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daniel roe πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡¦

if someone disagrees with your* (correct, of course) take, it does not mean they:

- are evil
- desire the full resulting conclusions of their beliefs
- have fully expressed all their thinking
- have disqualified themselves from the conversation

*does not apply to me or my opinions


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daniel roe πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡¦

there are times when I am deeply ashamed of myself

times when bad behaviour has become ingrained and even ... part of a routine

for example I microwave (and then drink) the coffee left in the cafetiere

I don't know how to stop

help me


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daniel roe πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡¦

🌢️ a personal spicy take because i haven't had enough arguments recently:

societal inequality is directly correlated with personal car use within city/suburban life


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daniel roe πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡¦

is it possible to crowd find a painting?

it depicted a cow in a blue sky (evidently having been thrown up) along with other things like a bird, flowers.

I saw it in Saint-Paul-de-Vence (maybe 2019?)...


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daniel roe πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡¦

I am currently using

zen
arc
orion
ff developer
vivaldi
edge
chrome

someone put me out of my misery and tell me what to use if I want

great history search in bar
keyboard-first
ultra-minimal
beautiful themes
ad-blocking + plugin support
(ideally) a great mobile app


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daniel roe πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡¦

there's a buffer zone of 'good faith' that delays negative feedback for a while

never assume that you must be doing the right thing because the other shoe hasn't dropped

"but no one is complaining so far..." is very dangerous rationalisation


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daniel roe πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡¦

if you think you're NOT picking a tech stack because of the values of the people maintaining it

you might be mistaken

the question is ... what do you value?
and what do they value?


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daniel roe πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡¦

it's so hard to read through llm-generated bug reports or feature requests

more words != clarity

might add an automated label for issues that are overly verbose or unclear, if I can do that without catching genuine users


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daniel roe πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡¦

whoa.... 1k job applications? 🀯

I'd try to prove your experience w/ side projects or open source.

I'd also reach out directly to companies you really love - even if there's no public opening.

plus, make sure you craft your cv + letter for the particular role - nothing generic.

roe.dev/ama

advice to a 2025 graduate working through a low response rate on 1000+ applications? experience seems to be a chicken and egg problem

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daniel roe πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡¦

so much!

I take it you mean vueconf.us?

I've not been to tampa in years but it's going to be legendary

my main regret is that I can't go to the other workshops. (I've never been able to catch evan you or ben hong, for example - mine has always been at the same time)

are you looking forward to vue conf already

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daniel roe πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡¦

self-taught developers have advantages of our own:

- you didn't get into coding _by accident_ - embrace your drive
- use other skills in your coding - e.g. your problem solving or creativity or verbal talent

plus:

- play with code!
- ask 'why' a lot
- try to help others out

roe.dev/ama

If I'm not mistaken, you are a self-taught developer, right?  What is your advice for any new self-taught developer?
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