itsjoshbruce

bart, 7 days ago to random

Looking for a dev to help lead Mammoth. Needs passion for user experience & fedi, ideally has played a key role in end user app already. Codebase is in Swift + UIKit but we are flexible, want to talk to visionary devs. $5,000/mo, fully open source, AGPL. Can be a (major!) side hustle. HMU at bdecrem on g mail or bartdecrem on discord.

ramsey, 5 days ago to php

It boils my blood to hear folks insinuate that #PHP is the source of their performance problems and they should switch to microservices in another language to fix the performance issues. Maybe spend a little bit of time figuring out where your bottlenecks are and fix those, first!

(This may or may not be a sub-toot.)

ramsey, 4 months ago to random

I keep getting job rejections due to “lack of experience,” and if that isn’t the most disheartening thing to hear after having worked in an industry for over 25 years, I don’t know what is.

itsjoshbruce, 5 months ago (edited 5 months ago) to php

Preparing a beta release of: https://github.com/8fold/php-syndication

Using: https://joshbruce.com

I know how I consume feeds and how I'd like to publish them.

How do you prefer to consume the actual content of what's in the feed?

Please boost. Thanks!

(Admittedly, I don't subscribe to a lot of feeds, but that will probably change soon enough.)

#PHP #RSS #Atom #JsonFeed #Syndication #WebDevelopment #UX

itsjoshbruce, 3 months ago to webdev

Hello fedi-folk!

Stepped away from my employer in November of 2023. Privileged to have runway to leave room for everyone else who's been laid off to find a place to land, hopefully.

Unfortunately, running short on runway.

I mainly do Technical/Agile Coaching, and still spit out clean code and improve/fix forlorn websites.

While I'd like to work under my own banner, would be open to all employment types.

If you have questions (or leads), comments and DMs are open.

#FediHire #Agile #WebDev

itsjoshbruce, 3 months ago to languagelearning

Having trouble finding "scannability" in a reputable source.

"scannable" is a captured adjective derivation, which implies scannability should also be a thing or acceptable.

Definition: The thing is easy to scan or read.

Sentence: We want to maintain or increase scannability of the Dictionary.

I'm sure there's another, better word that hopefully isn't arcane or a 50-dollar word.

Feel like I need to invoke fellow word-nerd @kevlin

#Language

itsjoshbruce, 4 months ago to random

A couple of people from teams I worked with at my previous employer reached out recently.

During those calls, they both said something in the spirit of: You know, we could have listened to you more.

The imposter syndrome part of me feels relieved in these moments. My angsty jerk side tends to be more like, "Yeah! You should have." The pragmatic coach side of me is like, "How can I do better next time? What were the challenges? What can I do next time?"

Just me?

#Agile
#TechnicalCoach

itsjoshbruce, 4 months ago to random

Mastodon culture question from a self-proclaimed newbie and socially awkward human:

When is it okay/preferred to not “reply all” publicly?

I mean, if someone explicitly requests to be removed, that’s obvious to me. But it can get odd if someone replies, removes a couple people…is that the social equivalent of “I don’t want this person to reply” or is it more like, “I don’t know if this person will care”?

itsjoshbruce, 3 months ago (edited 3 months ago) to accessibility

Given I still have time on my hands, and I just had an interesting accessibility experience with a financial app:

1. Would you be interested in articles that basically boil down to, “This probably could be better, and here’s what can be done to fix it”?

2. Would you like me to come hang out with you at no cost?

Multiple choice poll. Boosts would be appreciated as I am small. :)

#Accessibility
#HTML
#CSS
#JavaScript
#iOS
#macOS
#WebDev
#SoftwareDev
#FediHire
#TechnicalCoach

itsjoshbruce, 6 months ago to random

Request, not a pitch (round two).

Would you be open to me coming and hanging with you?

I'm in between full-time work and want to continue cleansing my palette (becoming less pickled; we can discuss that). I'm interested in seeing the cool things other folks are working on and how they play the game.

(Thanks go out to the folks at Hunter Industries, I'll see y'all in December!)

#Agile
#Scrum
#Kanban
#ExtemeProgramming

itsjoshbruce, 5 months ago (edited 5 months ago) to php

Is Symfony Console the way to go for creating custom CLI tools using PHP?

I think someone pulled something together from Laravel components.

I'd like to find something excessively lightweight - like CLI is all it does with few or no dependencies.

Curious about what folks are using.

I'll probably start with Symfony as I've built what I'm planning once before.

#PHP #Laravel #Symfony #CLI

itsjoshbruce, 5 months ago to random

Researching self-hosting options:

• Mastodon (@ramsey and @ian)
• PixelFed (@pixelfed)
• Peertube

Thoughts on providers?

#MastoAdmin

itsjoshbruce, 5 months ago to github

Anyone change their GitHub username/path before?

What was your experience?

What are the things I should watch out for?

#GitHub
#IdentityCrisis
#Branding
#SocialMedia

itsjoshbruce, 4 months ago to webdev

6 years ago someone asked me to post a thing, and I did: https://github.com/WICG/webcomponents/issues/509#issuecomment-348743606

Still use the “is” convention based on my own logic. My part in the conversation was over.

Woke up to an email saying someone posted a reply. Immediate thought was, “Resurrecting a dead thread?”

Nope. More like Cast Away.

(I mean it’s not lively, but wasn’t dead. Obscure topic related to a language many dismiss as too “simple” to bother actually learning because it’s not “real” dev.)

#HTML
#PHP

itsjoshbruce, 4 months ago (edited 4 months ago) to random

Might break down and build my time-tracking app again.

Would you be interested in such a thing?

If so, please do the poll and comment on how much you'd pay for such a thing.

It was a nice app, and I miss it. Didn't sell a lot (enough to pay for the developer license each year). Never had someone report a bug or request a feature.

It went a long while without an update, and Apple decided to remove it from the App Store (no hard feelings).

Boost, please!

#TimeTracking
#Freelance

itsjoshbruce, 7 months ago to random

Hello!

I’m starting the hunt for my next adventure. If you have the means to assist or boost, that’d be lovely.

Looking for #Agile or similar, in a coaching capacity (not project management).

I’d be happy to help your software development (coding) endeavors individually as well. That could be looking at code, pairing up, or doing some paid development as well.

My only hard pass is doing software development directly for corporate.

itsjoshbruce, 2 months ago (edited 2 months ago) to accessibility

Does anyone know of a tool or approach for having a printed book read to you (they, and I, don’t do well with reading print)?

Specifically, this book: Donald Featherstone’s Solo Wargaming

Was going to recommend screen reader + ebook; can’t locate ebook version.

Update: Their trying a Google app for Android called Lookout: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.google.android.apps.accessibility.reveal

#accessibility
#reading

itsjoshbruce, 7 months ago (edited 7 months ago) to php

Invitation (not a pitch):

I find myself with time at the moment. Would like to see what’s happening in the real world (beyond conferences and streaming).

Can I come hang out with you (and possibly your teams)?

We can talk about what that looks like re silent observer all the way to “Throw him on a keyboard, but not under the bus!”

#Agile
#Scrum
#Kanban
#ExtremeProgramming

#MobProgramming
#EnsembleProgramming

#PHP
#Swift
#SoftwareDevelopment

syntaxseed, 5 days ago (edited 2 days ago) to fallout

Watched the premier episode of #Fallout and #AmazonPrime not only ran ads before the show but interrupted the show 3-4 times to play unskippable ads. 😡

Ads before were bad enough, but this is absolutely jarring & bullshit for a service I pay for.

Can't even seem to find any info about an ad-free tier for Canadian subscribers.

Really makes the "oh, it's streaming on Prime" discovery into a disappointment than good news.

#enshittification

itsjoshbruce, 7 months ago to php

GitHub actions CI/CD question.

Desire: Run custom script to generate static file and add/overwrite that file.

When (preferable): After merging to main.

When (acceptable): As part of the PR submission test runs and checks. Meaning the generated file(s) we become part of the PR.

Use cases: sitemap.xml or RSS.

Constraints: I use a vanilla PHP site.

How does one do this? (Search skills are failing me, and I believe I’ve seen it once, but didn’t have time to parse.)

Cheers

#PHP #CICD #GitHub

itsjoshbruce, 3 months ago to macos

I recently tried to share a calendar tied to an iCloud account with someone who doesn’t use Apple products. They weren’t able to subscribe. We didn’t dive into full-on troubleshoot and solution mode.

Is there some voodoo that needs to happen?

1. Create calendar
2. Share calendar (results in email with link)
3. Recipient follows link…

They received an error saying they couldn’t subscribe to the calendar.

I feel like I was able to do this before without problem.

#iCloud #macOS #iOS #CalDav

itsjoshbruce, 3 months ago to psychology

There has to be a named cognitive bias for the tendency some have that can be summed up like this:

If I'm not paying for it, it's not valuable.

The inverse is: Everything of value should be free.

But I digress.

So, what is the name for the "more expensive, more valuable" cognitive bias?

#Psychology
#Sociology

Crell, 4 days ago to CrystalsHashtags

Seems like a good time for someone to write an article summarizing all the Free Software alternatives to #Adobe's suite...

Graphics people, now is your time. Seize it.

#Adobe #Photoshop #AI #GPL #FreeSoftware

itsjoshbruce, 2 days ago (edited 13 hours ago) to random

Humans are an amazing species (Physics Girl - Health update from Destin - Smarter Everday): https://youtu.be/xbcjf-hrOAs

Such range. Such capacity. Such hope.

#COVID

itsjoshbruce, 2 days ago (edited 13 hours ago) to ai

Good times (Veritasium - Analog Computers): https://youtu.be/GVsUOuSjvcg

#AI