Steve Taylor Witte

Software engineer working on the web in Ruby, JS, PHP, and more. I post about programming, tech, and sometimes audio engineering/music stuff.

[Steve Taylor Witte @stephentwitte]

@villou One of my favorite! Enjoy!

[Steve Taylor Witte @stephentwitte]

It's great to see the Rails team embracing Docker. This makes it so much easier to get started for new developers and those wanting to give Ruby on Rails a try.
#programming #ruby

https://t.co/iMVFm8UIFo

[Steve Taylor Witte @stephentwitte]

3. Make system keys work with
`--capture-system-keys`

[Steve Taylor Witte @stephentwitte]

Been working on setup scripts for new dev machines and https://t.co/dwI8lUtdmR has been an incredible tool. The ability to spin up a brand-new virtual machine in seconds has been so valuable.

[Steve Taylor Witte @stephentwitte]

2. Share network access, required for the internet, with
`--net-bridged=en0`

[🔎Julia Evans🔍 @b0rk]

popular git config options https://t.co/PJO7TdyhOt

[Steve Taylor Witte @stephentwitte]

@robbyrussell La Femme, L'Impératrice both amazing French acts that deserve more attention

[Lucas da Costa @thewizardlucas]

Most juniors spend too much time studying technical topics but barely know the main soft skills an engineer must have

Here are my top five tips for behaving as a senior engineer (so you can become one) 💥

➡️ Pay attention to n. 4

[Steve Taylor Witte @stephentwitte]

Trying out the new Mutagen file sync in Docker on a M1 Pro and it makes a huge difference when dealing with large code bases. So much faster than using bind mounts, my initial tests show something like 5x performance. It requires a Pro subscription but totally worth it!

[Steve Taylor Witte @stephentwitte]

Great article for the floating point explanation alone, read this if you have ever wondered why floating point arithmetic is so weird...

https://t.co/WpEW4Dxf82

[Darklang @darklang]

We have added a banner to our website, calling for the freedom of Palestine and an end to the war on the people of Gaza. You can read our founder @paulbiggar's statement at https://t.co/hjTIh5tH2a

[Steve Taylor Witte @stephentwitte]

It's getting to the point that most games of this size are released in some version of early access and "finished" around a year later. It hasn't made sense to play games on day one for a while, but now it's year one.

https://t.co/D9rtXY5QmL

[Steve Taylor Witte @stephentwitte]

The latest Remote Ruby episode with Elise Schaefer has opened my eyes to the benefits of state machines in most places. Great episode!

https://t.co/uk1reZkqej

#programming #ruby

[Steve Taylor Witte @stephentwitte]

@marcmaron check out what I just found at the local record store... Can't wait to check it out!

[Steve Taylor Witte @stephentwitte]

Recently been exploring new languages through the lens of a framework. Learning Go while writing a CLI with Charm Bubble Tea and getting up to speed on Node with Astro and Remix has been great, and having a project in mind first has helped to keep me on track.

[Cory House @housecor]

A simple sign that a web app isn't using URLs effectively: Tickets can't merely specify a URL.

Instead, they have to say

🚫 "Click on this tab"
🚫 "Open this toolbar"
🚫 "Expand this accordion"
🚫 "Scroll down to this section"

These things should typically be specified in the URL.

This assures that when a user shares or bookmarks a URL, everyone sees the same thing later.

[Steve Taylor Witte @stephentwitte]

@davidhemphill I bought the latest iPhone SE refurbished with a new battery. Still a great phone, gets all the software updates, and can't beat the size!

[Steve Taylor Witte @stephentwitte]

Every one of these points is so spot on, should be required reading for anyone in the startup world.

https://t.co/kDI7kB9Jqc

[Steve Taylor Witte @stephentwitte]

@ryanflorence To celebrate the release of Bun... "Happiness is a warm bun"