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Moving over to bluesky. You can find me there at @areinet.bsky.social. See you there.

Local tech meetups drove local tech ecosystems. Will they come back? We talk to @pinnacle_21 Engineering VP @MartinSnyder with shoutouts to @dctechmeetup @ThePhillyJUG @charmcityjs and more buff.ly/3YOhFfq

Remember kids: weak systems attract exploitation from unscrupulous and unserious actors.

I realized early in my career how fragile the foundations of modern software was. My mind was blown when I realized how many massive organizations were using my code—the code of a random 20-something. I thought, surely these orgs are thoroughly vetting my code before using it?

Nope! I soon learned that most organizations don't spend even 5 seconds glancing at the code in the 1000s of packages they depend on to build their apps. It's crazy—we're building all the world's infrastructure on a teetering tower of open source risk + overworked maintainers.

They work for employers as varied as @MandT_Bank @MorganStateU @netography @VecTechAI. What unites them? They are all Baltimore's 2022 RealLIST Engineers. Check out our latest list honoring game-changing technologists: bit.ly/3Dbn08Y

@wesbos 90% of what people in and outside of this thread claim is good about typescript is actually just a good IDE.

Someone asks you "Why is typescript good?" In a tweet, what is your answer?

@nickhudkins Speak for yourself. I persoanlly work solely for the free supply of Sun Chips in the break room that runs out by wednesday. I could totally live without paying my mortgage but god forbid you come between me and free snacks.

Has this conversation recently. Was asked “what is helpful so we don’t lose candidates” and I said “money” and they said well no like, not everyone works for money. So apparently HR is a volunteer job, didn’t realize that.

@claviska @slightlylate awesome-config (github.com/awesomeeng/awe…) has its own format that can include json but has just about every other thing you need in a config language such as comments, variables, conditionals, etc. #configuration-notation" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">github.com/awesomeeng/awe…

@slightlylate Can’t believe nobody’s invented a more optimal format for config files. (And YAML ain’t it.)

"Running a successful open source project is just Good Will Hunting in reverse, where you start out as a respected genius and end up being a janitor who gets into fights." Quote attributed to @cra, and I don't think I've ever seen anything more true posted.

An FBI raid on a former president sets a dangerous precedent by implying the rule of law applies equally to everyone.

Looking for a lady for a 3/1 Wildwood team for July 30/31. DM for details!

What is it going to take for y’all to STOP USING YAML for anything ever don’t make me stop this car

My wife and I made another cat #claymation! Magical Cat is a project we do between jobs to loosen up and enjoy #animation.

After a gaming-induced delay, another blog post! This one is about dealing with legacy systems that you hate for some reason, maybe even a good one. blog.ceejbot.com/posts/legacy-y…

@ceejbot We live in a weird moment where we want to support content creators but we have zero interest in the current methods to do so. Its troubling…

doing the yootoober a solid by running their video all the way to the end but with my sound muted so I don’t have to listen to the ad: just like muting the tv during commercials

@quinnnorton @emptywheel Its probably not said enough, but I do so love your writing… from the pages of Wired to your current work. Please, please, keep it up.

Seems like a good time to re-post my last piece for @emptywheel, What Comes After America emptywheel.net/2020/11/03/wha…