pragdave
@pragdave.bsky.social
Accident prone programmer, speaker, and writer. https://pragprog.com
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Honored to be asked to review @pragdave.bsky.social's new book for programmers, Simplicity.
It was such a joy to read -- like having your super experienced senior dev best friend share all their coding and productivity secrets.
It's now in beta, check it out ❤️ pragprog.com/titles/dtcod...
It was such a joy to read -- like having your super experienced senior dev best friend share all their coding and productivity secrets.
It's now in beta, check it out ❤️ pragprog.com/titles/dtcod...
simplicity
Fight complexity and reclaim the original spirit of agility by learning to simplify how you develop software. The result: a more humane and effective environment, and a happier you.
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March 5, 2025 at 4:16 PM
Honored to be asked to review @pragdave.bsky.social's new book for programmers, Simplicity.
It was such a joy to read -- like having your super experienced senior dev best friend share all their coding and productivity secrets.
It's now in beta, check it out ❤️ pragprog.com/titles/dtcod...
It was such a joy to read -- like having your super experienced senior dev best friend share all their coding and productivity secrets.
It's now in beta, check it out ❤️ pragprog.com/titles/dtcod...
I had a really nice chat with @bruceeckel.bsky.social and @jamesward.com about programming, need, and satisfaction
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#107 The Joy of Programming with Dave Thomas by Happy Path Programming
We chat with Dave Thomas, co-author of The Pragmatic Programmer, about the joy of programming and the tensions between our and others needs.
Discuss this episode: discord.gg/XVKD2uPKyF
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December 30, 2024 at 4:52 PM
I had a really nice chat with @bruceeckel.bsky.social and @jamesward.com about programming, need, and satisfaction
creators.spotify.com/pod/show/hap...
creators.spotify.com/pod/show/hap...
Day 7 of the #AdventofCode. I'm really please with the first part: generating all permutations of the two operators by adding one to a count.
2024 Advent of Code, day 7
This one had a fun first part but I think I must have missed something obvious in the second: it runs way too sloe.
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December 15, 2024 at 11:45 PM
Day 7 of the #AdventofCode. I'm really please with the first part: generating all permutations of the two operators by adding one to a count.
I think Phoenix has been fairly stable, but I have had no direct experience using it for a while now. I can't talk about the JVM ones. I've also had zero experience on the JVM side of the house.
December 10, 2024 at 3:31 PM
I think Phoenix has been fairly stable, but I have had no direct experience using it for a while now. I can't talk about the JVM ones. I've also had zero experience on the JVM side of the house.
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This week's PragProg Best Sellers:
1. Agile Web Development with Rails 8 by @intertwingly.net
2. Network Programming in Elixir and Erlang by @whatyouhi.de
3. Real-World Event Sourcing by @kevinhoffman.bsky.social
https://pragprog.com/best_sellers/
1. Agile Web Development with Rails 8 by @intertwingly.net
2. Network Programming in Elixir and Erlang by @whatyouhi.de
3. Real-World Event Sourcing by @kevinhoffman.bsky.social
https://pragprog.com/best_sellers/
December 8, 2024 at 10:41 AM
This week's PragProg Best Sellers:
1. Agile Web Development with Rails 8 by @intertwingly.net
2. Network Programming in Elixir and Erlang by @whatyouhi.de
3. Real-World Event Sourcing by @kevinhoffman.bsky.social
https://pragprog.com/best_sellers/
1. Agile Web Development with Rails 8 by @intertwingly.net
2. Network Programming in Elixir and Erlang by @whatyouhi.de
3. Real-World Event Sourcing by @kevinhoffman.bsky.social
https://pragprog.com/best_sellers/
Nah, it's me that's going to feel stupid when the "why didn't you..." comments start rolling in. :)
December 7, 2024 at 12:41 AM
Nah, it's me that's going to feel stupid when the "why didn't you..." comments start rolling in. :)
ust as an experiment, I'm recording myself working through the Advent of Code challenges. The videos are pretty raw: I edit out long silences and the occasional dog park, but otherwise they've just me bumbling along. Enjoy:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=oEI2...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=oEI2...
2024 Advent of Code, Day 1
YouTube video by pragdave
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December 6, 2024 at 11:42 PM
ust as an experiment, I'm recording myself working through the Advent of Code challenges. The videos are pretty raw: I edit out long silences and the occasional dog park, but otherwise they've just me bumbling along. Enjoy:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=oEI2...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=oEI2...
Massive congratulations to Chris McCord and the team for reaching the amazing milestone of LiveView 1.0.
December 5, 2024 at 2:57 AM
Massive congratulations to Chris McCord and the team for reaching the amazing milestone of LiveView 1.0.
Maybe you say I should just freeze all versions of the framework code, and run with that into the future. I tried that. I have 80kloc of Rails that won't run on Ubuntu > 18. And, or course, that means no security updates.
I think we need to start factoring this in to our choice of frameworks.
I think we need to start factoring this in to our choice of frameworks.
November 30, 2024 at 5:44 PM
Maybe you say I should just freeze all versions of the framework code, and run with that into the future. I tried that. I have 80kloc of Rails that won't run on Ubuntu > 18. And, or course, that means no security updates.
I think we need to start factoring this in to our choice of frameworks.
I think we need to start factoring this in to our choice of frameworks.
Not picking on Rails here: it's even worse in the Javascript world. And Python 2 -> 3 is still a mess, all these years later.
It's time to stop assuming latest = greatest, and instead know that latest will be most painful.
I don't want to incur the future debt of Rails or a JS framework.
It's time to stop assuming latest = greatest, and instead know that latest will be most painful.
I don't want to incur the future debt of Rails or a JS framework.
November 30, 2024 at 5:44 PM
Not picking on Rails here: it's even worse in the Javascript world. And Python 2 -> 3 is still a mess, all these years later.
It's time to stop assuming latest = greatest, and instead know that latest will be most painful.
I don't want to incur the future debt of Rails or a JS framework.
It's time to stop assuming latest = greatest, and instead know that latest will be most painful.
I don't want to incur the future debt of Rails or a JS framework.
This has reached the point where some frameworks are not even compatible with themselves. Rails 8, for example, changed how assets work (again) and deleted a manifest file. But use the Rails 8 generator to create an esbuild app, and that app won't run.
November 30, 2024 at 5:44 PM
This has reached the point where some frameworks are not even compatible with themselves. Rails 8, for example, changed how assets work (again) and deleted a manifest file. But use the Rails 8 generator to create an esbuild app, and that app won't run.
Most framework curators seem to value signing up new users over supporting existing users and their apps–each major release will adopt the libraries and ideas du jour, attracting people who want to play with them to the detriment of existing users who now have to spend time fixing their code.
November 30, 2024 at 5:44 PM
Most framework curators seem to value signing up new users over supporting existing users and their apps–each major release will adopt the libraries and ideas du jour, attracting people who want to play with them to the detriment of existing users who now have to spend time fixing their code.
Well said! DRY is about having a single source of truth, and never about removing identical lines of code. I updated the 2nd edition of TPP to try to make that clearer.
November 30, 2024 at 2:09 PM
Well said! DRY is about having a single source of truth, and never about removing identical lines of code. I updated the 2nd edition of TPP to try to make that clearer.
Who knows, who knows...
November 30, 2024 at 9:52 AM
Who knows, who knows...
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November 30, 2024 at 4:38 AM
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Make a little gerbil happy today...
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This is Finley. Finley's parents work in our ebook department, where they enjoy picking out the best 1s and 0s as they craft each download.
They would really appreciate it if you'd pick up one of the books they made, because they hope to buy Finley a wheel for Christmas.
They would really appreciate it if you'd pick up one of the books they made, because they hope to buy Finley a wheel for Christmas.
November 30, 2024 at 4:38 AM
This is Finley. Finley's parents work in our ebook department, where they enjoy picking out the best 1s and 0s as they craft each download.
They would really appreciate it if you'd pick up one of the books they made, because they hope to buy Finley a wheel for Christmas.
They would really appreciate it if you'd pick up one of the books they made, because they hope to buy Finley a wheel for Christmas.
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November 27, 2024 at 9:00 PM
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I'll be interested to hear what you think.
November 25, 2024 at 1:44 PM
I'll be interested to hear what you think.
Aerospace might well be the workspace manager for OS X that I've been looking for. Anyone got any other favorites?
November 24, 2024 at 10:46 PM
Aerospace might well be the workspace manager for OS X that I've been looking for. Anyone got any other favorites?
I just tried installing eight popular CMS apps under Rails 8. Only one of them got past the initial install stage. Makes me want to use Java.
November 21, 2024 at 8:21 PM
I just tried installing eight popular CMS apps under Rails 8. Only one of them got past the initial install stage. Makes me want to use Java.
This afternoon I submitted an issue to the JRuby team. Five hours later they had the fix ready to merge. I'm seriously impressed.
November 21, 2024 at 4:34 AM
This afternoon I submitted an issue to the JRuby team. Five hours later they had the fix ready to merge. I'm seriously impressed.