Jennifer Gilbert @jay_gee

I am super important. Mastodon: @[email protected] The Bay Area, CA Joined May 2008

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Jennifer Gilbert @jay_gee

3 years ago

@thewizardlucas An observation can be valid without being useful.

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developers who don't run prettier on save will never know the dopamine reward signal you get when you write valid code and watch it reformat if it ever doesn't reformat, I start looking for syntax errors

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Jennifer Gilbert @jay_gee

3 years ago

I will be grateful to the OG bloggers forever. They were bold and honest and unapologetic in a way that I had never seen before, and gave me the courage to be who I wanted to be, not who others wanted me to be. I hope you have peace now, @dooce. You changed my life.

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drewtoothpaste.bsky.social @drewtoothpaste

3 years ago

the two options for furniture in america are a $85 table made of spit and paper and a $4,485 table made of wood out of a tree that some one kissed every day

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Jennifer Gilbert @jay_gee

3 years ago

@celikovic The obvious answer is "the pandemic." Wild that people have forgotten this. Do people think they can't get Covid now?

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Jennifer Gilbert @jay_gee

3 years ago

@joemasilotti @nateberkopec +1. It's not about increasing lines of code per hour, it's about building smoother rails for my train of thought. I'm sure there's a point of diminishing returns though.

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philip lewis @Phil_Lewis_

3 years ago

A YouTube star who went viral as a toddler talks about the resentment she feels toward her parents, who told her she had to keep making videos so they could maintain their lifestyle Influencer parents and the kids who had their childhood made into content teenvogue.com/story/influenc…

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Jennifer Gilbert @jay_gee

3 years ago

@iamharaldur Writing tests for error cases just as a "best practice," while 100% believing they are unnecessary, never fails to be a thoroughly humbling experience.

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Jennifer Gilbert @jay_gee

4 years ago

I scuffed a woman's car with my car. I apologized and told her to send me an estimate for repairs. We spent the next two weeks exchanging friendly texts until she excitedly updated me that she had managed to crowd-source and get it fixed for $28. Can we all be like this?

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Jennifer Gilbert @jay_gee

4 years ago

@dvassallo You could have just made this about yourself and your own feelings, you know. You didn't have to bring the pile of arrogance into it.

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Jennifer Gilbert @jay_gee

4 years ago

@RobDenBleyker Better late than never.

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Jennifer Gilbert @jay_gee

4 years ago

(Today I was trying to order tile, but realized I forgot to bring my wallet to my desk. So I got up and retrieved it, which blew my cover. He was like "What do you need a WALLET for if it's a work meeting?" and started barking.)

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Jennifer Gilbert @jay_gee

4 years ago

I used to think I'd be a great dog parent who raised a reasonable animal. Now, when I need to make a phone call, I have to pretend it's a work meeting, because my dog hates phone calls. Also I have to look at the screen even though nothing is there, otherwise he knows I'm faking.

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Jennifer Gilbert @jay_gee

4 years ago

@genmon Yes! I feel like it requires just as much skill, but so much less tedium and confusion. I hadn't gotten into really new territory with Copilot before, so it felt more like fancy autocomplete until I was in that blank-slate scenario.

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Jennifer Gilbert @jay_gee

4 years ago

AI coding partners are just googling it but with fewer steps, and I'm here for it. I wrote a VS Code extension last weekend, something I had no mental model for. The examples didn't involve the functionality I needed, but Copilot just kept pulling me forward until I understood.

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Jessica Hische @jessicahische

4 years ago

I patiently await the day when she shows up at my door. After all this time she's ready for a change. I tell her I don't want to change her—I love her—I just want her to become the best version of herself.

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Jennifer Gilbert @jay_gee

4 years ago

The CSS course by @JoshWComeau is one of the best investments I've ever made, and it's inspiring me to dig deep in other "known" areas too. Has anyone taken an online deep-dive SQL course that really impressed you?

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derek guy @dieworkwear

4 years ago

I said earlier that the wide availability of cheap clothing has made people lose touch with the cost of making clothes given fair wages. So let's talk about how much a button-up shirt should cost. 🧵

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Jennifer Gilbert @jay_gee

4 years ago

I think about this all the time. I'm living life on the easiest mode possible, and I still have a million lingering todos, a mildly questionable diet, and the hydration level of a tumbleweed that has just caught fire. How are you people doing this?