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posted by justin hileman 4 months, 1 week ago

The established standard with Git is for commit messages to have a first line that is 50 characters or less and then add two newlines, and then explain the commit throughly.

This may seem crazy short, but you’ll find that forcing yourself to summarise the commit encourages you to be atomic and concise. If you can’t summarise it in 50-80 characters, you probably are trying to commit two commits as one.

A great rule of thumb from the Homebrew Formula Cookbook.

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posted by justin hileman 1 year, 6 days ago

Skimping on free soft drinks, a completely standard benefit at most high tech companies, is a great way to send your employees and potential employees the message that you just don't care about being an attractive workplace.

In a classic piece, Joel takes on misconceptions about employee perks, programmer productivity and getting in "the flow". This is a great (re)read brought to you via commenter nomalab.

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posted by justin hileman 1 year, 3 weeks ago

If you're gonna interrupt everybody with an ad, it had better be something everybody wants to buy.

Traditional marketing generates average products for average people, because these products are targeted at the everyone.

From Seth Godin's talk called "Why marketing is too important to be left to the marketing department" at the Business of Software conference. Go watch the talk.

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posted by justin hileman 1 year, 1 month ago

One reason programmers dislike meetings so much is that they're on a different type of schedule from other people. Meetings cost them more.

I've never been a meeting person. Paul Graham's latest essay helps give me words to explain why.

(Via @popthestack)

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posted by justin hileman 1 year, 2 months ago

A px is a bludgeon to force your taste on the design. The em is a friend, it counsels the design and takes advice from it.

Tom DeForest captures many of my feelings on relative (em based) sizes in web design. The em is a thing of beauty :)

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web design

posted by justin hileman 1 year, 3 months ago

Constant companion, (& friend in old age) who will feel interested in one, -- object to be beloved & played with. -- better than a dog anyhow.

Charles Darwin, on wives. An excerpt from his balance sheet on the decision to be married.

(via Futility Closet)

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posted by justin hileman 1 year, 4 months ago

I don't think you ever see a Lindy Hopper that's not smiling...

Goodbye, Frankie Manning. Thank you for everything you shared with us. We'll miss you.

And keep smiling :)

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posted by justin hileman 1 year, 4 months ago

Introverts are not necessarily shy. Shy people are anxious or frightened or self-excoriating in social settings; introverts generally are not. Introverts are also not misanthropic... Rather, introverts are people who find other people tiring.

Dear extroverted friends, please read Caring for Your Introvert by Jonathan Rauch. And please, sometimes, occasionally, just leave me alone.

(via Claire Bagley)

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posted by justin hileman 1 year, 4 months ago

One who is contented with what he has done will never become famous for what he will do. He has lain down to die. The grass is already growing over him.

Christian Nestell Bovee.