If your company has given you access to AI tools with no instructions, and you're frustrated with "how it keeps producing these weird text files that have hashtags in them." (an actual quote) -- please check out markdownlivepreview.com and try adding "produce output as a Word file" to your prompt
“I must have tea. Without tea, I am merely reconstituted dust.”
So who is it that he’s going to push out?
I cannot retire soon enough.
We can read if we want to
We can leave this world behind
But your friends don’t read
And if they don’t read
They’re no friends of mine
We have six teams all working in eight or more services (each in its own repo), so we flag everything. Yes, it’s a pain, but a necessity
Quick, before Christmas is over - hop over to Netflix. Do not let Jingle Jangle slip by.
I’m annoyed on a regular basis that I’ve misplaced my copy of Phil and Andrew’s book.
Seeing this garbage held out as “good design” because it has large sans serif type is farcical. It’s an insult to designers, it’s an insult to people who build with thought and care, and it’s an insult to your intelligence as a consumer of websites.
I stopped here to see how many "but they don't have to be" comments had been dropped; I'm surprised that there aren't any yet. 🫢
I keep thinking "I should get into Python." I can't seem to find the time or need, but boy do I want to!
Best PR feedback ever!
“It looked perfect It's clean and easy to read and understand” #programming
Bravo!
You may now take the rest of the day off.
“All old people can fly. What do you think we do when you’re not around?” -the Old Dude
The Brothers Jetstream: Leviathan, Z.Z.Claybourne #books
👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼
Since leaving the bird thing, I’ve been slowly building back up the tech circle I left behind, looking for folks here and on threads; today I (re-)found @angiejones.tech 🥳
This is HUGE. Many thanks to Scott and everyone involved!
Autocorrect has become our worst enema.
"Kids these days..." 🙄
Anyway, today will be brought to you by the letters E, L, and O.
ELO, all day long.
youtu.be/M1tW1bKKz_I?...
Hi pocket besties,
Something I don't talk about is my Cyber security background. 👀
Please be careful when you post your specific information online. Many "fun" surveys lead to answers for your security questions online.
There are ppl whose job it is to connect the dots. Don't give them yours.
I need to set aside some time for that.
Grandchildren coming on Thursday for a long weekend, so not likely to happen as soon as I'd like.
I did read the M.S. novel earlier this month, though.
a few decades back I had a friend who worked for the library system. I never knew what books were going to just show up on the on-hold shelf with my name on them; often as the first patron to read them. She knew my tastes in books, and knew I'd write reviews for their newsletter.
Just discovered my version of `dotnet-outdated` didn't support slnx files. I needed to update it to 4.8. Here's the command if you should need to do the same:
dotnet tool update --global dotnet-outdated-tool
or if you haven't installed it:
dotnet tool install -g dotnet-outdated-tool
#dotnet
“I feel like quitting, but I don’t. Runners don’t quit. We fade; we “hit the wall”; we’re sometimes reduced to a walk. But we keep on.” -Amby Burfoot
☝🏻 this. It is *so* hard to step out into the rain, harder than into the cold. Cold rain is neigh upon impossible.
An end to the shutdown is in sight. A senior Dem Senator tells me there will be more than enough Democrats to vote in favor of re-opening the government tonight. They’ll get a promise of a vote on health care — but nothing more. Most of the Democratic leadership will likely vote against it.
“A promise of a vote on healthcare” is nothing
Monsanto House of the Future at Disneyland, circa 1960
Did I see the Monsanto House of the Future in Times Square, or just something very similar? #FantasticFour
More importantly, devs need to be able to read AI-written documents *and* feel empowered to change them.
Yesterday I asked a developer what one of the Acceptance Criteria in his story meant.
“I don’t think it applies, but AI wrote it.” He didn’t even seem to think about questioning or changing it.
I did not turn on any music for an hour and a half while I tortured myself trying to figure it out. Then finally it came to me.
Hold Me Tight, from the Across the Universe soundtrack.
Why that song this morning? I’ll never know.
There is almost always a song in my head. Most days awake with a song in my head. This morning I knew not what it was. I could hum a section, sing but a couple words, but neither my wife, nor I could figure out what it was.
