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Andrew Forward

@a4word

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(He/Him) Side-project instigator, software developer and part-time prof.

Ottawa, Canada
Joined July 2010
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Andrew Forward
7 months
How is there no mention of The Simpsons. it's the only opening that I never (ever) skip, it's the only opening that I ever talk about independent of the actual show.
@ATRightMovies
All The Right Movies
7 months
What is the best opening theme to a TV show?
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Andrew Forward
9 months
💪.
@jk_rowling
J.K. Rowling
9 months
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Andrew Forward
10 months
Found a new weekend read (Badass). Highly recommend the other two.
@adamwathan
Adam Wathan
10 months
Three of my favorite books on how to build great products that I don’t see mentioned very often in my circles —
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Andrew Forward
1 year
Unlabelled? Neutral. Laptop only, means i can bang out work on a train, on a plane, with a fox, on a box!.
@CzechArtGirl
Graphite Czech 🇨🇿🇩🇪🇺🇸
1 year
Which monitor setup are you?
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Andrew Forward
1 year
I find selling the mono-repo such a difficult task, even when benefits like this are implemented and demonstrated to be amazing.
@davydog187
Dave Lucia
1 year
We’re a team of 3 engineers covering hardware, a cloud service, CLI, edge compute worker, ML stack, video processing, and WebRTC. Biggest boon to productivity?. Everything is in a single monorepo. You can run the whole stack locally, and make changes across the system in one PR.
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Andrew Forward
2 years
The last sentence for the W 🤓
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Andrew Forward
2 years
ABR: Always be rebasing
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Andrew Forward
2 years
"For programmers that means poring over that pull request of theirs over and over again until it’s as aesthetically pleasing as it is functionally correct.". I like to apply this at the commit level, where the history tells a compelling story of "mark the hard change easy. ".
@dhh
DHH
2 years
“If there’s anything I see juniors often miss, it’s this. Careful, repeated, even obsessive, study of their own work. For programmers that means poring over the pull request until it’s as aesthetically pleasing as it is functionally correct.”
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Andrew Forward
2 years
The evolution of automated testing acronyms. We started with First,.TFD. We elaborated with Design.TDD. We clarified with Feedback.TDF (.
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Andrew Forward
2 years
“Oh, and you often have to rewrite your app in proprietary JavaScript – even if it’s already written in JavaScript!”. 🔥.
@chris_mccord
Chris McCord
2 years
FLAME is out! 🔥 Auto scale by wrapping any app code in a function and have that block run in a temporary copy of your app. It's time to rethink Serverless. No rewrites. No bespoke runtimes. No outrageous layers of complexity. Blog + screencast 👉
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Andrew Forward
2 years
supa dupa fly.
@RIAA
RIAA
2 years
#WorkIt @MissyElliott! Missy is officially the first female Hip-Hop artist to be inducted into @rockhall! She holds 6 Platinum 💿 or higher tracks and 6 💿 Platinum or higher albums.
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Andrew Forward
2 years
Getting to brevity requires clarity, forcing you to stake a claim about what is your most important point.
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Andrew Forward
2 years
I dont see anything. #PoesLaw.
@steveschoger
Steve Schoger
2 years
Pikachu!!
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Andrew Forward
2 years
RT @pragdave: After a seven year break, I'm back running the Pragmatic Bookshelf. I have a lot of cool things planned, but I could really….
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Andrew Forward
2 years
Wizard!.
@alexbunardzic
Attention Alchemist
2 years
Before I write any code, I formulate an expectation in my mind. I don't just blindly write any code. What I do next is write that expectation down in the form of an executable test. I then run that test & see it fail. My work is now cut out for me: make that test pass & refactor.
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Andrew Forward
2 years
!(if A then B).!(!A or B).!!A and !B.A and !B. right?.
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Andrew Forward
2 years
🚲🤣🤓.
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Andrew Forward
2 years
My iphone journey. iphone 3g.iphone 4s.iphone 6.iphone 12 mini. Sad to have seen the smaller phone discontinued.
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Andrew Forward
2 years
Summarizing books is such a great way to deepen comprehension. My problem is that is that read (and listen) in environments unsuitable for note taking (doing chores, before bed, in a lounger). Still trying to add this to the mix.
@david_perell
David Perell
2 years
One of my smartest friends only reads 3-5 books per year but rewrites every page in his own words as he goes through it. Then, he summarizes the entire book once he's done. He reads only the best books, but very carefully. This is the kind of reading we should be encouraging.
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Andrew Forward
2 years
I just love the correct use of fewer. Oh, and yeah, fewer cars and less driving is a great answer for cities.
@BrentToderian
Brent Toderian
2 years
The real answer for cities is fewer cars and less driving.
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