There is some confusion about my meaning, so let me write yet another thread expanding on it that most people replying won't see.

I don't just mean in the sense of 'it's an indie game, fuck it, if it works, ship it'.

I mean in the sense that this is stylistically correct. (1/n)

Alexander You can tell a person is smarter than you by observing that they continuously make poor choices that nevertheless work out in their favor by what appears to be luck.

[blog] Naming Functions: When Intent and Implementation Differ

chrisoldwood.blogspot.com/2024/04/naming…

A textbook case of using the implementation to drive the name instead of what the caller is trying to achieve.

Devs talk about learning from their mistakes, but what do they experience as having been mistakes? That depends on the environment they were in & their personality.

Run your own core loop.

It’s amazing how much complexity - in code and life - comes from being reactive to events vs being in control of your own loop.

Yes, but as a little thought experiment, consider many other things that would, if all destroyed, also not come back the same but - you would hope - be replaced by similarly good things, e.g. writing, theatre, music, painting, architecture and so on.

Spider just crawled in to my macbook air vent.

What do.

Rouge guide to economic life:

A) make valuable, scarce resources less scarce, 0->1 or 1->N

B) don’t totally sell out to existing capital, especially not before you start

C) don’t support people who will stop you doing A & B

That’s the motor, you decide where to drive.

Too much of the environmentalist movement has morphed into a human extinctionist movement

Shostakovich

yes, the problem is surely the lack of auto imports

Elon Musk Engineering ▒H▒Y▒P▒E▒R▒M▒E▒D▒I▒A▒I▒N▒B▒I▒O▒

you already diagnosed your own problems

stop waiting around for other people to tell you what you're supposed to be doing

stop waiting around

I can fake enough. I can fake a lot.

But I’ve noticed there’s one thing in particular I can’t fake: Motivation.

And in the end, at least for me, it all comes down to motivation. I may have the talent, I may know the tricks, I may be able to go through the motions.

But if I

Jacob Rintamaki Some conversations should be had on a park bench, both looking at the trees and passers by. Some conversations should had walking, both having to make a little effort & moving through the world. Some should be had driving, where one participant is forced to be doing something

Authentication on the web is an absolute dumpster fire. Honestly I'm shocked how bad it is. Vast amounts of effort go in to making things secure, but they leave gaping holes, then patch that up with layers of complexity over and over and over...

Oh that's me. Sorry about that but they pay pretty well wygd