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Joe Francis

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The trouble with bullshitting others is that eventually you start to believe yourself.


Never ceases to amaze me how many people work all day on a computer, yet proclaim "I'm not good at computers" like it's a bad of honor.


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Queue is such a great word. The actual important letter, and then four more silently waiting behind it in a line.


"If you're unwilling to adapt to the future, you'll justify the past." –@JamesClear Just about every stuck project I've ever worked on has suffered from this. Well put.


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Twitter never disappoints

textfiles's tweet image. Twitter never disappoints

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Really want to see an alive bot that opens GitHub issues on projects asking if they are still alive, if only to watch it fight with stale bot


"Nothing so sharpens the thought process as writing down one’s arguments. Weaknesses overlooked in oral discussion become painfully obvious on the written page." - Admiral Hyman Rickover I wonder what he'd say about the typical conference call when I worked in government.


"In many cases, improvement is not about doing more things right, but about doing less things wrong. Don't look for things to add. Look for things to eliminate." –@JamesClear I've got some former bosses that really needed to internalize that.


Understanding when someone soliciting "feedback" is actually soliciting validation is an important skill to develop.


How hard could it be for @ChipotleTweets to not take so many online orders that they are routinely 20-30 minutes behind?


If your curbside pickup takes longer to process orders than amazon takes to deliver, you've failed.


Is it really necessary for @cvspharmacy to call me multiple times a week trying to get me to refilled the same prescriptions? Take a hint: I don't want them refilled.


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I will Venmo $100 dollars to the first Walter Reed staffer that dresses up like Herman Cain and warns him that he’s going to be visited by three ghosts tonight.


Nicely done, @contegix Closing down a datacenter full of colo customers and only giving 12 days notice.


Finally, some good news about the pandemic hurting an industry that deserves to die.

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People tend to overestimate the ROI on large software projects but greatly underestimate it for small improvements.


I now understand why enterprise software companies need developer advocates. @spscommerce, you should hire a whole team of them, you need them.


How hard is it for restaurants to not take more orders via app than they can fill even close to on time? Looking at you today @planetsub


Super disappointed in the customer service from @jackrabbit. I pointed out a misleading email ad and rather than a "sorry about that" I've gotten told off. I guess my next shoes can come from @kcrunningco


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