Sandeep Sachdev

first the good news... anyone can make software now. now, the bad news... anyone can make software now.

A common mistake: "Let's abstract this in case we want to replace it later." Examples: 🚫 "Let's abstract React in case we switch JS frameworks." 🚫 "Let's abstract Tailwind in case we switch CSS approaches." 🚫 "Let's abstract Mongo in case we switch Databases". This is typically a waste of time, and often hinders current use too. Why? Because to effectively abstract something, we need to know the API we're abstracting. But we have no idea what a new technology's API will be. Thus, we have no idea whether our abstraction will work with the new technology. In summary, abstraction can be useful. But avoid abstracting merely to support changing to some unknown future technology.

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@molly_struve It's trying to take your job by giving you that command and hoping you actually run it.

feeling pretty good about my job security rn

@molly_struve The secret to surviving in this industry is knowing when to give up and leave the problem for tomorrow

we call that potential energy

Very interested in learning how this works

This makes no sense to me unless they are trying to create a safety barrier between cyclists and pedestrians? Street space is at a premium why put seating there ?

Facebook community chats. Now this looks like a feature that is going to confuse people. You suddenly start getting chats from Facebook groups you are in and figuring out how to turn them off seems non trivial

It was doing so well and then... #ChatGPT

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I'm @Ssachdev@mastodon.social for what it's worth. Haven't quite figured it out yet....

Sometimes it feels like so many opportunities working in IT are about being at the right place at the right time.

When you build something with a brand new technology, you’ll likely need to rewrite the whole thing a second time, with enough experience gained. Observed this many times. Turns out it’s not just me. Here’s The Mythical Man Month observing the same thing, written ~50 years ago.

@MickMakes Must be feeling better then if on holidays ?

On holidays at Charlotte Pass, (altitude 1837m). Apparently this is enough altitude to pop bags of chips.

@MickMakes Hoping for a speedy recovery

Day 2 isolation. Covid infection under control thanks to 3 vaccines, but still feeling pretty crook. My trusty oximeter is the prime indication of if I need to be in hospital.

@redrapids Soft skills. How to work with different types of people in a team

What kind of training is absent from many programming course curriculum? (Set your own parameters; the question is open ended.)

@MickMakes Im not quite there yet but getting there slowly

My better half refused to use my keyboard: “it’s too hard to use” I don’t see what the problem is! Next question is: from my keyboard can you tell what I’m normally typing? (And no, no passwords there)

@ajamthe It’s a every company without enough automation thing

@ssachdev I thought it was just a NAB thing

How much more productive would developers be if they didn’t need to deal with certificates and firewall rules? Sure they are needed in production but dealing with them in test environments is a nightmare

@diffidentDude Yes. Buts unfortunately it’s not yet

@ssachdev You just need it to be easy, or done automatically for you