Benjamin Pollack @bmp@mastodon.social
Developer at Spreedly, and former developer and manager from Indy to NYC to Mountain View to Raleigh.
This is shaping up to be one of my better Mondays. https://mastodon.social/media/vdYqEiVJytWHBsUhaEM
My Grandad's advice for safe driving was: "Always remember you're controlling a potentially lethal weapon". I think it helped me to take driving even more seriously.
Perhaps it's good advice for us technologists too...
"Always remember you're programming a potential platform for bullying and harassment".
"Always remember you're designing a potential system for mass surveillance".
"Always remember you're deploying a potential tool for mass social unrest".
Reminder that Project Gutenberg Canada exists
The site is formatted like it's from 1994, but it's got dozens and dozens of digitised books that are in the Canadian Public Domain
"Every library should have a good science fiction and fantasy section."
โ https://t.co/Yzp9VtezJk #programming #javascript #haskell
Okay, so Apple has outsourced iCloud in China, with logical consequences. Does anyone know if Google does the same? http://www.bbc.com/news/business-42631386
I'm working on a series of blog posts on running your own "everywhere" machine, starting with files. Currently, I'm working on coverage for Perkeep, Upspin, Minio, and Keybase. Anything in this space I'm missing out on?
(I appreciate that Minio seems like the odd duck there, but things like `mc share ...` make it a pretty reasonable thing to throw in.)
2008: "Includes support for Windows, Mac, and Linux"
Oh wow, how convenient! I really appreciate talented developers who write good cross-platform code and accomodate to users of multiple operating systems!
2018: "Includes support for Windows, Mac, and Linux"
Oh great, another fucking Electron app ๐
All right, let's give up on Twitter for now and switch to here. Hopefully it'll be a less caustic and more interesting community.
