Wow. I must have not been paying attention to the news enough at the weekend. Catching up and paying attention now. The situation in Gaza looks horrific.
There are 2 million civilians in there. They have no water or energy supplies. Hospitals are about to lose power.
If you’re not paying attention, find a reputable news source and do so.
It’s really nice to have @dvk back on socials and back posting about his work and ideas.
Follow him for good takes on web/software development.
In my opinion at least. If you like my posts you will like his!!
🤔 I’ve always said I’d like to go and study something like philosophy of maths.
But sometimes I think I’d love to study psychology of computer programming.
Is that a thing?
🤔 There was an interesting thing recently where, in a group of developers, the younger/less experienced ones were the ones that liked using Git on the command line. And the older, more-experienced ones shunned the command line for GUIs.
A small data set, for sure. But is there something to learn there?
🙌 This resonates so much with me. It’s nice to see a really clear justification for using boring, well-understood and slow-moving technology.
I really want quote posts. I want to say nice things about things that other people have shared. Is that bad?
I have a bunch of old projects plagued with older build tooling.
Switching to TailwindCSS v3 and esBuild is GOOD!!!!
Good riddance webpack and postcss and all the other stuff we needed.
**ME ON A PODCAST ALERT**
I can't remember how this came about, but it was a privilege to share some of my journey and thoughts with the @coderushpod guys.
I love their podcast because they're two smart, experienced and gentle people sharing what they know just for the love of it.
They put a ton of effort into this. We all hope you enjoy it, learn something and are inspired in some way.
I get that you have to rebrand every now and then. I'm in the “I’ll get used to it" camp.
But really, the use of negative space in the new Nationwide logo is odd. My brain sees the "penguin of doom" more than the house.
(For non-UK folks, this is the recent rebrand of a national organisation who are a member-owned financial organisation)
I use a little MacOS app called rcmd for app switching (no dock, no Cmd-Tabbing, no “interface” – it’s great for screencasting videos!).
But it’s kinda expensive for what it does (I’m sure it was cheaper when I bought it!)
But someone I know has now made a free tool that’s similar.
Check both out if you’re a MacOS keyboard ninja:
https://apps.apple.com/gb/app/rcmd-app-switcher/id1596283165?mt=12
This is GREAT for testing beta’s/RC’s/nightlies…
This is – and can only be – a personal project for me only. But I think it's cool.
Given a local PHP install on MacOS (and probably Linux) this CLI tool will fast-install a disposable #WordPress site.
Uses
– SQLite database
– Symlinked core files for speed
– PHP's built-in web server
Think wp-now, but without Node/npm/Express/WASM
Or like a local version of InstaWP.
💻 So nice to be working on a little greenfield Laravel thing. 😃
😀 A really restful day off today.
Recorded a podcast with some great folks.
Got a flu jab.
Worked on my secret CLI dev tool project.
Watched some YouTube.
Feeling nice and calm.
There's this thing that programmers say about looking back and being ashamed at the code you wrote years ago and realising how far you come.
If you do this, the latter observation is a good one to make: you probably have come far!!
But also: You should look back on past you with more compassion. Past you did good work with the knowledge and experience that you had at the time.
AND… Don't be scared of, or ashamed at the thought of what future you will say. You're doing good today too!
Phew! Just sneaked in a line in #tripBingo right at the end of the show. 😃
@changelog Oh please, PLEASE do another quiz game. I’ve not laughed so hard for a long time.
🤔 Programming: Fun, interesting, creative. Also: pays well.
Community/family: Relentless, exhausting, emotional. Also: pays nothing!!
✏️ I keep finding myself in jobs where I can see a lot of things going on, and I feel a responsibility to make connections.
A quick blog post on how, sometimes, the view from the “Bottom of the Pile” is uniquely broad. And that comes with opportunity, and maybe responsibility too.
https://rosswintle.uk/2023/10/the-view-from-the-bottom-of-the-pile/