A. Mitchell Bullard

The Engineer’s Curse: the tech you’re excited about today will be the thing you regret in 3 years time. Why did I implement this in Sinatra? Why did I use CoffeeScript?? Grunt?? Really? Oh god. Backbone.js. This is the “may you live in interesting times” curse for devs.

Just uploaded my ukulele version of David Bowie's classic, Space Oddity: youtu.be/XM6cqTiwlSs

I've helped over 400 people learn to code through direct teaching and mentoring. Many of those people still connect with me. A few are now my closest friends. Some are doing things I've never done, and as a result, can help me when I'm in a jam. This is what community is.

My attempt at Funky Tango, by Kalei Gamiao: youtu.be/B79vPvL-thA.

My ukulele version of the Leonard Cohen classic, Hallelujah: youtu.be/lUsIq5tYMEc

Check out this Meetup: First Awesome Meetup at The Pickled Gill meetup.com/Rusk-County-Aw… #Meetup #Ladysmith via @Meetup

If you have an iPhone, and you want a good laugh, ask Siri what zero divided by zero equals.

2018: developers use commercial systems (Slack and GitHub) to collaborate on open source software that only works in a browser owned by an advertising engine. It’s really hard to talk about how great open source is anymore.

@bphogan Are you certain that none of you software is sentient? I’d keep an eye on that, dude. At first, it seems so helpful and harmless...

I’ve finally lost my mind. There is a section of a chapter of my current book that I don’t remember writing. At all. It’s definitely time to close the lid on this laptop.

@WalkingDead_AMC @AMCTalkingDead My humble tribute to Carl, A Requiem in G for Grimes (Fly, Carl, Fly). youtu.be/AdUB3G2SiyQ #TalkingDead #TWD #TheWalkingDead

A Requiem in G for Grimes youtu.be/AdUB3G2SiyQ #TalkingDead #TWD #TheWalkingDead

Hey newbies. I’ve been coding since I was a kid. But I just spent three weeks learning something with many failures along the way. If you think software is hard, it is. But keep trying. And ask lots of questions. You are not the only one who gets stuck. :)

Covered an old school jam from my high school days: youtube.com/watch?v=57FKV9…

Happy Birthday, Lilly. We love and miss you. youtu.be/yhDPpqtO0Ec

Tomorrow night @paulhtrott will facilitate a round table discussion on code reviews. Whether you love them, or hate them or just want to start them. mailchi.mp/85c9ce4fa9a5/c…

New uke performance upload: Just Relax (Everything's Gonna Be Alright) youtu.be/ZQJJ2WE-KT8 via @YouTube

I can’t believe it took me this long to realize that robots don’t use contractions because programmers don’t like escaping single quotes.

Is testing code worth your time? Well, I just wrote code that deleted the entire web app directory. Only happened locally. Tests caught it.

How I like my jazz: youtube.com/watch?v=NGswcY…

Happy Birthday, Miss Helen Marie Bullard. Here's a birthday song for you. youtube.com/watch?v=j6ORbl…