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Normally I'd agree with this sentiment: language changes constantly, usage is king. However we're in an era where people (often in the course of marketing themselves or a product) …

Wow I like your blog! The landing page is really nice. I did, though, get very distracted by the text-shadow on the headings and links. It makes me feel like I have something on my…

> which means Veterans can schedule a mental health appointment on their phone. It all comes down to this. Well done. It's so easy to get stuck in the weeds and forget the real goa…

Google Apps Script is great for tools like this: I have used some at work for a while to manage gig listings for a musician... just the tiny bit of automation happening at midnight…

Last year I lead a project called Paratransit Pal to enter AT&T's Civic Coding Challenge in Atlanta ... the project was all about improving accessibility and clarity of information…

I used a fundraising tool recently with this kind of passwordless workflow. It's a tool that you only use once a year for about 30 days, and your authenticated session can last abo…

I would not have noticed that one chart in each set of 4 has a different scale, so things that are the same height aren't actually the same number. It certainly looks nice and tidy…

They specifically referred to the "deterred subset" ... which is much smaller then "everyone". In any case, the parent's point seemed pretty empty. > Who's to say that the current …

"It's your time, and if people are willing to pay, you can charge whatever you like." Yep! It also helps, for those of us who feel bad charging "high" prices for work we like to do…

This is a big thing people don't always get at first with Grid. It only replaces Flexbox where Flexbox was being used in a convoluted way to imitate what Grid does. It doesn't repl…

Not an app, but I have used ifttt recipes for this in the past, where I call the number and leave a message, then receive an email with transcription and link to audio in case the …

> I see so many great technical people who are unable to communicate effectively and suffer badly from this. I learned a lot of my communication skills studying the arts, and stagi…

It is already much cheaper to import services and hire people who don't live in SV. But somehow companies continue to locate themselves there. Presumably the opportunities for prof…

I'm with you. The company who wants to exchange capital for labor benefits from being able to negotiate separately with each provider of that labor to get the lowest price possible…

MuseScore is great, I have used it to produce lead sheets professionally on several occasions and it does not disappoint. I grew up on Sibelius but prefer MuseScore for simpler tas…

Something that helped me a lot was somebody pointing out that it's OK for code not to be 100% DRY - sometimes things are the same at a given point in time only by coincidence, not …

Wow, there is a lot of stuff there. About a year ago I looked for some contrast based syntax highlighting for Atom and didn't find anything usable, but maybe it's time to look agai…

Oh cool, thanks for the response and explanation. For me, real time is a big deal: I work with adults with developmental disabilities, and anything that helps with having fun jammi…

I use grayscale when I'm finding I'm too distracted by all the stuff on my phone or computer. It helps me focus on what I'm doing sometimes and is a visual reminder that, for whate…

The fella behind imitone ( https://imitone.com/ ) has been grinding away at the details of this stuff for a while. I haven't checked in on it for a while but I was a kickstarter ba…

I saw an enjoyable talk recently about snapshot testing. I don't know too much about testing generally but it seems like it could be relevant: https://facebook.github.io/jest/docs/…

>Is this demonization of opposing viewpoints a new thing, or am I just noticing it more in the last two years? I think it's more in recent years. Especially in the US where things …

Looks like I missed that point in your original post. Seems about right. I think I was led astray by your last sentence about the skills.

>much of your experience from 10+ years ago isn't very relevant today >you're not more qualified than someone less experienced who has that skill. I'd gently disagree with this. An…