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Complexity Elimination Engineer @ Meraki

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predictability vs serendipity


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High agency is often mistaken for speed. People assume it belongs to the ones who decide quickly and move without hesitation. That version looks impressive, but it is not what actually drives results. The real marker of high agency is quieter. It appears the moment someone stops…


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you can just do things lol

MichelleKhare's tweet image. you can just do things lol

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You won’t lose your best people because they stop caring. You’ll lose them because they cared too much, for too long, in a system that rewarded the wrong ones and wasted their time.


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"Fundamental" truths about software: - Code is liability - The more code you have, the more bugs you tend to have - The more complex a system, the more important architecture becomes - Writing maintainable code is a lot more effort than just getting it to work


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Today we're announcing previews of the native port of TypeScript! These nightly previews will be available on npm and the VS Code marketplace! npm install -D @​typescript/native-preview npx tsgo --version Read up more on our blog! devblogs.microsoft.com/typescript/ann…


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A guy on my engineering team gave his standup update by just saying “it’s looking good over here” and then muted. I'm saying that forever now


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intelligence without agency is depression.


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introducing freewrite. a mac app i made for myself. one simple, clean place to write without distraction. all in native swift. no subscription. all local. free. enjoy.


There's been amazing discussions over the past few days around this in GitHub discussions: github.com/microsoft/type… Meanwhile on Twitter:

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Today we're thrilled to announce our effort to port the TypeScript compiler and language service to native code, gaining a 10x speed boost in build times and editor responsiveness! devblogs.microsoft.com/typescript/typ…


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It feels incredible to work with a few very smart engineers who are super aligned with you. Every other achievement in life feels mediocre compared to this feeling.


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Sci-Fi Author: In my book I invented the Torment Nexus as a cautionary tale Tech Company: At long last, we have created the Torment Nexus from classic sci-fi novel Don't Create The Torment Nexus


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What @karpathy calls 'vibe coding' isn't just a style -- it's the next fundamental abstraction layer in computing. In 1973, Unix devs sparked outrage by rewriting assembly in C. We're seeing the same reaction to AI-driven development. Here's why this matters 🧵

cline's tweet image. What @karpathy calls 'vibe coding' isn't just a style -- it's the next fundamental abstraction layer in computing.

In 1973, Unix devs sparked outrage by rewriting assembly in C. We're seeing the same reaction to AI-driven development.

Here's why this matters 🧵


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Faking PTO to write code is a globally useful tip.


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This is beautiful Josselin Corea Escalante. She was only 16 years old and lost her life today after a shooting inside Antioch High School. @FOXNashville

amandachintv's tweet image. This is beautiful Josselin Corea Escalante. She was only 16 years old and lost her life today after a shooting inside Antioch High School. 

@FOXNashville
amandachintv's tweet image. This is beautiful Josselin Corea Escalante. She was only 16 years old and lost her life today after a shooting inside Antioch High School. 

@FOXNashville
amandachintv's tweet image. This is beautiful Josselin Corea Escalante. She was only 16 years old and lost her life today after a shooting inside Antioch High School. 

@FOXNashville

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New Glenn safely reached its intended orbit during today's NG-1 mission, accomplishing our primary objective. The second stage is in its final orbit following two successful burns of the BE-3U engines. The Blue Ring Pathfinder is receiving data and performing well. We lost the…

blueorigin's tweet image. New Glenn safely reached its intended orbit during today's NG-1 mission, accomplishing our primary objective. The second stage is in its final orbit following two successful burns of the BE-3U engines. The Blue Ring Pathfinder is receiving data and performing well.  

We lost the…

To this day I think the best React documentation page is "You Might Not Need an Effect": react.dev/learn/you-migh… This is a pulitzer-prize document for React development.

react.dev

You Might Not Need an Effect – React

The library for web and native user interfaces


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The sanitizing of mid century life is absolutely insane. My mother grew up in almost this exact house in Detroit. It had no air conditioning or heat and the kids lived in the attic. They went hungry for periods of time. My mom almost died of rheumatic fever. They did have…

-1 car -very small house -mom cooks everything from scratch -no uber eats, amazon prime or netflix -no weight problems so their wardrobes last for years and healthcare costs are limited -no college funds You can still do this. Nobody can stop you if it’s what you want.



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