Darren Beukes

@GergelyOrosz Building something is the easy part. Maintaining it…. well that’s something else.

Cannot wait for teams that build their custom JIRA/Workday replacement/custom CRM to one day turn around and ask: “Why do we have so much internal software that is buggy / has poor UX + we need to maitain?” Seen this movie well before AI, when Uber built uChat (custom Slack)

$16 each or 2 for $50. Hmmmm, I'm not sure that's a great deal @Coles

I'm kind of glad the accepted answer works but also kinda dismayed because it's so hacky apple.stackexchange.com/questions/3788…

Would really love to have been the part of the group that implemented the "feature" in the iOS version of MS Word that shows ellipses in comment input box once the box is filled with text. In portrait mode this is only about 15 words. Great #ux

I wonder if I should be concerned that the two emojis I seem to use most at work are 🤦🏻‍♂️and 🤷🏻

I find field validation, usually email, that immediately turns red as you start typing to be very judgemental #ux

When your GTX 1080 spits out flames and you try to raise a @teamevgasupport ticket 🔥🤦‍♂️

@honeycombio @dparzych @LaunchDarkly @mipsytipsy Hey @honeycombio do you think this will be recorded? It will be 3AM where I live which is a bit earlier than I generally get up

How to use feature flags + observability to ship new features to production confidently with progressive delivery. Join @dparzych (@LaunchDarkly) & @mipsytipsy (@honeycombio) on Sept. 17, 10AM PT Sign Up: bit.ly/3bMmuiC #o11y #APM #featureflags

@1Password I'm switching over from LassPass and would like to know what are the criteria for labelling a password as "terrible"?

@pacman326 @markdalgleish Gosh I’ve been off social media for too long, this is the first time I’ve seen this meme

Data centres account for 2% of global greenhouse gases, equivalent to the airline industry. Huge growth is expected, and now is the time to demand Sustainable Servers by 2024! chng.it/TByFQ6Tf via @UKChange

@MattSchonborn @nomographic Congrats on 5 years!

My company @nomographic is in its 5th year and we've celebrated by updating our brand and shiny new website. Check it out at nomographic.com #animation #motiongraphics #video #content #branding #website #business #logo #crew #cinematography #vfx

Hi @cathaypacific. Could you please help me with a damaged bag claim I have a from a flight from Hong Kong on Saturday. I tried your website but there is no local Australian number for me to call

When you've lost your API key

Not only is VIM my new editor, it’s also the thing I now most frequently search for on Google #vim #Developer #ide

@noahlt @b0rk This advice is a remnant of a time where most jobs required less creative and critical thinking. Talking about problems with peers and managers should be encouraged, particularly if one is blocked or encumbered by the problem!

@b0rk Do you subscribe to the idea that you should only talk about problems if you have proposed solutions? I find that mentality causes me to talk about problems too late

on talking about problems with your manager early

At least it’s self aware

I ❤️ the new direction @Microsoft is taking #Windows10. Although I still don’t know why “Install updates and shutdown” only works up to an initial part. It’s really frustrating booting up and having to wait half an hour for the “Install updates” part of that promise to complete

@markdalgleish You should try devsocs.io!

Sometimes, when I'm searching for web API docs on Google, I click the W3Schools link. On purpose.

We are told not to run scripts straight from the internet. We may think "but it's open source" so there should oversight of the submission of malicious patches. But supply-chain attacks are a real concern! @vesirin/how-i-gained-commit-access-to-homebrew-in-30-minutes-2ae314df03ab" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">medium.com/@vesirin/how-i… #security #devsecops #developers