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Toronto
Joined April 2008
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Any sufficiently bad software update is indistinguishable from a cyberattack…
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Tech debt is like a credit card for your codebase. Easy to get into, hard to get out of #techdebt #coding #development
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Unsubscribe buttons should have a minimum legal size
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Introducing the #PCMoneyAccount. Get 10 points for every $1 of your purchases, everywhere you shop – and no monthly fee. Learn more at pcfinancial.ca
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All modern multi billion dollar Java APM companies depending on ByteBuddy, which is literally made by one guy
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I don't think that people appreciate how different the voice to text experience on a Pixel is from an iPhone. So here is a little head to head example. The Pixel is so responsive it feels like it is reading my mind!
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Congratulations to the SRE who fixed the market's memory leak! Could you please revert the commit though? Thanks.
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Does anyone ever use CAPSLOCK?! CAN WE PLEASE JUST GET RID OF THIS? 🙄
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Somewhere, something went wrong. – at Rheinsberg, Deutschland
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“A common fallacy is to assume authors of incomprehensible code will be able to express themselves clearly in comments.” — Kevlin Henney // @KevlinHenney
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And Stack Overflow said it’s fine blog.toggl.com/world-created…
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a few bash tricks
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GDPR has really highlighted how many websites I've given my email address to over the years. RIP my inbox. #GDPRspam
The first rule of Vim club is you can't quit.
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Someone was recently telling me they were a "Code Ninja". I don't want to work with a Ninja, they leave a bloody mess. I want to work with a "Code Janitor". Comes in the middle of the night, cleans things up, you only know they were there because everything is organized and tidy.
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The city of Houston started an adopt-a-drain program to help drainage. Adopt a drain and name it anything you want. No checks. No rules. What could go wrong? buff.ly/2Fx6GP1
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Professionally, we have an obligation to create the talent we wish we could hire.
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Code Comments.
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