Great notes and I really liked his idea of large persistent info spaces and sharing those with others.
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* start with a clear objective
* include context
* describe criteria to meet expectations
* iterate providing updated context
I used chatGPT-3 yesterday to write a Ruby client that runs code generated from prompts. (Was inspired by the gepl project seen here https://github.com/lmortimer/gepl)
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Many of the challenges you've experienced I've also experienced. I've found that a vacation to a 2nd or 3rd world country for at least 2-3 weeks will help me reset. I think it's a combination of going somewhere I've never been and being able to see people less fortunate who seemingly are happy with much less than what we have here.
Death is incredibly difficult for me to accept..and trying to pretend like I'm fine when Im mourning a loss its near impossible. People tend to be understanding to a point but healing is personal and everyone deals with loss differently.
I've found that helping others is also incredibly rewarding and useful to reconnect when life has pulled the rug out from other me. No matter what I'm going through there is always someone going through something even more challenging. Even if all I can do is listen to them and share their experience. Sometimes that's all any of us need - someone to empathize with our situation.
Finally I add one more thing I've found. I tend to try and avoid pain and have struggled with addiction in the past. Fortunately my last bout of severe depression I used the previous experience and decided to run the Camino de Santiago. I ran the 500+ mile trail from France to the coast of Spain and in a lot of physical discomfort. Most people walk this over the course of a month - I would love to have a chance to do this again with more time. Absolutely life changing and you will make friends from all over the world. Highly recommend trying something uncomfortable -- its an incredible to be able to feel physical pain and yet still be grateful!
I hope you find peace and grow from this!
Mostly now I’m happy with the hardware still using mbp for development, iPad Air, & iPhone; but have noticed the degrade in software stability on all devices.
OS updates make me nervous and don’t address the issues I run into : general performance, responsiveness, Bluetooth device connectivity and hibernation.
I like tqkxzugoaupvwqr’s theory - maybe Apple is more focused on a swift rewrite and unified OS. In general all software and os releases feel rushed and incomplete.
It's a simple event tracking system and yet there are 75 models, and over 80 controllers. This was outsourced to a team which coincidentally appears to have close to that many devs working there. The good news is that according to the client "it pretty much works". I know better than to suggest a Big Bang - though it seems so appealing.
Documentation and code freeze are my next steps and implementing end to end testing.
I really like the leaderboards and how work is automatically tracked.
I created an account to check this out some more - Thanks for sharing!
I've been a freelance contractor for awhile and I know there are tons of time tracking apps. I'm trying to make it easier to just track tasks & invoice without having to create an account or signup for a monthly subscription.
Currently I have calendar integration, reminders, & html/CSV invoices that can be exported, and I have more features I'm working on.
Thanks for checking this out & I appreciate any feedback you have :-)
In the past while contracting I was usually asked to include in my proposals estimates for tests.
The tests failed to be useful, simply because they were written after the feature was actually implemented! We knew better, of course, but this was done in order to quickly get builds a client could look at.
Then when clients wanted to add/change features guess what got cut to make up for the time? Thats right, the tests!
So the tests were always secondary, and the projects tended to suffer as a result.
Recurring "fixed bugs" cost more than just working hours to fix. In the eyes of a client or customer, they are so much worse than a shiny new bug. Tests can help catch recurring bugs before a client/customer does - and save you not only time, but from losing your customers confidence.
Now, I'm building my own app and I'm using a diciplined TDD approach. I didn't start my project this way as It seemed overkill when it was just me. But I saw early on that to not practice TDD even solo was madness. It is taking longer, but my actual progress is consistent, and I'm already far more confident about the stability of the app.
If you or one of your contacts uploads their address book then your friendship/connection can be inferred from the emails now in their database.
I'd guess your client has messenger installed if you didn't install it.
Since then I've more or less just substituted one for the other, but the running seems to have better long-term effects.
The activity is closely connected with my work and personal life -- in that when I don't run, the rest of my life suffers.
## Philip Broadway
* Swift * Rails * Design
Spokane, Wa
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me@philipbroadway.com
Fullstack developer & designer looking for freelance work while Working on my own ios app since I still need to feed my adorable boxer.
Still common though admittedly less acceptable for families to disown other family members over being homosexual.
Step outside of any major city for a reminder of what the rest of the US is actually like.
And I do agree that this type of shaming and rejection can definitely drive people to engage in reckless/self destructive behaviour.