The Grumpy Dev
Stuart ToddLets face it--the tech industry is in a bit of a mess. I poke fun at it and offer up some tips that has helped me navigate it over the years.
| Platform |  | Pricing | Freemium | Publishes | Twice weekly |
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| Issues | 68 | Founded | 2 years ago | Last Issue | 13 days ago |
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One of the hardest lessons I’ve learned in business
And to be fair, it was probably overdue.
As engineers, we often massively undervalue the risk we take on when building systems for other people.
Not just technical risk.
Commercial risk.
Emotional risk.
Reputational risk.
Time...
I'm terrible at "business"
Allow me to explain
Not in the “can’t send an invoice” sense. Not in the “doesn’t understand value” sense. But in the way that seems to matter most in certain corners of the industry, I don’t play the game the way it’s apparently meant...
Amaze! Amaze! Amaze! Fist my bump.
I’ve finally launched something that’s been living rent-free in my head for far too long:
This is battle-tested.
This is scar tissue.
This is deep-rooted trauma.
This is years of writing code, rewriting code, questioning all my life...
I wrote a env-profiler package.
If you’re anything like me (and if not, lucky you), you’re constantly switching environment variables.
Different clients mean different setups:
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different databases.
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different feature flags.
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slightly different configs that de...
The motivation for generics (Rust)
When you need the same logic for different types, copying the function and changing the type leads to duplication: two (or more) nearly identical functions that differ only in the types they use.
Any bug fix or improvement must be applied...
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As an industry, tech and development is in a bit of a shambles. I poke fun at that, suggest ways coping strategies and most of all try to make people laugh along the way.
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