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grmpyprogrammer

@grmpyprogrammer@phpc.social

Wrote 6 books about testing PHP code. Staff Software Engineer @ Ziff Davis Shopping. Conference speaker, organizer, and first WurstCon sponsor. Baseball fan, Magic the Gathering commander player, board game enthusiast, plus all sorts of other assorted nonsense. Probably started working with PHP before you were born. Endlessly roaming the snowy wilds of Canada.

https://grumpy-learning.com

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leahawasser, (edited ) to python
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Tips to prevent maintainer burnout from the beautiful soup maintainer. A single maintainer managing a package will millions of users

*ask users to contribute issues before a pr

  • practice defensive programming. Use warnings to point to common user mistakes

davidho, to random
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I will never forgive Elon Musk for making Twitter so terrible that people think LinkedIn is acceptable to use.

saramg, to random
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Say it with me: The stock market is NOT a measure of prosperity.

https://mastodon.social/@BNONews/112458225671773261

evacide, to random
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When I talk about digital privacy, there is always some smug genius who shrugs and tells me, "Who cares? We all know we don't have any privacy anyway." Nothing could be more wrong. Convincing you that the fight is already over to the way people in power get you to stop resisting.

grmpyprogrammer, to random
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Seeing that Slack is gonna slurp up all their customer’s data to train ChatGepetto systems and making you opt out via email is :chef’s kiss:

IRC never betrayed me like that

herndlm,
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@grmpyprogrammer it can't take much longer now until e.g. self-hosted xmpp gets popular again. That would be great actually.

grmpyprogrammer, to random
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It’s Friday so once again, Ask Me Anything.

Crell,
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@grmpyprogrammer How much longer before you give up on the trainwreck that is tech and become a farmer?

lo_fye, to random
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Do I know anyone who does custom Shopify integrations? I need to integrate it with Fishbowl Inventory Advanced ASAP.

corycarte, to webdev
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I'm curious how many tech influencers couldn't even setup a Wordpress site

beberlei, to random
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The combination of FrankenPHP by @dunglas +team integrating ext-parallel which is getting revitalized by @flowcontrol gives me hope that we might see an age of parallel processing in php. Exciting!

glecharles, to random
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"If you want to exclude your Customer Data from helping to train Slack global models, you can opt out. If you opt out, Customer Data on your workspace will only be used to improve the experience on your own workspace and you will still enjoy all of the benefits of our globally trained AI/ML models without contributing to the underlying models."

So, really, you can't fully opt your data out of this bullshit, even if you're a paying customer.

https://slack.com/intl/en-gb/trust/data-management/privacy-principles

grmpyprogrammer, to random
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I find no irony in that coding in the shadow of ChatGepetto requires an even larger commitment to testing and debugging, but those skills aren’t valued in our industry. Just ship it and get promoted or bail before you have to fix your mistakes.

lo_fye,
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@grmpyprogrammer Having just switched from the tech industry to a tech job in the lighting industry, it's pretty interesting. They know nothing about tech. All they care about is that their systems keep working. If you can help that with tests, go for it. They don't want to know because they won't understand what you're saying anyway. Just do it. Make it well. More uptime, more happy. It's mostly self-guided and very low pressure.

sean, to random
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Idiots: we should be able to do what we want with our own air and our own carbon emissions and our own personal freedoms!

Also idiots: that smoke from Canada from the fires in Canada is really getting in the way of me enjoying my personal freedoms in not-Canada! Stupid Canada.

freddy, to random
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Our amazing Firefox networking team is looking for a student worker. This is exclusive to folks who are enrolled into a university in Germany. Your future colleagues are fun, the code is C++ and the browser is private. We have an office in Berlin, but remote is also OK https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/careers/position/gh/5963661/ (please share widely)

kottke, to random
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Google is replacing their search results with AI answers. There’s a very simple explanation for this: it’s better/cheaper to provide potentially wrong answers to keep you clicking within Google than it is to send you away for the right answers. https://www.theverge.com/2024/5/14/24155321/google-search-ai-results-page-gemini-overview

ramsey, to php
@ramsey@phpc.social avatar

Brent Roose has another great write up about what’s new in 8.4. https://stitcher.io/blog/new-in-php-84

jrconlin, to random
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Elon Musk is secretly pro-union.

Why do I say that?

Well, he's so focused on giving labor power he effectively forced them to strike against Tesla.

Truly, 8 dimensional Rochambeau going on there.

https://qz.com/elon-musk-tesla-supercharger-layoffs-executive-1851479107

cstross, to random
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When the 22nd century history books are written, this "Chinese lag" will probably be seen as the key reason for the subsequent Chinese ascent to global hegemony—they didn't get distracted by bullshit engine pyramid schemes.
https://astrodon.social/@profabelmendez/112445203691289321

sarah, to php
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Looking for a new job? Make sure you check out my latest project, PHP For Hire (https://phpforhire.com). It's a directory of PHP talent available for hire!

omnicolor, to random
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For the first time in six weeks I don't have a pit in my stomach and tightness in my chest. $employer and I have parted ways. If you're looking for a senior or higher software engineer, get in touch! I primarily do PHP, but could ramp back up in Python or Go if needed.

andybaio, to random
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me: “I wish people would stop calling individual blog posts ‘a blog.’”
monkey’s paw curls
https://xoxo.zone/@mathowie/112439941615950550

aclark, to random
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Hey folks!

I'm the creator of Python @pillow & today is my birthday. Can I ask you for a favor?

I'm looking for a new role & I'd appreciate a boost. Check out my resume here:

I'm passionate about Python, open source & making a living with open source. What's the next move?

Thank you @willmcgugan for the nudge ❤️

bphogan, to random
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Last night, I figured out that I had sold over 70,000 copies of my books so far.

What's my secret?

Sitting down and writing the damn books.

Not every book I wrote was a winner. One book sold 15k copies. Another one sold 300.

But each sale contributed to 70k.

Write.

GeePawHill, to random
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Hey folks!

Leading Technical Change is a live remote seminar hosted by yours, truly.

6 attendees, 4 sessions, 2 hours each, with just 1 topic:

Real Change in the Real World.

If you're seeking to create or nurture change in your technical organization, this course is for you. Next offering, May 20,21,23,24, 1-3pm Eastern (UTC-4).

We still have a seat open, but act now!

https://geepawhill.org/courses/leading-technical-change

passbolt, to php
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Passbolt is the Diamond Sponsor of 2024!

This year it's happening in Luxembourg.

📅 Save the date 24th - 26th July 2024 for an exciting opportunity filled with inspiring talks by influential members of the community, networking, delightful food and drinks, and of course, the ceremonial cake cutting. 🍰

Grab those tickets here: https://cakefest.org/

kern, to swift
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Hello Fediverse!

I grew up programming in Applesoft Basic, and now I spend my days writing apps for Apple products.

I’m looking for my next role part-time or full-time. Please get in touch if you would like to work with me!

#iOSDev #FediHire #swift

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