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Thank you for sharing. As a T1 diabetic too, I was reading this nodding my head all the way through.

“Most diabetics have CGMs these days” - not where I come from :-(

Agree. They came out of the gates with a really well put together chat app, that made a massive impact. Then, basically, didn’t advance it beyond that. It is still great for chat, …

I love the book ‘Back of the Napkin’. He talks about identifying what you are trying to present, and marrying that to the diagram you draw. I’ve used those approaches many times in…

I wrote an NPM package to convert JSON objects to/from a dotted format. It doesn't (currently) sort the flattened output, but that would be easy to add. https://www.npmjs.com/packa…

Couldn’t agree more. It must have one of the worst usage-to-enjoyment ratios of any site.

100% agree. I realised many years ago that to try to restrict/fix requirements was futile - or, you can try, but to what end. It’s like swimming upstream. The hard part is that bei…

I think the high-level summary of the article is ‘fire-and-forget development’ - ie producing features, but not measuring impact/benefit/usage. I’m not convinced ‘feature factory’ …

Agree. I much prefer the term ‘product engineer’ to all previous titles. It shouldn’t be a cargo-cult switch where everyone starts calling themselves one, but it is by far the best…

Yup. Business benefit supersedes customer benefit. Always.

This story is similar to mine. I really don't want to have lots of subscriptions, but I use 1Password sooo much, it is a clear winner for my money.

Fair response - my assertions were a bit extreme :-). You can use process to force change, but, personally, I think a strong manager/leader would aim to resolve these issues irresp…

That’s a list of poor engineer attributes, which need to be addressed via conversations. Not impose a process in the hope that’ll fix them.

Really liked this article. I liken software methodologies to cooking recipes. On one end of the scale you have a highly skilled and experienced chef, who can craft a great (request…

I've used Hugo for a few sites now. There is a bit of a hump at the start - finding a theme you like and customising it to your needs. But after that it is fantastic.

Unfortunately I can't get this in the UK. I asked, but they only give out to kids or people who poorly manage their T1. :(

Me too.

Completely. As a T1 I could complain that it is draining, but, hey, it's just the way things are. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

As a Type1, I wish they'd give them different names - diabetes is too often seen as a 'fat person disease'. Maybe I shouldn't care, but it is upsetting to have to explain to people…

In the U.K. it is very difficult to get a CGM - unless you are young or manage your Type1 very badly. Even with doing finger prick blood tests 5 times a day, for years , I feel mos…

Yep, me too. [Type1]

I agree. I doubt it is as black and white as people have interpreted. I suspect it was more along the lines of "we want to take a different approach to _automation_, are you with u…

Completely. Disappointed is fine, but surprised. Given this seems explicitly designed to avoid the need for AppStore reviews, this was inevitable. I don't want anyone pushing code …

I love the speed of Sublime, and still use it sometimes. But, the vast majority of time is in VSCode.