Issue:
Facebook is now meta. We now need a new acronym to replace FAANG.

Proposed solution:
Let’s remove Netflix. There are a dozen other streaming services in the mix, they’re not innovating over competition, they’re also worth the least in faang etc.

Bring back Microsoft to the acronym. Controversial, of course but it makes sense as the ms we see today bears little resemblance to what it was 15 years ago. With ms + meta in the acronym we therefore name is GAMMA

Open to other alternatives, so leave a comment if you have one.

The C in CSS is for C++

Today after a second interview I was asked to complete a code challenge. They didn't say when they would want it completed by, only just as soon as I was able I guess. Anyways, they said ideally they'd like it to only take me 4-5 hours to complete. What should I use to track time? I was thinking just giving them some WakaTime data or maybe screen record the challenge while I do it. What would you do?

I always change "yarn build" to "yarn knit"

About a month in and I've found that Github copilot code suggestions are like magic half the time. The other half is useless garbage.

However, writing comments has been a dream. 99% of the time it gives the correct description. If anything its worth using for just that.

Until today, I haven’t worked on a react app or front end project in about 5 months.

Hoooo boy. What a fucking rollercoaster ride. One minute you’re doing some slick shit you learned how to do from working on backend projects, the next you’re screaming at your linter and pissing on your keyboard.

2/5 stars do not recommend.

I’m out.

*ascends into the cloud*

Cancelled support subscription due to the app being fucked and not receiving an update in 9 months. Will rejoin once bugs are fixed.

I give the same answer to every Junior

One time at my first dev job, I had a one on one meeting with the international marketing manager. I was like two weeks into the job as a contract front end dev, and some how got placed into this random meeting with someone I didn’t know. Anyways, I show up to the meeting room, sit down, and she started talking about some ecom site that was going to launch soon. Then a list of features she wanted to get my insight on like analytic events, gdpr, cta modals etc I can’t remember tbh. After 5 minutes of her non stop blabbering I finally stopped her to say I didn’t know what the fuck she was talking about, I didn’t know who the right person she was supposed to talk to is, and I only accepted the meeting because she said there was food(donuts). She was pretty embarrassed after that, but continued to keep talking for another 15 minutes about the job and how do I like it etc. Whole thing took 25 minutes, and I missed out on afternoon ping pong. Worst meeting ever.

It would be great to have sort options in search. Similar to reddit like order by date, likes, comments etc.

Proud of myself. I've learned to slow down a bit since my last post. Work isn't everything y'all.

Who else’s “s” key looks like this?

Programming was my backup plan if I didn’t make it as a guitarist in a death metal band lmao.

If I wasn’t a developer, I’d probably try CAD or maybe land surveying.

Crying toddler because I work from home.

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I fucking hate computers

!dev

What is the greatest film trilogy of all time?

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Today is the day I murder Dependabot

Bad dev habit: Approving junior devs PRs into master without really looking them over.

I’m one of maybe the 10% of dev boot camp graduates that had a successful outcome. Most people think it’s as easy as just showing up, write mediocre code, get a certificate then you’re automatically an “engineer” with job offers being thrown at you. It’s not. I already had experience writing code throughout high school and took 2 years of cs classes at university before dropping out. TLDR; only worth it if you already have some technical knowledge or experience otherwise your just pissing away your money.

Fucking Google needs to review my request to bump my api quotas and they’ll let me know in two business days 😑

Just

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In your opinion, what is the difference between software engineer and software developer? The two seem interchangeable these days.

Its March 3rd and I'm already at 858 contributions for the year 🤯

Can we get a fat avatar?

I'm at my limits with working from home. It started off really cool, but for a multitude of reasons I just need to get out of my house. I'm seriously considering renting a work space to at least go to part time. If anyone in the Denver area wants to go in on one, or is looking to rent out space, please let me know.

I literally handcuff myself to my desk sometimes. Also helps with my trichotillomania. Double win.

Best work prank?

Get a random friend to burst into my home office during a zoom call, wearing a ski mask, gun in hand, speak foreign language, and drag me out of the room. Have another masked friend go up the camera and threaten to kill me if my coworkers go to the police. Disappear for a week, then email my boss saying I need 100k or they’ll start killing my family members one by one, take the money, then go on vacation while I fill out job applications. Get a new job and repeat the prank every few months until I retire.

Fuck Citrix Podio/GlobiFlow garbage-ass automation tool. I’m ready to use something else or just outright build my own workflow app for my team.