David Boike

software engineers adding JavaScript to everything

@sadukie @ScooterPhoenix @ParticularSW Hey! Glad you enjoyed it!

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@AdrianHofman Let’s just all recommend it on LinkedIn and then it can take care of all the recruiter spam too.

An underrated solution to a problem is finding out why you have the problem in the first place and then avoid it. We are way too quick to throw patterns/tooling to problems instead of taking a step back and look at how we got in the situation in the first place.

@SimonCropp I think about stuff like this when releasing a patch release to bump a vulnerable dependency which will only have any benefit for those who update their dependencies.

@MartinDotNet @Indu_alagarsamy ?

It seems there's a missing part in my connections... Awesome women who deliver technical workshops (1-2 days) in Europe. Who does that... I might have some opportunities this year so I'm building a list, bonus points for the Microsoft ecosystem

I get an announcement and push notification if freezer is open >5m. Bathroom fan runs auto based on humidity. Front door autolocks after 10m. Mail arriving is announced. When dishwasher is clean it’s added round-robin to one of the kids’ chore charts. But mostly…it’s fun to do!

@cassidoo Only for the Minnesota State Fair “app” which I contend is one of the finest examples of offline-capable device-capability-supporting cross-platform web-based “app” I’ve ever seen. app.mnstatefair.org/index.html and because seriously cheese curds.

How often have you added a website/app to your home screen on your phone?

LINQPad 8 has a brand-new Excel interop engine. The exporter now emits native .xlsx files, accurately preserving datatypes, and creates Excel tables with AutoFilter. You can even create spreadsheets cell-by-cell, using the simplest-ever inbuilt API! linqpad.net/LINQPad8.aspx

@AdrianHofman Why? Ctrl+K,C and Ctrl+K,U manage this very quickly and easily and show the entire change in a diff. Multi-line requires edits in 2 places.

I have a handful of broken automations because I can’t tell if my garage door is up or down, thanks to Chamberlain blocking the API from my “unauthorized access” to the device I own. @Chamberlain you suck & I will make sure nobody I know ever buys your products again.

@phildub Thanks, glad it was helpful!

@DavidBoike Big thanks for your brilliant multipurpose sensor tutorial. Perfect future-proof solution after trying so many poor workarounds. 🍻 davidboike.dev/2020/12/smartt…

@strommen I’d vote for you. 😉

Okay people, who is primarying this clown who currently represents me in MN-03?

@SimonCropp @sfeldman I think you could already do that with the newer saga scenario testing framework, but then replace any asserts with Verify calls. docs.particular.net/nservicebus/te…

@strommen MSP-Ames-DSM-KC please

Minnesota to Chicago with stops at Rochester, the Dells, and Madison. Such an obvious winner.

@sfeldman @knunery What about an actual NServiceBus retry policy? docs.particular.net/nservicebus/ho…

@knunery Until we get there, it's a challenge as you'd need to coordinate # of retries with the delivery count, and an intermittent error could send messages to the DLQ rather than delayed retries. 2/2

@sfeldman Is there a way to get something like NServiceBus's retry policy with Azure Functions ServiceBusTriggers? Custom code?

@gregtew @IASTATEAD Maybe. The turnstiles are dumb and get in the way though. I’ve seen the same NFC tickets at Wrigley and Target Field this summer but without turnstiles and it’s much simpler, I just made it beep green 4 times and my family walked in.

@DavidBoike @IASTATEAD I'm sure lots of it will be the learning curve of something new. I'm assuming lots of older fans don't use NFC much, if at all, so that was a big part. Students probably flew in. Signage would have been very helpful and/or designated lanes for "extra assistance"

@IASTATEAD just heard the canon for kick off and this is the scene at the north entrance to Jack Trice...

@strommen So…that means I’m not your favorite Internet personalities?

TFW one of your favorite Internet personalities retweets the Tucker/Tate interview

@jbogard Now make Google do the same?

thaaaats better