Engineers are typically more interested in things than in people. That’s why they become engineers.

I think more specifically, software engineers are more interested in ideas.

I got into software engineering because I was obsessed with the experience of a customer’s eyes dilating and then silently going “ooooh,” when they encounter a product that’s going to change their lives for the first time. I remember my first iPad, and when Steve Jobs presented it. He described it as “magical.” A better word could not have been used. I didn’t need to have explained to me why this was going to change the world, or how I did things. I instinctively knew. To me, this is the highest pursuit of software engineering - software that needs no explanation or justification.

I find this often puts me at odds with other developers both IRL at my job, and online. I roll my eyes as a 1028th way of doing something backend is created for a task that works well enough, and brings no user-facing improvement to the table.

I will never stop finding joy in the products that are magical though, nor will I stop trying to be a wizard.

What experience got you into your field? What made you passionate about it? And what do you think sets you apart from your peers? What is the flavor you bring?

#coding #programming #devrants

I must be the most boring person on earth. I seriously love sitting alone in the morning sun with my coffee. The only sounds are the wind chime and the breeze. And for the bonus the smell of the neighbor's flowering shrub is blown over to me. So nice. I know I'm a loner and I do like being around people. But how do you deny yourself time to let go and just feel whatever form of paradise God gives you at the moment? How do you explain that the important thing you're in the middle of is daydreaming about nothing specific, just how perfect everything seems? And that doesn't mean I don't think about my responsibilities. It's just that they really can wait. Things that feel like heavy burdens are easier to carry after you've rested. ☕💋

Fall is bonfire and bourbon season.

Saw this incredible satellite image of last weekend's eclipse the other day. Awe-inspiring.

Hello world! #introductions

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Screw your battery pack and sitting in a Tesla outside a grocery store for hours charging this thing……… …..

I can get 400 miles of range in my car in 90 seconds at the pump…….

Getting 400 miles in 90 seconds is life changing….…………

If I own a Tesla and my electricity is rationed for whatever reason, that’s a problem………….. nostr:note1nw0mur89c08u3hrysj0pm630ec07cpr04h5zng7glpqdwdpmsh6qx7elcf

Learning how to make sourdough. Two loaves today. One came out kinda ugly, but still tasty. Might turn that into French toast for tomorrow. The other is in the oven

Learning how to make sourdough. Two loaves today. One came out kinda ugly, but still tasty. Might turn that into French toast for tomorrow. The other is in the oven

This might be correct, though.

I didn’t know anyone thought NPR *had* journalistic independence or integrity.

Sounds like you're just mad you don't live in Texas

This is weird because I can't stand most Texans. Like I have said for years: the problem with Texas is that it's filled with Texans.