(webdev Tory) @worldsendless@qoto.org

Code is a liability, though I love it. The poetry of code is in its scarcity.
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RT @searls
Spent time this week validating it was safe to delete a bunch of reporting code that (1) worked, (2) was correct, (3) I spent a lot of time creating, and (4) I was personally proud of. Nobody was really using them.

Why delete them? Because code is a liability and not an asset.
https://twitter.com/searls/status/1516806149940686856

A big "amen"
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RT @AliciaRaeburn
A remote work benefit I love the most is the lazy morning. I don’t set an alarm. I don’t fight with crowds or traffic.

I walk my dog and roll into the day. Why in the world would this be seen as negative?

Like, am I lazy or do you just hate yourself?
https://twitter.com/AliciaRaeburn/status/1516771481895776261

Check out this Meetup: Clojure Web Development Evolved (by Dmitri Sotnikov & Nik Peric) https://www.meetup.com/London-Clojurians/events/283500451 #Meetup via @Meetup

I would like to use git to back-up, vc, and sync everything crucial on my text-based system, but some content, most notably my passwords file, are gpg encypted. This breaks git because reviewing changes essentially produces comparisons of gibberish. Does anyone know a solution for syncing/VC of encrypted data, which won't be only passwords?

https://www.jamesshore.com/v2/blog/2005/microsoft-gets-tdd-completely-wrong Nice old article on Microsoft getting TDD wrong in ways that many others have mistaken, too. Essentially, they suggested "waterfall-style TDD" which is a contradiction of terms. #TDD is meant to be fast and iterative. It is an absolute joy in #Clojure Cider (and presumably other toolings and languages), where you re-run the failing test with every re-evaluation, watching for that joyful green light to say that now you've passed. https://www.jamesshore.com/v2/blog/2005/microsoft-gets-tdd-completely-wrong

Check out this Meetup: The Secret Art of Storytelling in Programming (by Yehonathan Sharvit) https://www.meetup.com/London-Clojurians/events/285388305 #Meetup via @Meetup

Why does #Git have a detached head state? This seems like nothing but a "gotcha" to make you frantically search for lost code when you thought you were working on someone else's branch.

EXWM on Linux. I sold Linux stability in exchange for power, and made myself vulnerable to things like this.

Ugh. It's Friday. I simultaneously have the lack of wisdom so entertained a vain hope that upgrading that crucial thing won't destroy my system, and lack of energy to debug why my system wouldn't start. Now I type knowing that if I reboot right now, my system won't come up.

Some headway: here we are with an emacs-style of implementation, using #clojure for the hiccup and emacs as a battering ram for repetitive work.