wilsonrocks

Joined 8 years ago

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Math teacher and union offical turned web developer.

Blog at https://jameswilson.codes

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Comment · 5 years ago
Same here. It's my only Windows machine and the only one that reliably prints some PDFs. If they cared that I'm printing out MLP RPG sheets to play with my daughter I'll have that conversation.

I Never have work email on any other device but works.

Comment · 5 years ago
I'd forgotten all about this and used it for something once but I can't remember what now, but I liked it.
Comment · 5 years ago
I'm all in on prettifying... If it's done automatically. I find it such a good tradeoff to not have to think about it that I'm happy to accept the times when I think my discretion would do it better.

That said, I've started to develop strong views on some eslint rules. Usually around things being errors that should be warnings in development, like logging messages or debugger or unused variables. I like to run in CI with max warnings being zero to catch them then.

Comment · 5 years ago
Is opening the computer a possibility?
Comment · 5 years ago
Oooh createmodel is new to me - will check it out!
Comment · 5 years ago
I'm excited to try this. I've tried xstate many times and always struggled with the typescript, if this Just Works I'll be v happy
Comment · 5 years ago
I've listened to some of the podcast and it is really good, even in the car where you're highly unlikely to have devtools open.
Comment · 5 years ago
Same here, a happy customer.
Comment · 5 years ago
I don't think 'the game' refers to video games here.
Comment · 5 years ago
I've often thought that instead of an expensive coffee machine, ping pong table or playstation, I'd like a tea lady (or tea person as they would/should be called now)
Comment · 5 years ago
Good point!

I was thinking of it more as the human right to a cup of tea (not meaning to belittle real human rights struggles)

Comment · 5 years ago
Didn't spot this till now, so you may have gone.

Largely based on articles I read after watching the film Blood Diamond, actually.

Comment · 5 years ago
Tea and coffee ought to be a baseline in any office environment imo. I think it'd be worth it for companies to just pay for it, otherwise employees set up a tea club, spend work time doing it and fall out over it.
Comment · 5 years ago
I used to work with someone who had been a manager in 80s Britain (high unemployment) and he said they threw any applicable in a brown envelope in the bin.

It wasn't about skills or experience or culture fit, but about getting the hiring done in a sane amount of time.

Comment · 5 years ago
I'm glad you got out!

I find that CEO level bosses (I used to be a teacher so am including heads/principals here) love to pontificate about stuff not related to the job. I've often wondered why. It's sometimes harmless, and clearly,as in your case, sometimes harmful. I do wonder what causes it though.

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