CTO, SchellingPoint LLC; Dog Rescuer; Golden Retriever Dad; W7TJC; ...not so bad after you get to know me...
Port Orchard, WA
Joined May 2008
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What’s something you were taught & never forgot? I’ll start.
On ICU rounds one day a family was screaming after their loved one died.
My attending looked at us all & said, “Understand that for you it’s Thursday. For them it’s the worst day of their life.”
I never forgot that.
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The biggest surprise, and the ensuing doubts, arise when a piece of code seems to work on the first write.
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Here's a collection of thoughts I had about how you should think about your projects as a process of continually removing uncertainty, rather than the process of just getting them built.
theengineeringmanager.substa…
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The Rails Foundation kicks off with one million dollars from @cookpad, @doximity, @fleetio, @github, @intercom, @procoretech, @Shopify, and @37signals to improve the documentation, education, marketing, and events in our ecosystem 🎉 rubyonrails.org/2022/11/14/t…
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The McNamara Fallacy (as coined by Yankelovich):
Step 1: Measure what can be easily measured
Step 2: Disregard that which cannot be measured easily
Step 3: Presume that which cannot be measured easily isn’t important
Step 4: Say that which can’t be easily measured doesn’t exist
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A friend's pottery clay has a warning about testing before pushing to production.
ALT A photo of a box that includes the all-caps text "It is necessary that you test-fire this product before using it in production".
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I just completed an important space history video restoration project, there's an often shared video showing a Mac Portable ejecting a floppy disk in zero G, but it's painfully low quality, so I found a better source and cleaned it up.
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💯 A professional cook doesn't ask for permission to clean their tools, before moving on to the next dish.
Refactoring is the same.
We should not ask permission to do a professional job!!
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Run in opposite directions to see who your dog loves more.. 😅 xitter.cf/buitengebieden/status/…
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Once in a blue screen, I see a bumper sticker that literally makes me laugh out loud. This is one of them.
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Honey badgers are rather astonishing problem solving Houdinis. Wildlife conservationist Brian Jones explains as clever Stoffel works diligently to escape any space he’s kept in at the Moholoholo Wildlife Rehabilitation Centre in South Africa [video: buff.ly/30F5NhI]
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«Le Petit Chef» restaurants playfully guide diners through an interactive experience where the story behind each course is brought to life through cutting edge projection-mapping created by the world-famous artists of Skullmapping lepetitchef.com/
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You heard him 🔊
The animals need you, and so do we. Register now for Pet Rescue Day! 🐶🐱
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@aeattletimes anyone know how to cancel you account? They seem to make it difficult for customers == subscribers
tjchambers retweeted
The best software engineer I've ever worked with wasn't the best coder on the team.
But they were exceptional at:
🔹 Unambiguous communication
🔹 Simplifying; reducing complexity
🔹 Making the right tradeoffs
🔹 Building consensus
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I’ve teamed up with Safeway for the Man of the Year Challenge!
In 24hrs 1 person who retweets this will be selected to choose a hunger relief org in the state of Washington that will receive a $16,000 grant from Safeway!
#WPMOYChallenge Lockett
#WPMOYChallenge Lockett