JesseSkinner

JesseSkinner, 7 days ago to random

Do people wear face masks where you live? Have you seen an increase recently? Any idea what's going on?

JesseSkinner, 11 days ago to random

JesseSkinner, 19 days ago to random

Anyone else feel the irrational need to brush your teeth before a zoom call?

JesseSkinner, 22 days ago to random

USB-C everywhere is such a beautiful future.

JesseSkinner, 2 months ago to javascript

I'm pretty sure the first #JavaScript code I ever wrote was an "image rollover" for my highschool's website in 1998, and probably looked something like this:

<A HREF=TEAMS.HTM><IMG SRC=TEAMS.GIF BORDER=0 ONMOUSEOVER="this.src='TEAMS2.GIF'" ONMOUSEOUT="this.src='TEAMS.GIF'"></A>

JesseSkinner, 2 months ago to random

"Sorry, the password 'rdxUuWboephX7MyjCZdHHkJk' is too insecure. You need to add a special character to it or it'll be too easy to guess."

JesseSkinner, 2 months ago to random

I failed the Speedtest before it started

JesseSkinner, 3 months ago to vscode

Protip for VS Code users: if VS Code is acting slow, it's probably your extensions' fault. Disable as many as you can. You can also look in the Output tab for "Extension Host" to see what's going on. Can be crazy how many extensions are doing things every time you type a character!

#vscode #dev

JesseSkinner, 3 months ago to random

What's the modern version of a newspaper route or lemonade stand? How are kids making money these days, or are they?

JesseSkinner, 5 months ago to random

It's fun learning geography with this memory game.

JesseSkinner, 5 months ago to random

Just realised we just had a whole year go by and people aren't screaming about how fucked up 2023 was. First time in a long time!

JesseSkinner, 5 months ago to linux

I've used #Linux on my computer exclusively for 8+ years now. I haven't had any issues at all.

And I just borrow my wife's laptop in the rare circumstance when I have to do something impossible in Linux like print something.

JesseSkinner, 5 months ago to random

OMG I just realised that Jupyter (of Jupyter Notebooks) is spelled that way to incorporate the "py" of Python. :blobdrool:

JesseSkinner, 5 months ago to random

Not sure but I'm willing to guess that some percent of people who answered this survey said "Java" when they meant "JavaScript". 😜

https://www.jetbrains.com/lp/devecosystem-2023/languages/

JesseSkinner, 6 months ago to random

I have a call today with a CFO to explain why I'm insisting on a fixed fee for this project and won't be providing an hourly rate nor tracking my hours. Wish me luck.

JesseSkinner, 6 months ago to random

Always feels good to do that thing you've procrastinated for years. And doesn't it always take a tiny fraction of the time & effort you thought it would?

JesseSkinner, 6 months ago to random

I'm shocked and annoyed that there doesn't seem to be a good gmail replacement (web interface) for self-hosted email. I found a few options, but none with good search or a nice interface. And I don't really like the slowness of Thunderbird. Or am I missing something?

JesseSkinner, 6 months ago to javascript

I may need some help in the first few months of 2024 on a client project for an environmental non-profit. if you're a #javascript & #react freelance developer with some availability coming up (or know someone who is), please feel free to send me a private message or email.

The project is built with react, nextjs, tailwind, mapbox-gl & observable plot.

JesseSkinner, 7 months ago to php

Migrating from CodeIgniter #PHP to #SvelteKit is so easy and pleasant.

By building the site 15 years ago, and modernizing it today, I skipped over the awkward middle stage of making an API & fetching data to render it in the browser.

SvelteKit's form actions let you build a fast site that even works without #JavaScript, which means I'm going from server-side rendering with links & forms, to server-side rendering with links & forms. Except now I have the power of #Svelte to make it way nicer!

JesseSkinner, 7 months ago to chess

Been playing #chess for 35 years and noticed just now for the first time ever that the knight always moves alternating from white squares to dark squares and back 🤯

JesseSkinner, 7 months ago to random

Now that you can send yourself a message in WhatsApp, I find it a super helpful way to securely copy/paste stuff between my phone and my laptop (via https://web.whatsapp.com/).

JesseSkinner, 7 months ago to javascript

Woah, I came across this in someone else's code and almost forgot this was valid #JavaScript. It's been so long since I've seen this.

if (condition)
doSomething()

If I ever leave the curly braces off an if statement, I always keep it on the same line, never indented on the next line.

JesseSkinner, 7 months ago to random

The free local newspaper is no longer circulating.

https://www.barrietoday.com/local-news/metroland-announces-cutbacks-ends-barrie-advance-print-edition-7553539

How will we line our bins?
What will we put under the mulch??
Is this the end of papier-mâché???

JesseSkinner, 7 months ago to chess

I just learned that in daily #chess, you're totally allowed to research your position to help decide on the next move. It's not cheating. It goes back to playing chess via correspondence, where both sides are allowed to read books or other static references to help decide on the next move.

It's pretty fun because it's a whole other style of chess, giving an opportunity to really learn openings and apply the ideas and strategies immediately instead of waiting for it to come up in a random game.

JesseSkinner, 8 months ago to random

Developers in the 1960s must have found unix timestamps to be particularly annoying.