Simon McManus

Simon McManus - Web Enthusiast- Cat owner - Gardener - see @smm_links or for my links

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You can find me over on bluesky:

https://t.co/qn3S3pvRKi

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@philhawksworth It's similar, but makes it much easier to keep the html in html files and just compose it all with js.

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@philhawksworth https://t.co/0PDw6DEb2k

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@philhawksworth That's the sort of thing I built sizlate for:

https://t.co/Q1dUnSIs7c

Will try to post an example later on.

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@psd Love this Paul. No doubt you will be great in the new role. Hope you are well.

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Wrote a piece about our experience with Hypothesis Driven Development at Trainline: https://t.co/cwY2MtLb3R

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@jackmcconnell https://t.co/yTMJ8oVc8H

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Went to a ploughing competition. Entered into the straight furrow competition. My entry was described as wonky! (It was)😂😞

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moved the blog over to @eleven_ty and made a little wrapper to support layouts using Sizlate:
https://t.co/WAdg5IYYK2

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@LucaColonnello Always be refactoring. 👌

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Magnolia tree is looking 👌

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This looks interesting. A slightly different approach to sizlate but I suspect it will work nicely. Nice to see more libs using standard html with css syntax for templating.

[Matthew Phillips @matthewcp]

Announcing Corset, a new approach to declarative DOM binding! https://t.co/21lbrF7BMc

Corset is an alternative to frameworks like React and Vue. Instead of JSX/templates, you use a CSS-like DSL to bind to the DOM that already exists.

This difference has profound implications 👇🏼

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The full post is available at https://t.co/OikSg6tx1k, what are your engineering principles? Did I miss any?

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Over the last year, I've been referring to my engineering principles quite regularly. I thought it would be worth writing them down my top 10:

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Continuous improvement
As engineers, we never stop learning, which means there is always room for improvement. Actively seek it out and challenging assumptions around the status quo. It's vital that engineers feel empowered to bring about change.

https://t.co/lWSeoiDFSe

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Integrate continuously
To operate at scale, it's often necessary to separate concerns and have clear boundaries so people work independently. The risk is the pieces built-in isolation won't work in unison...

https://t.co/QR4unPEYJ8

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Last responsible moment
On big projects, it's often tempting to do some work up front to figure out the best solution. In reality, it's better done as close to the actual work to ensure the solutions are relevant.
https://t.co/1QS2B6fXb2

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Embrace the unknown
By Acknowledging what we don't know, we remove assumptions from the process. We can then dedicate time to understanding and solving those problems in isolation.
https://t.co/AZMUTItGSS

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Remove assumptions
The best way to remove assumptions is to break a task down into smaller delivery units and make sure you have clear acceptance criteria for them. Keep breaking it down till there are no assumptions of concern.
https://t.co/fHdvbba6Q3

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Justify complexity
t's not always possible to avoid complexity entirely. We can minimise it by insisting any complexity introduced has to demonstrate it will add more user/business value, keeping unnecessary tech/requirements away from your code. 

https://t.co/GyiFfLnwVK

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Tight Feedback Loops
Work closely with designers, optimise for tight feedback loops and short iteration cycles. The sooner you can get real users testing your solutions, the better.

https://t.co/tdHKuBy0zK