Notices by Amy Toebeans (renice@hachyderm.io)

the code isn't shitty because people don't care about quality. the code is shitty because most of the authors are just trying to put food on the table and see a movie once in a while. investment is required to get more than best effort output in a work-or-die society. and yet, companies regularly sacrifice that growth for short term margins. it shouldn't be sustainable but money was too cheap for too long. as the interest rate winter rages on, more than fiscal debts will come due

I miss writing assertions in perl bc `confess unless $success;` is the most metal way to die with a backtrace ever

next time some mba type tries to increase a team's velocity by jerking the workload up and to the right, give them a long lecture about all the reasons long distance jets cruise at particular ranges of altitude and speed

people confuse formality and professionalism. you only gotta watch one really good plumber work to understand that professionalism is about commitment to doing the job well. many times, like in software leadership, the job is communication, so sometimes formality helps diverse people understand each other. it's still just a tool, and frequently in the real world the only correct question to ask is what the everliving fuck is going on

I say what the fuck because it is almost always the right question.

OH: the containers can't see you if you don't move

@nova feels good from Michigan

@nova in theory, we need something like them to build big & ambitious things. In practice, in this colonial-capitalist system, they grow uncontrolled, and cause adverse effects on the systems they exist inside