Dimiter Petrov

@eregontp @helvetic_ruby There can be exceptionally 30 minute talks. We preferred to ask for shorter sessions, so that even if something takes a little longer on the day of the conference, we still have a reasonable schedule.

@helvetic_ruby 20-25min seems quite short, maybe it could be 30min questions included? (e.g. like at RubyConf)

Placing SVG icons just right in web interfaces is surprisingly tricky. I regularly rediscover all the parts to make it work: - a handful of SVG attributes - multiple levels of flexbox layout - a zero-width space character (?!). I wrote down my recipe: dimiterpetrov.com/blog/svg-icon-…

In between two meetings, I managed to finish a blog post about working with constant interruptions: dimiterpetrov.com/blog/working-w… It's more personal than usual. I am trying to get better at articulating how I feel.

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@rawrafox @slsoftworks Try homegate.ch and flatfox.ch and be open to living a bit farther away? It's generally easier to find a new place once you've settled.

@slsoftworks @crackofdusk might have some idea?

Swiss Twitter friendoz! A Hungarian friend of mine just got a new gig in Zürich (👏🎉) but is having a massive headache trying to find a place to move to (min. 1 year, registration required). How does one go about this in "these trying times"? 😬

Long backlogs make me nervous. I wrote about some methods for dealing with them: blog.simplificator.com/2021/11/10/cle… One of my favourites is outright deleting the backlog once per year. How do you cope with backlogs?

Getting a little closer

I'm experimenting with creative coding and quickly learning that bugs can produce interesting results in themselves. For example, I was trying to draw some random curves, but got this spiky mess instead:

Looking for projects starting beginning of June 2021. I am fluent in all things JavaScript, but mostly TypeScript, Node.js, Angular, React / Next.js … Here is an attempt of a CV deployed to Vercel's super slow CDN: caillou.ch Contact: pierre.spring@caillou.ch

Yes, please. Turning those off makes Gmail better for me.

@_romac I chuckled.

@fasterthanlime Mine: 1. Sell what you can 2. Donate what you can't 3. Just f*cking throw away the rest. It's not worth all the moving hassle 4. Start with step 3 if you're in a hurry

@fasterthanlime Why did you make me look?

@fasterthanlime *looks behind self* I just dealt with such a bug.

@olivierlacan Our dashboard checks for newer versions by scraping ruby-lang.org/downloads. It's never crossed my mind to look for structured data in the website's source repo or use a third-party API.

@fasterthanlime Have you looked at docs.racket-lang.org/pollen/ ?

@hanaharencar @nerdinand @oiioiioioiiioio It's a very small program: github.com/crackofdusk/ce… Could be a RubyMonstas exercise :)

@nerdinand @oiioiioioiiioio ...btw, I saw that @crackofdusk has an interesting few lines of ruby code to honour MUDA 😉

@fasterthanlime Ha!

@fasterthanlime A horizontal scrollbar appears once the images load in Firefox and Chrome. Safari, which does not support lazy loading, has the scrollbar from the start.

@basgras There's also a co-op platform game I played with @fasterthanlime which name I can't recall. One with a funny narrator and where you could choose the shape of your character's head?

@basgras Yeah, if you approach it as a team effort rather than a shouting match.