“the best way to have it is by talking, which is an unbelievably high-bandwidth communication channel compared to those little text boxes.

In other words, code should be pair-reviewed as well as pair-programmed. For example, Aisha and Chiku could get on a screen-share and look at the code together, asking questions, making suggestions, explaining ambiguities, and highlighting potential problems.

Tone of voice and even facial expressions convey a lot of extra information that would otherwise be lost, and somehow, people are always gentler and more respectful to each other in person than they are when typing messages back and forth.

…

Pair review like this isn’t always possible, though, so when a code review happens textually, that means we need to *take even more care about what we say and how we say it* ” (emphasis, mine)

— John Arundel, on code review in “Death of a thousand nits”

https://bitfieldconsulting.com/posts/code-review

Tone of voice and being kinder than you need to be is something I’ve hammered into my young mentees, since … well, ever since I’ve had young mentees

Also grateful to @pradhvan, @mandarvaze and #AnjaliPardeshi for being kind to me when I worked with them!

#AnjaliPardeshi

“I had let the constant onslaught of bad news convince me that unless I singlehandedly turned the tide, there was no point in trying.

No. I wouldn’t ask that of anyone else, I shouldn’t ask it of myself.

I’ll tell a stupid joke. I’ll tell a story making an obscure reference that not even a tenth of my readers will get. I will tell a shaggy dog story with an atrocious pun. And if even one person’s day has been made brighter by it, it’s worth doing.

And who knows, I might write something that is wise, or profound, or uplifting too.

I have decided to be kinder to myself, and to keep writing. I’ve reached double digits so far in February, and I’m having fun with it.”

— @MicroSFF

• Lower the bar
• Be kind(er) to yourself
• Keep showing up!
  https://mastodon.art/@MicroSFF/114054964132451777

The Music Video starts with an implied car accident

#Earworm du jour

Good bye my love, #Ailee

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DRWyDl26Qt0

No, I don’t understand a word.
I just love it for the haunting run of the repeated “You” by the backup singers

#mjbMusic

#earworm, #Ailee, #mjbmusic

#Kobo #Elipsa friends on #Bookstodon

How safe is installing #NickelMenu on you Kobo?

Does it break with firmware updates?
Does it break the Kobo at the same time?
What’s been your experience?

Thank you all!

Editing to add, I’m doing this, because I want textshots more often now. and I’ve gotten tired of shooting the page with my phone

#kobo, #Elipsa, #bookstodon, #nickelmenu

We await signs of a wider malaise.

https://www.theregister.com/2025/02/20/a_big_ai_build_has/

#AI

#ai

Here’s What is Stopping Us From Using Free Software

https://janusworx.com/work/heres-what-is-stopping-us-from-using-free-software/

#mjbWrites** **#FOSS

cc: @schubisu

#mjbwrites, #foss

My version of Keep Calm and Carry On

#Books #Reading #Life #Coping

#books, #reading, #life, #coping

Written a couple of years ago, but still highly relevant!

In the twenty-first century, it’s time for governments to step up and fund open source regularly and proactively rather than hoping that some physics contractor manages to craft a grant that sparks the next information revolution. Key digital infrastructure is reduced to lame pleas for sponsors or scraping together funding from disparate sources. It doesn’t have to be this way. **Digital infrastructure is infrastructure.** Let’s act like it.

— @carlana

https://blog.carlana.net/post/2021/digital-infrastructure-is-infrastructure/

No words! No words! So awesome!

Art courtesy, @drawerbread on Tumblr

https://www.tumblr.com/drawerbread/774854610403950592/my-favourite-jerd-jock-nerd-used-vinesh-phogat

#VineshPhogat #Art #LifeInspiresArt #TLT #CamillaHect #TheLockedTomb #TamsynMuir

#VineshPhogat, #art, #LifeInspiresArt, #tlt, #CamillaHect, #TheLockedTomb, #tamsynmuir

@jbaty and moi seem to have the same compulsions about notes and journaling and have reached similar conclusions 😂

https://baty.net/journal/2025/02/12/today/

https://janusworx.com/work/notes-now-has-no-rss-feed/