Nash van Gool
@vangool_it
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Professional Computer Toucher, Talker of Nonsense, Food Enthusiast
Joined October 2017
I'm starting a thread of random assorted food/cooking advice. Feel free to add on, I'll add more as I think of more.
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This month we have @vangool_it visiting us over at @bynder ! Come join us and talk about legacy codebases! Limited seats are available so hurry up and claim your spot! https://t.co/28JwDoToeD
#meetup #rotterdam #php #sharingiscaring
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**You've inherited a legacy codebase... now what? \~ Nash van Gool** Congratulations! You're now the proud owner of someone else's legacy project. What follows is simple: a
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Just spoke to @vangool_it for the show. He has ADHD. He said that "the entire internet, without ad blockers [is a problem from a distraction perspective]". This episode coming in a few weeks!
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a thing I think about a lot is security advice that's basically just wrong because it's written with assumptions about corporate behavior that are not reliable.
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This. You think normal users are stupid? Well, I'm just as stupid, but I have more tools to fuck up with. You'll be scratching your head and wondering how the hell I managed to break things *this* badly.
a popular myth is that people who are Very Computer have computers that work. nothing could be further from the truth. the Very Computer are capable of generating much more novel and fascinating ways to make computers not fucking work and exercise this capability wantonly
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C is a language with many useful functions: strtod converts your string to a double, strtol converts your string to a long, and strtok converts your string to potassium
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Goes doubly as a contractor. If I'm the only one with certain knowledge, something went horribly wrong. Was in almost that situation a while back due to circumstances. Did not feel good. I want to be replaceable at any moment, as painlessly as possible.
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Voor de volledigheid: ik woon nog niet op het adres in kwestie op het moment van leveren. Het pakket zou op mijn huidige adres geleverd worden, maar dat lijkt niet zo te zijn. Is dat alleen verkeerd in de weergave, of is de aanpassing van het afleveradres niet doorgekomen?
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Remember: taking the vegetables off your double bacon cheeseburger decreases the amount of calories consumed
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I like this podcast - short episodes (around 10 minutes or so per episode, brilliant because I tend to not be able to keep my attention on long ones), interesting subject matter, and often not quite (or not at all) obvious insights. Give it a listen!
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The most prominent button on the page is the one you shouldn't ever need if the app does it job. Because nothing inspires confidence like loudly yelling HEY WE'RE TOTALLY WRONG HERE I PROMISE YOU CAN DO BETTER BY HAND, OUR MATCHING SUCKS BIG TIME
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It's also hidden away in a corner, well away from anything that grabs your attention. Do we need to put this in an easy to spot location? No, let's hide it away, keep the users on their toes! Research shows users are more engaged when you make your UI into Where's Bloody Waldo!
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The button you need is grey. You know, the universal colour for "this does nothing", which is THE PERFECT FUCKING COLOUR to use for the single most important button on your page. Especially when it just sort of blends in with the rest of the stuff you don't care about.
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The button you need is an icon. Icon-only buttons need to die, there's a reason I'm typing this stuff out instead of just using emoji to convey my thoughts. Though maybe I should? 🗑️🔥✔️🖕💢 We really need a dumpster emoji.
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Every interactible element on the page is blue, except the one you likely need. Consistency, motherfucker, do you speak it? Were you out of blue pixels? Were you trying to be whimsical, is it intentionally confusing, or did you have this designed by a Labradoodle?
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How not to do UI design. Who the fuck signed off on this? I'm a stereotypical programmer, I suck at design, and I see so many glaring issues with this shit it's not even fucking funny.
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Hear hear! Something we forget all to often: we build software for users, and for the business, not for ourselves. Codebase improvements that help neither in any way are just technical masturbation.
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As a... – LinkedIn user I want to... – be notified by an inadequately detailed email that I have a new message, comment, like, job anniversary, connection anniversary, or that several people are reacting to Keith’s latest shared post so that... – engagement metrics
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