find someone to talk to about nothing. at home i often feel weird taking a full hour for lunch.

[Matt Diephouse @mdiep]

We have lots of ways to catch issues:

1. Compiler error
2. Unit test
3. Integration test
4. PR comment
5. Manual QA
6. User feedback

When you find a problem, ask how you can move it up 1 or more levels.

e.g. “How can I turn this PR comment into a compiler error or unit test?”

[Diego Villacís @diegovillacis10]

This can't be more accurate.

[Ross Brandes @rosston]

These are the things I want to know about every technology ever. Hell, every designed thing ever.

[Jen Simmons @jensimmons]

Most websites today. — @gerrymcgovern at @aneventapart #aeasea

[Ross Brandes @rosston]

Lots of dangerous nuance here. 😁 The final sentence stuck with me: "In the end, we call our good decisions ‘clean code’ and our bad decisions ‘technical debt’, despite following the same rules and practices to get there." https://t.co/bW551UC4pg

[Senior Oops Engineer @ReinH]

I am a full stack engineer which means if you give me one more task my stack will overflow

[@[email protected] @kadams54]

Fantastic thread for software engineers; we see Normalization of Deviance all the time. Annoying error messages that have always been part of build log? Yup. Console errors when loading a web page? That too.

[Wes Bos @wesbos]

sorry if you are super offended at this - stopping the assumption that developers are male is the least we can do. Imagine having real problems

[Ross Brandes @rosston]

@ackyshake @tpope Yep! Magit has had it for a long time too. I think it's still nice to have it in fugitive.

[Ross Brandes @rosston]

I haven't seen a video trumpeting the awesome :Gstatus changes that @tpope made in fugitive.vim, so here it is. It's like `git add --patch`, but nicer.