Ben Smith @hellosmithy

@thdxr @thdxr did this ever get written up or recorded somewhere? Would love to kick the tires on Elixir with SST.

Accountability hack: Just agreed with my 6 year old that if I stick to my New Year’s resolution for 3 months he gets the toy he wants. He’s already reminded me 3 times today #productivity

Finally got my hands on the new @pragmaticstudio Phoenix course - looking forward to getting stuck in! pragmaticstudio.com/phoenix #Elixir

@jokull Asking for a friend?

Appreciating Elixir #myelixirstatus: ~1.5M ARR business with > 2000 users 3 servers running @flydotio shared-cpu-2x:4096MB < 200MB RAM average 42ms response time average AND, we're super overprovisioned on servers. I had a memory leak and just fixed it. Will drop to 2GB servers

Erlang Forums 2022 Update! erlangforums.com/t/943 #Erlang #WeBeamTogether

Be a product engineer I think the good path for a software engineer to become a solopreneur is to be a product engineer. Back when I was starting, there is no clear definition of a product engineer. But if you're one of the first engineering hires of a startup (founding engineers), chances are you're a product engineer. A software engineer primary focus is on coding, system architecture, and technical problem-solving. In early stage startups, they are usually full-stack engineers. Product engineers have a broader role that includes: 1. Technical Proficiency: They still possess deep technical skills and can code. This is the engineering part in the role. Though their work might lean toward application development and less on infrastructure or architecture. 2. Product Vision and Design: They often play a crucial role in product design, understanding the user needs, and translating those needs into technical specifications. They think about the product as a whole, not just its technical components. 3. User Experience (UX): Product engineers are deeply involved in the UX aspect, ensuring that the product is not only functional but also intuitive and enjoyable for the user. 4. Problem-Solving: They focus on solving user problems through technology. This means not just fixing bugs or writing code, but thinking critically about what features to build or remove, and how to improve the overall product. Unlike a software engineer, a product engineer usually work directly with the early customers to improve the product. 5. Cross-functional Leadership: In early-stage startups, product engineers often work closely with the founding team to set the technical and product strategy. They might also lead cross-functional teams, bridging the gap between technical and non-technical stakeholders. These skills are super valuable for solopreneurship: ✅ Broader Skill Set ✅ Problem-Solving Mindset ✅ User-Centric Approach ✅ Cross-functional Experience Now I must stress that a product engineer is not neccessary better at engireering than a software engineer. Just with different focus and skillset. So if you love solving technical problems and hate talking to customers, this might not for you.

🚨 Good Bye Reality Every single video in this thread was generated by Open AI's new text to video model "Sora" 🤯 🧵 1/48

Elixir Forum 2024 Update! elixirforum.com/t/61007 #ElixirLang #WeBeamTogether

OpenAI is losing its lead to AI that’s actually Open. And these cracked engineers are here to prove it. Some of the most impressive demos I’ve seen in a long time. Here’s what we saw at the @ollama Open Source and Local AI meetup at @cerebral_valley (🧵):

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@sasajuric I’ve been working my way through Elixir in Action over the last few weeks as an intro to Elixir, and so far I’m really impressed. Firstly at the power and expressiveness of Elixir and the underlying power of the BEAM, but also what a great book to introduce the concepts!

@bunjavascript looks crazy fast and awesome for DX. I've somehow got "if you wanna speed up your javascript runtime, do bun run run, do bun run" in the style of Da Doo Ron Ron stuck in my head youtube.com/watch?v=L0dikX… #bun

What if -- despite all the hype -- we are in fact underestimating the effect LLMs will have on the nature of software distribution and end-user programming? some early, v tentative thoughts: 1/

bun.sh with pola.rs makes for an insane data science workflow—suddenly I can do Pandas-flavored data science work Typescript, and at bun/rust speeds instead of at Python speeds

@stadlerform #happytohelp can you advise how to stop my new Paul heater making this noise?

@xscopeapp I have v3 of xscope purchased on the app store. Is there any way for me to purchase the paid upgrade to v4 of the non-app store version?

I've been bitten by this too. Surprised @creativecloud don't realise how potentially damaging this is for their brand.

Kathy Murphy @MiNDSdirector

9 years ago

#adobe #creativecloud Watch out if you sign up for a 1 year subscription. Auto renews, no discount, hard to get out, 50% penalty to cancel

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When you’re a Vim user and haven’t told anyone in 10 minutes

Great comment on Reddit: "Can we stop calling it "climate change skepticism" and call it what it really is, climate change denialism?"

@Marriott frustrating experience with Cheshunt hotel. Aggressive letters from ParkingEye to pay a £100 fine after we were paying customers.