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Ben Freke

@BenFreke

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Brisbane, Australia

Joined October 2009
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@drunkgiantbird
drunkgiantbird
7 years
**fails terribly at an interview** interviewer: we can't hire you, sorry me: aw man, but can u just take a look at my CV references? interviewer: you can't just pass an interview by reference me: oh yeah, but can I pass it by... value? interviewer: ... interviewer: get out
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@serenawilliams
Serena Williams
7 years
If they think your dreams are crazy, show them what crazy dreams can do. #justdoit
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@BenFreke
Ben Freke
7 years
Started a technical documentation project with our Technical Writer. Antora, Docker-Compose, Design System and Gitlab all involved. Making good progress so far #writethedocs #devops
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@ProfFeynman
Prof. Feynman
7 years
The ultimate test of your knowledge is your capacity to convey it to another.
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@FootbaIIFckUps
Football F*ck Ups
7 years
An Italian magazine voted this as the worst 20 seconds of football ever played (QPR vs. Man City, 1993)
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@parkrun
parkrun 🌳
7 years
💥 NEW ATTENDANCE RECORD 💥 This weekend was officially the biggest in the history of parkrun! More than 340,000 walks, jogs, runs and volunteers across 1,650 events in 20 countries! 🔄 Retweet if you were one of them 🌳 #loveparkrun
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@mipsytipsy
Charity Majors
7 years
i wrote a piece on the career choices managers often don't realize they're making, especially around technical leadership vs organizational leadership. https://t.co/MeRxarueD7 ✨get what the fuck you want out of your career in 2019✨
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charity.wtf
Last night I was out with a dear friend who has been an engineering manager for a year now, and by two drinks in I was rattling off a long list things I always say to newer engineering managers. Th…
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@SalFreudenberg
Dr Sal Freudenberg
7 years
Why do I like TDD? Because the small steps stop me from over-thinking it, or panicking, and the resulting code invariably ends up eleganter (stet). I’m not sure how this is even true. But it is.
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@BenFreke
Ben Freke
7 years
I just turned the cricket on and got to see 2 wickets in 4 balls. #winning
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@hogfish
Trish Khoo
7 years
Calling all Aussie and NZ based software folks! Could I please grab 6 minutes of your time for you to fill out my research survey? As a thank you, I'm giving out a free "Test Your Code" t-shirt to one lucky participant. https://t.co/XbUAjYdUJ9
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@lunivore
Liz Keogh
7 years
"They were using 'CTO' as a unit of time... 'Oh, yes, we started this platform 3 or 4 CTOs back'." @tastapod on the half-life of a CTO #FlowCon
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@mortenbergset
Morten Bergset
7 years
#phpstorm tip: code completion with tab will replace, and enter will add. I’ve always used enter, and then had to delete old leftovers in code.
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@jiffington
RJV
7 years
A museum in Japan spends most of its day refusing entry to 2 cats trying to get in @bijutsu1
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@HiriartP
Dexter d'Euskadi
7 years
Ce bébé ours nous montre l'exemple de ne jamais abandonner et d'une certaine persévérance.
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@DDDBrisbane
DDD Brisbane
7 years
Big news for parents that can't find a babysitter for #dddbne. Our silver sponsors @thoughtworks are trying very hard to arrange child care at the event. It's not finalised yet, but feel free to buy a ticket. We will refund you if it can't be arranged.
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@BenFreke
Ben Freke
7 years
Today I learned about the 'git gc' command. No idea how I've missed this previously!
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@BenFreke
Ben Freke
7 years
Surface Pro Windows 10, best app for writing and taking notes? I want to use the pen but nothing so far seems intuitive. Suggestions please?
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