Eric Howey

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I just went down a google analytics implementation, privacy, and consent rabbit hole. My takeaway is that a lot of the blog writing on the topic does not do a good job talking through properly setting up consent with GA.

@simeonGriggs But what kind of candy!? Love this!

On this morning’s run I was out of nutrition and starting to bonk, but found some of last nights Halloween candy on the ground. You’ve got to be resourceful to survive.

@alex_barashkov Congrats Alex!

Just signed a seven-figure annual contract to help one of our long-time customer level up their product experience. Such an amazing achievement, considering that my partner and I started our agency in a cheap noodle restaurant 7 years ago.

I'm leading a (FREE) workshop TOMORROW at 9am CST! I'll cover everything you need to know to build a full-stack JavaScript application. 👉 Working with @storybookjs 👉 Writing tests 👉 Working with Databases and Building an API It's still not to late to register! (Of course, a recording will be available, if you're not able to join us live.) 🧵 Link in the thread

@selfteachme Wooah I didn't realize you folks had released a hosting solution. I'm excited by that!

@erchwy ❤️ Definitely!

In Photoshop, I changed the color balance myself: 🧵 12 / 15

@selfteachme Looking amazing Amy! Will there be a recording we can watch?

You can check out the completed site here: freakingfullstack.com And of course, I hope you’ll join me on Halloween, October 31 from 9:00am - 12:00pm CST. I’m leading a FREE workshop that covers everything you need to know to build a full stack application. 🧵 15 / 15

@kyleshevlin Yea that is a good point. I like the idea of a /ai page for transparency. Keep up the good work!

@kyleshevlin Agree! And a question. Lately I have found just dumping raw Markdown into chatgpt a helpful spellchecker/grammar checker. I usually do it right at the end of writing something. Thoughts? I agree with the sentiment about keeping the internet human as much as possible!

@studio_hungry HOLY! That is wild. And that is talent.

My wife is so talented. On a whim she decided to “try” charcoal today. Couple of hours later 🤯🥰

@raae @WHEEbikes Love a good bike.

Startup life @wheebikes today 🤩

@kyleshevlin 💯

Today my daughter wanted me to do her hair instead of her mom. That feels like a big dad win!

@BHolmesDev I think I am officially old because I still don’t get the appeal of wireless headphones. Just seems like a heck of a hassle and an easy way to lose $200. I am very pro wired headphones.

AIRPOD USERS: Please pack one of these for your zoom calls. Nothing beats a wired mic. Signed: my ears 🙃

@_baretto Descript

Whats your fave alternative to Loom? It's so slow & glitchy for me recently. * Needs to automatically upload the video and generate a link

@jeffscottward @tailwindcss I went over to Tailwind maybe 2 years ago for basically those same reasons. Like others have said you get used to it and there are some nice things about it after a while. But I still think having a high level grasp of vanilla CSS remains super important.

I think I have to just submit to @tailwindcss at this point. Every single AI tool leans on it. Nobody is trying to force CSS-IN-JS, and it just works for email bc it’s all classes. I hate it, I will never like it, but fuck it.

@raae I am at this stage now. Gradually growing margins and weather is turning with less to do outdoors. So hard to resist!

Getting some margins back in my life means my brain is firing with project ideas, but starting them would mean my margins would disappear, and I need them to weather life's storms. What to do? Should I write/tweet about them to get them out of my system?

Unrelated to web dev, I am really excited women are finally riding at Red Bull Rampage this year!

@darylginn Just used this one on a project!

@thedavidprice 😂 - okay fair point. I guess I always found the analogy inspiring but when broken down it is really just sad.

I accept your challenge! And (in 30 seconds of searching) will now attempt an answer: 1. "the market is highly concentrated with four main brands generating around one billion U.S. dollars in sales each: Aquafina, Glacéau Smart Water, Dasani, and Poland Spring." via #topicOverview" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">statista.com/topics/1302/bo… 2. those four brands are owned by 3 companies: Pepsi, Coca-Cola, and Nestle tl;dr: Don't start a new bottled water company

12 yr old asked how we decide who to invest in. After thinking about my answer (a simple rubric), she asked, "But doesn't it matter if there are already companies who sell the same thing? If another grocery story came to our town, I don't think anyone would go there." 🎯