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Alex Watt

@alexcwatt

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Senior Staff Eng @Shopify working on performance. Husband. Musician. Christian. I tweet what I'm learning about software. Views (esp. snarky ones) are mine.

Pittsburgh, PA
Joined March 2012
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@alexcwatt
Alex Watt
3 years
Got this yesterday about a script I wrote years ago and put online: "Thank you, I use it almost daily." Made my day. 🥰 Reflections: 1. Software is written by people. Appreciation means a lot. 2. Friendcatchers are real. HT @swyx @patio11
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@alexcwatt
Alex Watt
17 days
I have a new playbook for deploying Rails apps in production: @hatchboxio.
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Alex Watt
19 days
@LaurensEasel @Delta Interesting! I went to a customer service desk at LGA and thought they might say that they knew it was a problem, or offer to report it internally, but they seemed surprised that I was talking to them about the app and had nothing to say.
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@alexcwatt
Alex Watt
23 days
Saw these bananas the other day and thought they looked particularly doleful (Dole-ful?)
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Alex Watt
24 days
I've been trying @avo_hq today for a side project. Seems like a nice way to build out a Rails admin app quickly. Hope to share more about what I'm working on in a couple weeks.
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@alexcwatt
Alex Watt
26 days
Two student cohorts: The quantity group got higher marks for more photos. The quality group had to submit one photo and got marks for how good it was. The quantity group had the best photos. Practice is the way to learn.
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@alexcwatt
Alex Watt
28 days
This tweet should be more about Fasten and less about Docker though - seriously very impressed! It's nice to have all this data in one place. Now I'm thinking about forking and contributing.
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@alexcwatt
Alex Watt
29 days
@jamonholmgren @razroo_chief @RaymondPattend Nice! Shopify recently finished a complete migration to React Native for mobile apps and saw performance wins along the way.
@mustafa01ali
Mustafa Ali
30 days
Five years ago, we @Shopify decided to go all-in on @reactnative. Today, we're sharing how it went. Some highlights: 🔨 Building features just once has been a huge productivity boost 👩‍💻 Native devs and code are crucial for success 🏎️ RN apps are fast!
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@alexcwatt
Alex Watt
1 month
Pet peeve: Online login and checkout forms that don't acknowledge inputs from password managers until you type in them. e.g. "Expiration is required" error but it's already filled out It's 2025.
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Alex Watt
1 month
@VicVijayakumar I've also been doing this kind of research! We don't have much plasticware for dining but we do have some that's used in food prep and trying to eliminate that.
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Alex Watt
1 month
So excited for Ghostty. I installed it today and am loving it so far! Replaces iTerm for me.
@mitchellh
Mitchell Hashimoto
2 months
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@alexcwatt
Alex Watt
1 month
I wrote a poem and people liked it so sharing here too: Mere weeks on earth, she says goodbye; She makes a tomb in which to die. But death’s a door: Soon she will soar! You know her as a butterfly.
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@alexcwatt
Alex Watt
2 months
Also, congrats to the team that made this site - it's amazing!
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Alex Watt
2 months
@jmeller @1Password @rails This is awesome! Huge fan of @1Password but never realized @rails was part of your stack.
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Alex Watt
2 months
RT @jmeller: We @1Password are proud to join the Rails Foundation as a core member. To us, @rails is where the future is, where the communi…
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Alex Watt
3 months
@dave_cameron @ShopifyDevs Congrats on 8 years! It was amazing at Summit to see the milestones over the past 20 years - must be incredible to have witnessed so much of the growth.
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@alexcwatt
Alex Watt
3 months
@tekknolagi @Love2Code Congrats! That's an awesome team. Welcome to Shopify!
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@alexcwatt
Alex Watt
3 months
There is no faster way to align than to put forward a specific proposal and let people disagree. Bonus points if you demonstrate how feasible it is to implement (e.g., working prototype).
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