Peter Wilson

Archives: Notes

  • I’ve been strict about being a 1x dev for a few years. On a Very Big Project a few years ago, I was proud some other team members followed suit. I did some long days to increase US cross-over but buggered off early on Fridays to make it up.

    https://twitter.com/zachleat/status/1431366916489220100

    I don’t think I ever told the client about the shorter Fridays, but I also reckon they were smart enough to pick up that the guy doing 40/hrs of code review each week never sent anything late Fridays.

    Fun fact: I started being strict about it after a leaving a job in which the boss would schedule projects so I had to work seven days a week.
    He got shitty when it made me sick and I became a .1 dev for a while as a result. I left shortly after that, go figure…

  • The amount of shit Leigh Sales cops for being a Liberal Party stooge is only equaled by the amount of shit she cops for being a Labor stooge. A journo has to be pretty good at their job to piss off everyone.

  • I keep reading the milk crate challenge uses 30 milk crates. This bothers me because THIRTY IS NOT A TRIANGULAR NUMBER.

  • One of the great things about my job is getting to work with both @jrf_nl and @hellofromTonya. Waking up to a code review request from one or the other is guaranteed to put me in a good mood for the day.

  • I’m quite enjoying journalists enjoying throwing around the phrase shitty choices with gay abandon while they can.

  • Stop @capitalp_dangit, just stop.

    The WordPress ecosystem’s obsession with case is one of the ugliest things about it. It’s unhelpful and unwelcoming and simply needs to stop.

  • The greatest compliment I have received in a professional setting is that I swear like a journalist. I should add this to my LinkedIn.

  • How newsreaders and reporters manage to avoid swearing when announcing shitty lockdowns are extended is a true sign of their professionalism/the Valium kicking in. Lockdowns are no less shitty for their necessity.

  • Weeks later this article still pisses me off. I know it’s meant to be light hearted but read the room, mate. https://www.theage.com.au/national/nsw/we-re-sorry-we-looked-down-on-you-victoria-see-you-on-the-other-side-of-lockdown-20210709-p588d8.html

  • I haven’t even finished the mixed dozen I ordered at the start of the last lockdown.