When you work on apps that measure success with number of actual human lives saved, your perspective changes. Users donโt care about your clean code.
I often do "lateral reading" when I have to learn something. That is, for example, I follow a tutorial and it briefly mentions a configuration property, I will then search more resources that focus on this property
I learned this from some fact-checking documentary before and it is really useful.
this is a feature I want to implement in Cozy, where when you open an article it would present likely resources that helps understanding what you are currently reading
@bartholin I was surprised with the results too. Matrix is technically awesome (decentralized, secure, etc) but I didnโt expect it will be this popular
I'm circling around writing a <time-ago> web component for https://ayco.io/threads ... I know the ideal situation is to not calculate that on the server (for more accurate html info, faster response, simpler), and instead I should progressively enhance this on the browser -- I have to do this at some point
gotchas, of course, include that the timezone on the server is likely different than the timezone in the viewer's device -- so I will default to showing by day (just today, yesterday, 2 days ago) instead of by seconds
Thinking I should write the web-component for my use-case with just the subset of features... I don't need everything, I only need a <days-ago> or something
I understand the reasoning, but this gave me a good laugh ๐: "I sometimes read at my standing-desk while brushing my teeth which leaves me with only one hand." https://github.com/cheeaun/phanpy/issues/542
After almost two years of being here as my main social channel, Iโm seeing that #mastodon & the #fediverse platform reward usersโ efforts the more we intentionally curate and engage with our timelines
Itโs a lot of work than algorithmic social platforms but it sharpens your social skills and empathyโcloser to something that translates to real life