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@wickman How did it turn out? Would you consider sharing the recipe?

learned 99 ways to improve this batch but it’s still eleventy billion times better than the last. onward to pastramitopia.

pastrami progress

@dajobe 🫡

And that was my last day at Twitter. Laid off by email. The experience has been indescribable from chaos to hilarious.

BREAKING NEWS: This is an announcement that has been decades in the making.   On December 5, 2022 a team from DOE's @Livermore_Lab made history by achieving fusion ignition.   This breakthrough will change the future of clean power and America’s national defense forever.

A post-sized hole in a scrap deck board serves as a template for installing diagonal decking. finehomebuilding.com/2022/11/18/fas…

11 years and 0.5 weeks ago, I started the most amazing job I could never imagine having. Due to all of the inspiring people I met along the way I'm leaving as a better engineer and person. You folks rock. Thank you. #LoveWhereYouWorked #OneTeam

One of the things that I think is sad about the decimation of Twitter eng is that Twitter was doing a lot of interesting (and high ROI) engineering work that, at younger companies, is mostly outsourced to "the cloud" or open source projects A few examples off the top of my head:

@slyphon additionally, i was really REALLY looking forward to working together on one of my favorite projects. Wishing you the best luck, laughs, and fortune ahead.

@slyphon 🫡 I loved your honesty and transparency. I mean, I still do but I did then too.

A bit belated, but I always wanted to post my badge and gun shot. 10 years 2 months 1 day It has been an honor and a privilege to work with so many fine people. I have nothing but love for my twitter family. Till we meet again. 🫡 #LoveWhereYouWorked

@n8foo 🫡

Just shy of 10 incredible years. Working at Twitter changed my life. I'm eternally grateful for the opportunity and education I've been given. The stories and lessons I have are priceless. The relationships, gold. #LoveWhereYouWorked

@thinkingfish 🫡

@thalin @b0rk ipython and pdb ftw

poll: if you're a programmer, do you use a debugger to debug your code? (not interested in opinions about what is the Right Way or Wrong Way, just curious about what people do)

@thalin _shrugs_ we did what we had to

Spelunking through 9-year old tickets and seeing the names of those long gone brings about a feeling of reverence like a cool-breeze.

status: I unblocked + 2000 facebook domains on my workstation

@spaceriker I imagine the backup is a dial-up bbs

@HiveTheory @48thRonan @HiveTheory hope you are well. I fully endorse @48thRonan . He worked as a SWE I on the KaOS (kernel and operating systems) team

@HiveTheory @48thRonan

I stopped wearing Twitter gear after the 2015 layoff was so poorly handled. Today I’m wearing it again in honor of all the Tweeps caught up an even more poorly handled layoff, and the people left behind.

@msilver your absence is a huge loss for the company

Lets get something right. A group of lizards is called a 'lounge'. c/o my better half @VSaulys

A giant sequoia tree in Northern Michigan? Yes, and it’s not only surviving, but thriving clickondetroit.com/features/2021/…

‘We Need to Be Prepared for This': COVID Variant Spreading, Already in US nbcboston.com/news/local/we-…