Dave PD

Open sourcerer, Developer, Drupalist, SysAdmin, and CTO of Coldfront Labs Inc.

[Rachelle Pascoe-Deslauriers, PhD @rpascoedes]

Wow, what kind reflections on a really powerful day at @MountAllison with @equiteNBequity and @MtA_RonJoyce. Collaboration and community building is how we find meaningful approaches to wicked problems! #CareNB #SoinsNB

[John Teasdale @beaglerush]

uh oh

[Jen Gentleman 🌺 @JenMsft]

don't touch that, it's my emotional support box of obsolete cables

[Dave PD @spotzero]

@mslyrette

[Dave PD @spotzero]

@mslyrette It's worth noting that the writing they were referring to was a technical proposal.

[Dave PD @spotzero]

@eaton I'm not sure if the Canadian version is different, but did you check out the back? That can't be a coincidence...

[Mara @m_ou_se]

🐚 Brace expansion in shells like Bash and Zsh can be very useful to avoid repeating yourself. ✨

For example, if you want to do:

$ mv some_long_file_name.txt some_long_file_name.rs

You can write this instead:

$ mv some_long_file_name.{txt,rs}

Here's some ways to use braces:

[taylor desseyn @tdesseyn]

i would write your side projects as actual jobs with dates etc.

especially if you are junior in your career

[Dave PD @spotzero]

@fasterthanlime The windows install instructions for that crate are *chef's kiss*

[ReductRs @reduct_rs]

Narcissist? This Child Process is Obsessed With How Their Parent Process' Termination Will Affect Them

[Devon ☀️ @devonzuegel]

Why do we call them "open source developers" when we could call them "open sourcerers"???

[Ian Brown @igb]

6yo: "Hey Dad, can we do something?"

Me: "Sure, in a minute."

6yo: "ALEXA! SET A TIMER FOR ONE MINUTE!!!"

[Josef Prusa @josefprusa]

We were the example here how to deal with the first wave. We blew it big time for the second, probably because of the prevention paradox. We now too have protests against masks 🤦‍♂️ saying it reduces PPL freedom. I call this BS, everyone’s freedom ends, where someone elses start 🙏

[Dave PD @spotzero]

@ChrisMillward I highly recommend Rust. Even if you don't consider the language itself, it has the best developer experience I've used in a language. It has a universal coding standard, and the package manager and code formatter come with the compiler.

[Naomi Wu 机械妖姬 @RealSexyCyborg]

If you call me "sweetie" or "dear" I get to call you "sport" "buster" or "tiger". Sorry, I don't make the rules, that's just how it is😁

[ReductRs @reduct_rs]

How to Let Go of Old Abandoned Side Projects and Make Room for New Ones