Web & mobile dev. Ruby on Rails, JS, React, Swift, teaching/mentoring. He/him. Black & LGBTQIA lives matter. @unixmonkey@ruby.social

Indianapolis
Joined August 2008
Close family of mine's car was hit by someone fleeing the police, who T-boned them, flipping the car into a ditch, where it burst into flames with everyone inside. They lost their 2 month-old baby & their 3 year-old is now in the hospital with burns over 60% of his body.
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There’s a GoFundMe link at the bottom of the news story, so you know it’s legit, but here it is also: gofundme.com/f/bffdt4-suppor… If you can help, please consider it. They are facing a mountain of bills and a lifetime of hurt.
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Do I have any Ruby friends out there that might be looking for a new opportunity? I’ve been a team of one since the beginning of my company (over 10 years!) but am finally ready to grow. We have two mature Rails apps running the latest versions of Rails and Ruby, and I’ve begun to sprinkle in a bit of Turbo/Hotwire for good measure. I’m looking for an enthusiastic self starter who’s not afraid to roll up their sleeves and ship 🚢 I’ve never ran or been on a dev team before so my biggest ask would be for your patience and guidance to help me make an environment where you can do your best work. You’d be working shoulder to shoulder with me, and you’d ideally get to the point where you’ll have a sense of freedom and ownership over our apps much in the same way that I do. Please DM me if interested!
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Another year on this hellsite. #MyXAnniversary
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🎉 Announcing beginnerbounties.com/ Help new developers get their first paid work and build their resumes to help them land their first Junior developer job!
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Windchill is -27F here, so we brought in a stray cat we trapped, got fixed & have been feeding and flea-treating. This is Ash, who is a sweet boy, and quite happy, though he has resting-sad-eyes. Our other 3 cats are very excited by all the smells and sounds from behind the door.
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Update on Ash, the stray we brought in from the extreme cold. Very well behaved and lots of napping, purring, & scritches. Christmas Churu treat was very well received.
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I've seen a lot of people asking "why does everyone think Twitter is doomed?" As an SRE and sysadmin with 10+ years of industry experience, I wanted to write up a few scenarios that are real threats to the integrity of the bird site over the coming weeks.
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IT HAS COME TO MY ATTENTION THAT SOMEONE CALLED JASON HAS BEEN ENCODING AND DECODING DATA IN OUR APP. PLEASE CHANGE YOUR PASSWORDS
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After the early bricks but before smartphones, there was a stretch where phone design went absolutely catshit bananas (1/?)
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Good news, everyone! Hackies nominations are extended through Sunday, November 6! Let us know who in Indy tech is awesome and deserves to know it! docs.google.com/forms/d/1bZD…
Want to make someone's year? Nominate them for a Hackies award! We are recognizing folks in the Indiana tech community who have grown themselves or the community in 2022 and we want to hear their stories. Nominate everyone with a growth story this year! indyhackers.org/hackies
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new little song: "The Re-Org Rag (I'm My Own VP)"
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14 years on this hell-site, but I’m glad it kept me away from FB. #MyTwitterAnniversary
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#AgileMaxim 1: It is in the doing of the work that we discover the work that we must do. Doing exposes reality.
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If you're a Rubyist who wants to "give back" by offering six 1/2 hour calls to an early (or pre-) career developer you could do worse than sign up to this new thing I made. firstrubyfriend.org
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New blog - "Cassandra Teams" - xp123.com/articles/cassandra… - What happens when you foresee problems but can't fix them?
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Combine the personal touch of a boutique hotel with the powerful tools required to run some of the largest hotel chains in the world. Chexology digitally catalogs your luggage and packages like magic. #hitec vimeo.com/639294557
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Looking for great folks to join our team 😻 – at Fishers, IN
✨ Calling all senior developers ✨ Want to work for a human-friendly company with real work-life balance? Join our global team of experts. 🌎 👉 Apply: sixfeetup.com/careers #pythondeveloper #pythonjobs #devops #hiringtech #hiring #techishiring #EngineeringJobs #techjobs
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