John MacIntyre

@rrtower88 @carrnundrum It appears to be Starlink.

@rrtower88 @carrnundrum I saw it too. Very strange.

At 8:44 pm. in the western skys over Canada Ontario at night. A row of ( stars, I guess ) cross over the night sky for 20 minutes or so #odd #object #stars #uap #ufo #uap #ufology #night #Ontario

Even as a developer I’m struggling to figure out the password rules

@HeavyMetalShip @engineers_feed Assuming you have the means to cover the emergency, yes, but given most people get a mortgage, its a good bet they don't have the savings to replace thier house if it burns down.

@engineers_feed Insurance because all the money you pay to them each month you could put into savings for your own emergency that will probably never happen.

What's the biggest scam in life that nobody wants to admit?

@engineers_feed Two books: 1. How to Lie with Statistics shows how numbers are used to support biased (and wrong) information goodreads.com/book/show/5129… 2. The Dictator's Handbook helped me understand politics better. goodreads.com/book/show/1161…

What book do you think every person should read at least once?

@DonJRobertson I don't know if he `invented` anything, and I'm not fan, but he has added value. I mean, the concept of re-usable rockets aren't exactly new, but he's the only one who's pushed the envelope and actually made it happen. Same with electric cars.

Q: Name one thing that Elon Musk has invented?

@davidfowl I've always interpreted `cloud native` as binding directly to PAAS services.

Does anyone have a good description of what cloud native means?

@rupali_codes 25.

Developers, at what age did you start coding?

@alexboly Seems like something you can do by piping a few power shell commands together, starting with 'Import-csv'.

Is there any CLI tool or library that takes as input a csv file and a template text, and generates a file for each line of the csv? I know I can easily write one, but I'd expect there to be something already.

@TreciaKS My initial reaction is you haven't been around long enough, but even after decades seeing horrible enterprise software, nothing approaches the ridiculousness of government. twitter.com/JohnMacIntyre/…

As a developer, I have no idea why government websites are so bad! 👀

@realmaddox Security footage. ;-)

I was fired from Twitter this morning because during a code review, I had a procedure called "upDo.g" and when Elon asked me "what's upDo.g?" I said "nothing much, what's up with you." He walked away and then my badge stopped working & security escorted me out of the building.

@scottgal I have a skills matrix on the front page of my resume. Laundry list of relevant skills, how long I used it, last use, & other misc. details. It's received a lot of compliments, but as you can imagine, you'll have to cut a lot of stuff.

@CaseyNewton @platformer Starting to suspect this is some kind of “Brewster’s Millions” situation where he secretly has only 30 days to lose all $44 billion dollars

@Darcy_Lussier The I in my last name keeps getting reset to lowercase, but I feel like I'm betraying my ancestors if I let it stay that way. :-)

Thinking of legally getting rid of the apostrophe in my name because in 2023 we still build systems that can’t handle special characters and I’M JUST DONE.

@engineers_feed Chromecast, easy. The ability to throw Youtube, Pluralsight, Wondrium, or whatever other video I come across up to my TV and sit in my living room to watch it ... awesome.

What is your single favorite product that cost under $100?

@wesyang I prefer Reverse Osmosis water (i.e. Dasani, Aquafina). Artisan is also good, but $$$ (i.e. Fiji). I'll take tap (if possible), over spring or distilled. Understanding the types of bottled water really clarified things for me.

Do you have a brand of bottled water that you prefer?

ArriveCAN Budget: - $100,000 for app development - $53,900,000 for fake App Store reviews

Yes, ArriveCAN cost a lot of money. Way too much. (It was a pandemic.) Going way over budget happens all the time in enterprise. It’s often the developers’ fault. It even happens outside global public health emergencies, believe it or not.

The machines are already writing the code. Those machines are called compilers. We, programmers, simply specify the solution in sufficient detail so that the machines can write the code. Specifying the solution in sufficient detail will _always_ be a human endeavor.

@AP Its probably safe to consider any male over the age of 14 (?) at the time is a vet, isn't it?

British authorities don’t know exactly how many World War II veterans are left because the nation’s census takers didn’t track military service until last year. Those figures are due to be released next month. But the number is dwindling. apnews.com/article/queen-…

Queen Elizabeth II’s death is a reminder of a broader truth playing out across Britain: The nation is bidding farewell to the men and women who fought the country’s battles during World War II. apnews.com/article/queen-…