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Re: Rivers Cuomo is an active developer on GitHub

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Post by julianwachholz »

freedomben wrote: post #30

Interesting, he seems to primarily work on a Discord Bot. This is at heavy risk for confirmation bias, but I believe that writing chat bots is one of the best ways for people to get into and enjoy coding, because it's fun and rewarding, and simple enough (with an existing framework to use) that just uses strings. For a large generation it was MySpace and the ability to customize your page heavily with HTML. I know a…

I once heard that there are a couple types of projects that every software dev must go through at least once as a rite of passage. For me and those around me those definitely were IRC bots and bulletin board systems. Everyone created their own.

Re: Rivers Cuomo is an active developer on GitHub

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Post by bilalq »

Seeing that activity chart reminds me of TJ Holowaychuk (a.k.a., visionmedia). He was such a prolific and inspirational guy. I remember going through college over a decade ago and looking up to him. He accomplished so much, but still made it a point to enjoy hobbies outside of programming. Dude was a great role model.

Re: Rivers Cuomo is an active developer on GitHub

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Post by bdcravens »

dvt wrote: post #18

About a year ago, he played at a super intimate (and random) spot in LA. He pitched his GitHub during the show and I had a cool conversation with him about his code afterwards. Not a huge Weezer fan or anything (a friend invited me to the thing since she didn't want to go alone), but he seemed like a neat dude.

Never been a big Weezer fan either, but I saw them at the Adobe Max conference party in LA in 2011 (literally a day or two before Steve Jobs passed; I learned of it at the airport going home). No idea if his/their tech interests had anything to do with it, or if it was just another gig.

Re: Rivers Cuomo is an active developer on GitHub

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Post by [deleted] »

bemusedthrow75 wrote: post #78
geoelectric wrote: post #77

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I remember the Buddy Holly video but I think I may never have found the Plympton videos. I missed out—was a huge Plymptoons fan back then. I do remember discovering the video for GWAR’s Saddam A-Go-Go inside the Beavis & Butthead adventure game that came out that same year. Weird what sticks in our heads. Good times.

I was sure I remembered there was more than one, but likely I misremembered: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7ob7EEr3t8k It's very short, too. I'm surprised by that. But it definitely stuck in my head.

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Re: Rivers Cuomo is an active developer on GitHub

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Post by wiseowise »

lexlash wrote: post #61
freedomben wrote: post #30

Interesting, he seems to primarily work on a Discord Bot. This is at heavy risk for confirmation bias, but I believe that writing chat bots is one of the best ways for people to get into and enjoy coding, because it's fun and rewarding, and simple enough (with an existing framework to use) that just uses strings. For a large generation it was MySpace and the ability to customize your page heavily with HTML. I know a…

I teach software engineering to grad students. Discord bots specifically have been fantastic: 1) auth/identity is built in 2) the UX is highly constrained (having students lose a month to CSS issues is perhaps good prep for the real world but feels awful) 3) all of the tooling is free* *With the restrictions on free Heroku and the removal of free orgs on fly (it seems) I’ve had to retool a bit but codespaces cover a…

How is that different from writing command-line apps?

Re: Rivers Cuomo is an active developer on GitHub

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Post by romanovcode »

bdcravens wrote: post #85
vitiral wrote: post #75

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Let me Google that for you?

As I'm not really a Weezer fan, I didn't recognize the name, but just looking at his profile tells you right away who he his. His employer is literally listed as Weezer.

Yes, and who is Weezer? This says nothing.

Re: Rivers Cuomo is an active developer on GitHub

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Post by INTPenis »

freedomben wrote: post #30

Interesting, he seems to primarily work on a Discord Bot. This is at heavy risk for confirmation bias, but I believe that writing chat bots is one of the best ways for people to get into and enjoy coding, because it's fun and rewarding, and simple enough (with an existing framework to use) that just uses strings. For a large generation it was MySpace and the ability to customize your page heavily with HTML. I know a…

You have a good point. For me it was IRC bots.

It's a quick and easy return on investment. You see results and you can share results with friends, and the APIs aren't too hard.

Re: Rivers Cuomo is an active developer on GitHub

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Post by richeyryan »

wiseowise wrote: post #87
lexlash wrote: post #61

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I teach software engineering to grad students. Discord bots specifically have been fantastic: 1) auth/identity is built in 2) the UX is highly constrained (having students lose a month to CSS issues is perhaps good prep for the real world but feels awful) 3) all of the tooling is free* *With the restrictions on free Heroku and the removal of free orgs on fly (it seems) I’ve had to retool a bit but codespaces cover a…

How is that different from writing command-line apps?

Most computer users don't use command-line apps day in and day out. Most computer users nowadays use chat apps (Discord, Slack, Whatsapp) and have probably encountered bots on those platforms before. There is an inherent familiarity that makes it feel more accessible.
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