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this is hilarious, some of my favorite bits 1. apparently a good developer can - optimistically - complete 2000 lines of code a year 2. “not all domains need safety and security”

Train / metro conductor unions have successfully blocked automation, multiple times in multiple cities

Very familiar with this problem. This process has happened at my last job and is just starting at my current job. Distributing the issues by team makes a ton of sense, but in my ex…

Love this post, great exploration of the nuances of uniqueness validations. I came here to mention that there is also the https://github.com/toptal/database_validations gem which a…

This is so successful. Great choice of piece + performance. IMO there are really cool things you could do with the UI. (Like being able to skip back to sections that you reference …