Dave Newson

@vincetherunt

Web developer, games enthusiast, tinkerer.

Sydney, Australia
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Joined July 2011
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  1. Retweeted
    Jun 8

    This 'worst volume slider' contest is UX gold:

    92 replies 7,432 retweets 11,418 likes
  2. Retweeted
    May 31

    Reddit has completed an in-depth analysis of the new Ubisoft logo:

    1 reply 68 retweets 185 likes
  3. May 24

    Making a series of small mistakes is a good indicator that you're on track to making a massive one.

    1 reply 2 retweets
  4. Retweeted
    May 23

    With the heaviest of hearts, we must share the awful news that our father, Sir Roger Moore, passed away today. We are all devastated.

    5,551 replies 45,082 retweets 64,297 likes
  5. May 23

    I considered making a drinking game around technical debt, but realised I would be dead before the end of the week.

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    May 22

    "You can find that in confluence" is the best way to ensure that no one will ever find it or read it or contribute to it.

    2 replies 13 retweets 20 likes
  7. May 16

    It'll be Wednesday tomorrow and I'm still working on /weekly/ critical bug fixes. I wonder if I still have any Hoegaarden in the fridge.

    1 retweet
  8. May 9

    The sequel to "How did this ever work?" is "Fixing this is going to break lots of other things."

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  9. Retweeted
    May 2

    This, by , is very much worth your time

    62 replies 3,181 retweets 3,881 likes
  10. Retweeted
    Apr 30

    Memory leaks on missiles don't matter, so long as the missile explodes before too much leaks. A 1995 memo:

    106 replies 4,402 retweets 5,200 likes
  11. Retweeted
    Apr 29

    When you RT yourself

    151 replies 17,174 retweets 39,522 likes
  12. Retweeted
    Apr 27

    Whifflery: the act of wasting time and futzing about on trifling matters, in order to avoid the things that you should be doing.

    87 replies 497 retweets 1,048 likes
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    Apr 25

    ORMs are pretty good for dealing with the mundane crap of CRUD. Using them to help writing complex SQL queries is a recipe for disaster.

    12 replies 31 retweets 58 likes
  14. Apr 18

    If you're building code tools for others to use, please remember that one of the interfaces of your code is a "HumanBeing".

    1 like
  15. Retweeted
    Apr 17

    This Tuesday is the worst Monday ever

    34 replies 3,645 retweets 7,845 likes
  16. Retweeted
    Apr 12

    Nicely put.

    12 retweets 7 likes
  17. Retweeted
    Apr 4

    . releases animation of Cassini burning up over Saturn, ruins everyone's day

    16 replies 354 retweets 532 likes
  18. Retweeted
    Apr 3

    Awesome article examining how using metrics to measure performance INVARIABLY makes performance worse. Check it out:

    26 replies 194 retweets 381 likes
  19. Mar 30
    Replying to

    1 like
  20. Mar 29

    "Hm, this is getting complicated. I know! I'll make it event-based"

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