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7/ At some point, my connection dropped, and when I finally got the VPN back up and back on the call, this lead said "while you were gone, we decided that you're our new Jo".

I have little desire to get into management, but this may be the best work compliment I've ever had.

5/ I talked with them and another of their engineers for over an hour, discussing the high-priority tasks they've been given, talking over platforms they could target, and how to take their first feature and push a spike through each level of delivery.

Is there anyone @bandcamp that can help me with a broken gift purchase #bandcamp #radiohead oops

@Bandcamp So excited about Radiohead's demos release that I typo'd my brother's email address on the gift form, and now I don't know how to make sure he gets it! (it was a non-deliverable address)

RT @scalzi: I know everyone in the world has linked to this thread already, but honestly if this dude followed through on this cart I would…

"SystemExtensions is a new framework that allows to install and manage user-space code that extends the capabilities of macOS #extensionhell #conflictcatcher https://t.co/kW1EM2V1mu

@jephjacques Top Three AI Names

~20 meetings this week at $dayjob. This is my new normal.

@pixel Also you got me posting on Twitter and now I feel so dirty

@pixel I hear you, but I feel like we have so many of those. I miss working in actual “Mac” apps sometimes. I’d like to have something like Drafts, with a post list, and a live “preview” that rendered the post I’m editing with the blog’s styles.

One button push to publish.

@pixel I just like the idea of not having to edit in one app, and upload in another. However there are some nice markdown apps like @draftsapp, so :shrug:

@pixel Mac app to compose and manage posts, render to disk or s3 or what have you - I’d use it.

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@bitprophet Don't ask me how often I search python datetime formatting

when in doubt, shut up #selftalk

@duretti congrats!

@ErutorOfEve These are good thoughts, thank you!

Any tips for interviewing your engineering manager's replacement #headscratch