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David Nelson

@variableirony

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Polyglot developer, but C# is my first love. Senior Developer at @GitLab. Ex-@ThoughtWorks. Organizer of @dotnetunboxed. Maintainer of @casperbuild.

Dallas, TX
Joined March 2016
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David Nelson
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@patio11 I work with actual security researchers who have been testing AIs for this use case and they unanimously agree that this is not the case.
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@ptdamiba @patio11 It’s the employer saying “we believe that your other opportunities are at least partially constrained by your location, and therefore you will accept less than someone in another location”.
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@ddoomen The left is just noise. “Better reflect its purpose” is clear from the rename itself. And if we re-explained ideas like code clarity in every commit where they were used, every commit message would be hundreds of words long. Those explanations belong in your style guide.
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@James_M_South Engagement baiter going to engagement bait
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@lxztlr @Aaronontheweb @github Rider does have this with the setting “Enable staging area”, though it’s not my favorite implementation.
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@s7nfo @patio11 I assume it only happened once because Patrick learned his lesson.
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RT @Aaronontheweb: Extend-only design is one of those techniques that is: A. total life-saver for maintaining binary compatibility across…
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RT @david_whitney: All of the best people at a discipline occasionally subvert conventional form in design because regular form is the "bes…
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RT @wemby: We need an NBA players only Chess tournament, proceeds go to the charity of choice of the winner
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RT @patio11: A contractor said something during this project which I thought was both compassionate and the sign that he was a skilled prof…
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@CohhCarnage @thegameawards It was miles better than last year, and I appreciate that they accepted and adjusted to some of the criticism. But I agree with this indie dev that the speed at which they blast through many of the awards is insulting to the nominees.
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Jeff Vogel
2 months
#TheGameAwards pretends they think games are great art. Then they blast through the awards at insulting speed. Forget about acceptance speeches ... They don't even show the games! When you list the nominees, show quick clips from them so people know what you're talking about!
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RT @AngryTomtweets: 2. "Sora is a data-driven physics engine"
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RT @drhingram: While I nodded, nearly napping, Suddenly there came a tapping, As of someone gently trotting, Trotting ‘cross my chamber flo…
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RT @spiderwebsoft: We are almost to the end of the Steam Autumn sale. All of our fun, indie, turn-based, retro, fun games are on deep disco…
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RT @serialseb: It may be a sign of times. But with only a few weeks to turn around, if you need a distribute system architect, expert in mu…
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RT @makowskid: @AaryanBajaj18 It's an abomination, should be banned worldwide. YAML: where `no` becomes `false`, `12345` is a number, but…
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David Nelson
3 months
“The last version of Windows”
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Zac Bowden
3 months
Microsoft will charge consumers $30 for continued security updates on Windows 10 beyond October 2025, it has been confirmed. DETAILS: #Windows10 #WindowsUpdate
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David Nelson
3 months
I really love this framing. “Quality” is still subjective (different developers find different aspects of code “easy to change”). But it sets up a shared goal of obvious value to work towards instead of an abstract ideal.
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Rajesh Patel
3 months
"The ease with which we can change our software defines its quality." - @davefarley77 Easy to change code - allow developers to respond new requirement quickly, fix bug without introducing side-effect, and quickly enhance features. It also facilitates better team collaboration.
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4 months
@_cartermp But why would you *ever* look at the For You tab?
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RT @WhiteHouse: For his impact as an actor, a literacy advocate, and a storyteller – LeVar Burton is a 2023 National Humanities Medal recip…
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