Cambridge MA, 1967: Joseph Weizenbaum releases the ELIZA chatbot. The chatbot is eagerly adopted by all sectors of the US economy in key decision-making roles. Chaos ensues as workers seeking managerial guidance receive only cryptic replies, such as "EARLIER YOU MENTIONED Q2 PLANNING" and "HOW DO YOU FEEL ABOUT WE NEED CHEAPER SUPPLIERS?".
Interviewer: So, tell us about your approach to problems with software distribution.
Candidate: hefts bolt-cutters and a sledge well, first off, I’m trying to solve the issue OF software distribution, not problems WITH it. #programming#software#SoftwareEngineering
Just remembered I worked with an "architecture" team once that didn't believe in using foreign keys in their database. Devs were explicitly forbidden from using them. Because having foreign keys would stop them from dumping prod data directly into other environments. Oh, and "speed". :very_funny: :absolute_zozzle: :pepe_g:
Last year, I was involved in building instant search functionality on a Drupal website using Algolia. And now, I plan to embark on a Proof of Concept using open-source alternatives like TypeSense during my weekends.
Curious if anyone in the Drupal community has done something similar using any open-source technologies.
If you have explored integrating TypeSense or other open-source solutions for instant search in Drupal or any other PHP-based framework -- I'd love to hear about your experiences and suggestions!
I would love to explore the functionalities you have built or look into the code if it's open source.
🛑 @ieeespectrum on quantum computing's reality check
🍴 Max Dounin announces freenginx fork of nginx
💥 @nayafia goes deep on the e/acc movement
🕳️ @webchick on common open source pitfalls
😳 Miroslav Nikolov on the high-risk refactoring
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I boosted this earlier today, but now that I finished watching this great video about #LearningCulture in #SoftwareEngineering, I feel this needs to be put in front of more people!
One of the main points that @claresudbery makes in her talk "Let's stop making each other feel stupid" is that by encouraging people to ask questions (and never feel ashamed for not knowing something), you allow your #DevelopmentTeam to thrive and grow.
People who build platforms and frameworks often talk about a "pit of success" which means they design to guide users into good patterns.
But often times what happens is more of a "hill of success"; the design doesn't make it easy to implement good patterns, it just puts up guard rails that force you to do the awkward work.
I spent a lot of time reading this weekend, and it got me thinking about epistemology, knowledge acquisition, mental models, and belief systems.
We constantly encounter, evaluate, and integrate new information into our mental models, whether consciously or subconsciously, but we don’t always take the time to re-examine our deeply- and long-held beliefs in the context of that new information.