David Whittaker

@rundavidrun

Refactor. Keep your code clean. Share code. Be cool.

san diego, ca
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Joined August 2009
Born on January 01
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  1. Pinned Tweet
    Feb 22

    What's the hardest thing you do as a software engineer?

    4 replies 11 retweets 9 likes
  2. Retweeted
    Jun 2

    building confidence as a dev is not just about believing in what you've done and can do, it's about being comfortable saying "i don't know"

    9 replies 97 retweets 178 likes
  3. May 31

    Killer to innovation: when managers demand it be done their way regardless of user feedback, UX research, team opinion, usage data, ...

    8 retweets 7 likes
  4. May 26

    When you do the same thing for so long you stop questioning things until you hit a wall; then you start to value continuous introspection.

    1 retweet 6 likes
  5. May 24

    A good method name is like a poetic headline: an elegant and concise summary of its functionality. What's the latest bad type you ran into?

    4 retweets 4 likes
  6. May 23

    Secure code is all alike; all vulnerable code is vulnerable in its own way.

    1 reply 2 retweets 5 likes
  7. May 22

    If you've undergone a pivot recently was it a zoom-in (narrower focus on features or market), zoom-out (wider focus), related tech, or new?

  8. May 19

    Is it wrong to want one of these in your bedroom?

    3 likes
  9. May 18

    Whenever we "improve" something we're likely introducing the possibility for another type of side-channel attack. ~ and

    1 retweet 6 likes
  10. May 18

    We can easily verify what it's supposed to do but verifying that it won't do what it's not supposed to do is much harder. ~

    4 retweets 6 likes
  11. May 17

    Check out this email full of corporate jargon phrases I call JSML: "Job Security Markup Language". Surprisingly, I understood what he meant.

    3 replies 4 retweets 11 likes
  12. May 15

    It's OK to setup an experiment that you full expect will fail in order to gather data and understanding about the problem.

    1 reply 2 retweets 5 likes
  13. May 13

    Join my sesh at & build your first watch face! Get $70 off w/code: SPARK99.

    4 retweets 2 likes
  14. May 11

    Reply with your fave language and rating (1-awful to 5-awesome): easy to understand/debug, good for large-scale production, multithreading.

    2 replies
  15. May 9

    The key to success in the workplace (and in life, really): surround yourself with exceptional people and listen to them.

    3 retweets 10 likes
  16. May 8

    In a team, you can't be the solo rockstar runner that leaves everyone in the dust. You must learn to reach back and carry your team forward.

    1 reply 3 retweets 7 likes
  17. May 7

    Thought experiment: if you could restart your life at age 10 with all your knowledge or jump to age 50 with $10 million, what would you do?

    8 replies 11 retweets 1 like
  18. May 4

    The problem with cookie-cutter is that if you have bad dough all your cookies turn out bad. Diversify your cookie jar. 🍪

    2 likes
  19. Mar 22

    When you get down to the last bit of soap/shampoo in a disposable pump bottle do you:

    2 replies
  20. Retweeted
    Mar 18
    Replying to

    My working hypothesis is that programmers love solving weirdly-constrained logic puzzles more than they love writing maintainable code.

    6 replies 14 retweets 49 likes
  21. Mar 10

    A sparse universe makes us special. We're both pathetically insignificant, and miraculously important.

    2 retweets 5 likes

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