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linc

@linc@phpc.social

He/him. Web engineering leader deep in community building & education who thinks PHP & hypermedia are great. 🚀

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hbuchel, to random
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Is this a real thing people using Tailwind do because this made me actually lol at work
https://stackoverflow.com/questions/72826605/how-to-style-nested-elements-based-on-parent-class-using-tailwind-css

linc,
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@hbuchel My impression is that using CSS well requires specialized knowledge, which our industry is actively trying to squelch with the labor arbitrage of "Javascript everywhere" so everyone has the same skillset. Enough folks have drank the Kool Aid on this they have a critical mass and don't understand they're undercutting their own labor by devaluing others' experience.

linc, to random
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If I installed new server software that served websites 500% faster but also crashed sometimes, your first question would be "how frequent are the crashes?" and if I shrugged you'd back away slowly and start looking for my replacement.

But with LLMs & hallucinations that's just normal operating conditions and you're a luddite if you ask too much about it.

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    linc,
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    @josh If my dog gets too warm on a walk, he finds a nice patch of grass and just sprawls until he's done panting. I get no say in how long that is.

    linc, to random
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    PHP's popularity is directly tied to that of hypermedia, which is currently at a nadir with the ubiquity of SPAs. I firmly believe its time will come again because hypermedia is the native underpinning of the Web and there is no more reliable pendulum in technology than the tug of war between client & server. It's inspiring to read the work of others who believe the same. https://hypermedia.systems/

    linc, to random
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    I use an iPhone 12 mini. I would've upgraded to a 15 mini. If they're done with minis, I'm done upgrading until iOS drops support. 🤷

    BenRiceM, to random
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    @viticci @ismh86 @imyke Have you heard the Titanic theory that Jack is (or was supposed to be) a trans man? https://www.cracked.com/blog/the-much-better-movie-hiding-in-titanic

    linc,
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    @BenRiceM Not only is it a better movie, the plot actually makes sense now. I haven’t reshared a link in my community Discord that got more enthusiastic feedback than that one in a while. 😅

    linc, to random
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    Am I the only person in the world who keeps losing floor lamps to the weight plate in their base disintegrating after 5-8 years? I feel like I'm losing my mind.

    linc, to random
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    Civilization is an infinite, cyclical game of one-upmanship between the systems builders and the systems gamers. When people say "late-stage capitalism" I hear "phase in the current cycle where the systems gamers are ahead."

    What bothers me is an implicit expectation that letting the system fail is going to work for anyone. People who believe that have never lived through a system failing. You move on by building something new, not waiting.

    linc,
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    This is a post about everything.

    AI is the fever dream of systems gamers that want to cement & control the current system as it stands.

    Trump's conviction is the old system holding against its most prolific gamer, but we're not sure for how much longer.

    The non-monopoly Web is where the Builders are scheming their comeback to reverse the tides once again.

    Our despair is why the cycle lasts as long as it does. We stop believing the building matters for a bit, and it infects everything.

    linc, to random
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    My first skim of your technical docs is to accomplish what I want very quickly.

    My second pass is probably to learn how it works.

    My third careful read comes when I finally want to know why it works that way.

    If your docs aren't structured to let me read them that way, I already hate your docs.

    linc, to random
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    I am equally interested in building software, building communities, managing teams, & hiring. I think it's because they're all minor variations on the same skillset, and it feels puzzling we talk about them as totally separate disciplines.

    It's all community management, which is fundamentally about leadership.

    linc, to random
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    Has a software company going public ever not been a disaster for its customers?

    linc, to random
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    Underrated lead engineer skill: Speaking as little as necessary in team meetings. It’s not collaborating if you guide every time.

    linc, to random
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    My husband got Covid and we followed the CDC guidance (2 completely negative tests 24-hours apart) before un-quarantining. I had symptoms 36 hours later. 🫠 Maybe be a little skeptical of that one, is all I'm saying.

    linc, to random
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    Maybe Atlassian could use their next weeklong hackathon to fix a bug in Jira.

    linc, to random
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    Differentiating bullying from free speech, disruption, or "leaning in" isn't nuanced. If someone doesn't, it's simply because the bullying is in their interest.

    linc, to random
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    10 years ago we started adding social media integrations to any app that moved. Now we’re ripping them out, husks of potential value that was endlessly hyped but never materialized.

    Anyway, onto LLM integrations, sure.

    linc, to random
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    One day someone in the Democratic Party is gonna figure out they could use their donor database to do something more than blast them with verbose fundraising requests for every race in the country and then hoooo boy look out they might get somewhere.

    linc, to random
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    Had a fascinating conversation with a colleague yesterday about whether the concept of functional fixedness was the root issue behind (bad) software engineers that "just make it work" (e.g. blindly copy/paste chunks of code and trying again) without considering the larger system. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Functional_fixedness

    linc, to random
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    Every time a new technology breaks through public consciousness enough to create FOMO, everyone reverses their usual selection process.

    Normally you identify a challenge, find possible solutions, then pick the right one.

    FOMO tech induces "How can I shoehorn this in? Can I improve something with this tech?" and skips any user testing or needs assessment so you can rush to market and say you "have it."

    If you ignore FOMO and solve real problems, you'll be way ahead in 5-10 years.

    linc, to random
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    I had another "blogging Sunday" where I connected my nascent thoughts on trying to de-feudalize my own community, @ntnsndr's new book, Benjamin Shestakofsky's new book, and Tim Berners-Lee's open letter on the 35th anniversary of the Web. https://lincolnwebs.com/2024/03/17/feudalistic-software/

    rossgrady, to random

    goddddamnit it's one thing when a delivery person is in a hurry or whatever & lies & says they tried to deliver but I wasn't home -- I get that.

    But the goldang USPS carrier went to the trouble of filling out the coral "sorry we missed you" form, including my name & address & everything, and left it in my mailbox WHEN I WAS SITTING HERE IN MY APARTMENT ALL AFTERNOON.

    linc,
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    @rossgrady This is like FedEx’s hobby at my place. I work from home and my front door is made of glass. I know what they did.

    USPS once fully stole a package for Amazon return with UPS, insisting they could do it too. It was gone forever, never received.

    linc, to random
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    AWS is an absolutely miserable user experience, top to bottom.

    linc, to random
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    Kyle, the kid I helped raise, would've been 25 today. He was killed bicycling in a crosswalk by someone who chose to ignore red lights.

    My nephew's wife is still in a coma after an accident last month.

    Our car was totaled last week when someone turned in front of my husband (luckily he was fine, but still very sore).

    We don't need smarter cars. We don't need wider roads. We don't need stricter laws. We don't need technology disruption peddled by a billionaire.

    We need mass transit. Now.

    linc, to random
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    Once upon a time someone studied when the most effective time of week was to send fundraiser messages and decided it was Tuesday afternoon.

    Now EVERYONE sends them then in an hours-long torrent, making it the worst possible time to send one.

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