@phillc
 NJ
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Joined January 2008
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Given a storage that has a schema, given infinite time, someone will propose a way to not have structure within that schema.
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Before this era of LLMs, I would not have expected my bash script creation to sky rocket.
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Caring deeply about reliability, developer experience, and building foolproof systems, Phillip Campbell is joining us to share how Gusto runs Sidekiq at scale with 600 engineers and millions of users. Glad to have you joining RMR, Phillip!
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If @NotionHQ were to acquire @WillowVoiceAI , I think we would have a power house in the personal assistant space.
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Had a domain I’ve been sitting on for years. After a few hours of vibe coding I’ve ended up with twoproblems.dev/

two problems - Programming Jokes Collection

A curated collection of programming jokes and humor for developers

twoproblems.dev
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@thedad22 Sep 2022
The pediatrician’s waiting room is special because it gives your kids a chance to sample all the other viruses currently circulating in the community.
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Have you ever wanted to throw tens of thousands of actual browser sessions at your web application to see how it responds to load? Zach Hammer and @anderparra write about how SeatGeek built its own browser-based load testing platform. chairnerd.seatgeek.com/brows…
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I hate the word stakeholders. To me it really just sounds really hand wavey.
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I put some more thought into why this bothers me. For broad statements, using "stakeholders" makes some sense. 👍 "We need to make sure the products are taking into account all the stakeholders" 👎 "In order to implement this feature we need to talk to the stakeholders"
I'm having a hard time understanding the trash can cleaning business that keeps sending me fliers. I feel as though the trash can is the end of the system.
Didn’t look like Tom Howie of @Bobmosesmusic wanted to be in Philly tonight. Agent is probably fired for making them warm up for the Disco.
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I get suspicious when I hear someone identify themselves as a "leader." More often than not, they're just a manager. Calling yourself "leader" is like calling yourself "king." It's meaningless. Both are attributes, not job descriptions, and they're conferred by others.
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"You've got to play defense, man." -- Wayne Gretzky, on TNT.
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Unicode has a zero-valued fraction in it: ↉ it's for compatibility with… baseball! “In the event that a pitcher is surrendered without getting a single out, the number of innings pitched shall be recorded as ↉ instead of 0.” ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E6%8A…

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Another common question I’m answering working with scaling tech companies is… Q. What’s the worst leadership advice you’ve heard? A. By far the worst is “Hire great people and get out of their way”. Let me explain… 🧵 (1/32)
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alias yarnoops="rm yarn.lock && rm -rf node_modules"
The queues to “It’s a small world” would be a lot shorter if they started playing the music outside.
The Disney Genie Service needs a virtual waiting room instead of a mad rush at 7am.
Sports betting ads during the puppy bowl, seriously???
Agile: • Work small • Talk to each other • Make people’s lives better That’s it. All that other junk is a distraction.
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