Jake McCrary
@jakemcc
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Software developer, technical leader, clojure expert, sailor, and rock climber.
Chicago
Joined April 2008
For the last 5 months, I've been solving problems in my life with tiny web apps that are created from my phone. Random idea pops into my head? Open my phone and make it happen right then https://t.co/YNkyNJ6Agn
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How I create tiny web apps from anywhere using my phone.
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I recently read Vernor Vinge's A Deepness in the Sky and it made me think about the AI tools many of us are interacting with. Thoughts here
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Vernor Vinge’s “ziphead support” without the dystopia.
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New test-refresh 0.26.0 now released. Stop running your Clojure tests by hand, let computers do it. Now it supports - Reloading but not running tests - Clearing terminal between test runs - Custom banners Details in the PR that added the features:
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Hi! Thanks for making test-refresh, great library! I use test-refresh, as intended, to automatically run tests in projects that I'm working on. Over time, I found that more often I would us...
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That is if you want high speed, you must build high quality systems. If you want high quality systems, you must build them quickly as a series of small changes. This is what the data says, and when you stop and think about this, the reasons are pretty clear. 11/17
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i trained an ai chatbot on my childhood journal entries - so that i could engage in real-time dialogue with my "inner child" some reflections below:
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Weekend reminder that SimCity's creators couldn't accurately reflect the scale of urban parking lots because if they did the game fell apart. https://t.co/lOTjCzd3b5
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I wrote a barely technical article on using bookmarklets in your mobile browser. Learning about this earlier this year has made using a phone browser much nicer.
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Triggering bookmarklets in your mobile web browser doesn't have to be painful.
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whenever i have to debug a node.js app, my first thought is never, “i’m so glad they were able to write this quickly”
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I've started to use https://t.co/N4wxmgojZY to track my reading. Less convenient than a kindle integration but at least I can export my data.
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We'll help you track your reading and choose your next book.
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Goodreads is dropping the ability to export your data at the end of this month. Do it while you can.
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That about sums up what I know about pair programming. Also, the things you label as “weird” are the most strategically important.
Extreme Programming Explained by @KentBeck is basically the bible for teams that pair program. Its reputation is well-deserved. Even though helped popularize the idea of pairing, it actually only has two pages on the subject! You'll probably be surprised by what it says:
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GeePaw provides context for why TDD hasn't yet had the impact it could.
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Reminder that computers exist only to serve us. Every time we wait for a computer, the computer is the one who is wrong.
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Like listening to mellow tunes and watching someone play Magic? Catch my brother streaming over on twitch
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"mixmaster" / Mike. MTG Limited Gamer.
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New York followers, go do some trivia with my friend and 2x jeopardy champion @MattLMattL
I'm making my trivia host debut next week! If you're in NYC, grab some friends and come on down to Gowanus--the tentacles are not guaranteed, but the fun is!
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Old coworker of mine was part of a small team that put out https://t.co/6tVSfXNvHe . Pretty looking site and an interesting idea. Looking forward to giving it a shot
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Rock climber, reader, and programmer. Occasional art twitter bot creator (@high_levine and @ErowidBobRoss) I write at jakemccrary.com
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