chris__martin

chris__martin, 27 days ago to random

Thread of blurry photos across America. Amtrak journey begins, just outside of Whitefish.

chris__martin, 3 months ago to random

how it started, how it's going

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chris__martin, 8 months ago to random

It seemed for a while there that people were saying there's a lot of good reasons to do code reviews on everything - reasons that aren't just "the company doesn't trust you" - because we wanted to put a positive spin on something unpleasant we had to enforce because people were fucking up constantly. But then over time it emerged that people reading over each other's stuff every day in fact does simply kick ass

chris__martin, 7 months ago to random

Programming with optics contributes a lot to feeling like the "library" portions of my code are complete and not just a shotgun blast of utilities

chris__martin, 3 months ago to random

Online collaboration tools, if they're good, aren't merely approximations of in-person conversations and whiteboards. The medium has its own drawbacks and also its own strengths. We work differently.

chris__martin, 8 months ago to random

Programming work is both physically disembodying and takes abstract imagination barely grounded in reality. This makes it hated by some, attractive escapism for others, and generally dangerous to your well being if you don't have enough other stuff going on

chris__martin, 4 months ago to random

why do haskellers deal with libraries that jump through crazy hoops to get automatic lifting in optic composition, while for everything else manual lifting is fine?

chris__martin, 9 months ago to random

Have a theory that one of the chief benefits of remote work - possibly not a benefit for all types of work - is that people haven't been amped up by drivers' aggression

chris__martin, 1 month ago to random

My internet has been out for six hours and the cell network has also been unreliable, have received zero notifications from Spectrum. No idea what's going on, haven't ruled out a Red Dawn situation.

chris__martin, 6 months ago to random

It's not ideal but I do accept the reality that there's a chance I will personally be hurt by the blowback from actions of my
government. Part of everybody's responsibility is to moderate not just their self but to help moderate the groups they belong to, however incidental the belonging.

chris__martin, 7 months ago to random

Cooperative board games are good practice at learning that something being under your stewardship is not the same as it being yours

chris__martin, 8 months ago to random

The more I think about it, the more I think Unison shouldn't be trying to solve two problems at once. Start with a general-purpose graph database with distributed version control. If you get that right, you can build many programming languages on it.

chris__martin, 9 months ago to random

I've long had a suspicion that more companies who maintain web applications would do much better if they abandoned waterfall design mockup processes and instead designed around what features web browsers provide, focus on interfaces that are easy to implement.

chris__martin, 8 months ago to random

I used to look at religions and think that if there's a bunch of people around the world all thinking this same sort of stuff, that's evidence that people have a natural inclination to believe that kind of stuff, and so it indicates to us traps that we should avoid falling into. Comforting lies like believing in immortal souls out of fear of death, easy answers like things matter because there's a master planner.

chris__martin, 3 months ago to random

It's funny the trope is that one feels "misunderstood" when they're angsty or depressed or whatever. Most ways of feeling bad are pretty relatable and often quite specifically known. Whereas I really like my life and feel like nobody understands.

chris__martin, 7 months ago to random

yeah the corded skilsaw was a good investment

chris__martin, 10 days ago to random

I do think it's bad for the psyche this notion that if somebody offers something for sale, and you take it without paying, it's fine and good as long as you hacked a computer to do it.

chris__martin, 7 months ago to random

I'm concerned about the people perpetually obsessed with Mercator maps... what major decisions do you make in your life based on land area figures?

chris__martin, 8 months ago to random

There's lots of stuff that I enjoy (in the moment) but don't like (on more careful reflection I don't think it's good) and domestic dogs have been increasingly shifting into that category

chris__martin, 1 month ago to random

I'm tired of having to dig for my entertainment and really wish news articles would simply link directly to the manifesto https://open.substack.com/pub/theponzipapers/p/i-have-set-myself-on-fire-outside?r=27q3sd&utm_medium=ios&utm_campaign=post

chris__martin, 7 months ago to random

As a customer of course I care about build quality and developer experience! The whole reason I'm paying you instead of building something myself is I expect you to be bringing better tools and practices to the job than I have.

chris__martin, 7 months ago to random

"Everybody is increasingly following capitalist values and optimizations" and "people are getting dumber" and left/right coded ways of saying the same thing, make friends with your neighbors across the aisle here and focus on fixing it

chris__martin, 8 months ago to random

Truth be told I don't actually see that expecting everybody to have Nix installed is any less reasonable than expecting Docker.

chris__martin, 1 month ago to random

Regardless of money, specialization is alienating. When people want results but don't understand the means. That's a price we're always going to pay in exchange for things that require a lifetime of study. The overall quantity of labor might be reduced, and the isolating effect of that labor will increase.

chris__martin, 8 months ago to random

I've had enough of pets that have to be put down due to cancer, dementia, spinal problems etc. and I really never want to adopt anything else that won't probably just die in its sleep or something