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Wes
@wesleytodd
he/him - notwes on bluesky - github.com/wesleytodd - Node.js Platform Team @Netflix - Remember, we write code for humans
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    Wes
    @wesleytodd
    Aug 22, 2024
    I got a task to write the first version of an API for a new business use case. I asked how often the data would be updated (not often). So I deployed a static JSON file. My team was not happy. The data was updated once in the following year, and then the entire api was replaced.
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    Mike Coutermarsh
    PlanetScale
    @mscccc
    Aug 22, 2024
    You’ll find your career accelerates when you worry less about “good code” and optimize for “does this solve a business problem”
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    Wes
    @wesleytodd
    Nov 19, 2019
    Can we all just get one thing straight? TypeScript is not JavaScript! It is a different language. Just because Scala runs in the JVM does not make it Java, does it? Everyone needs to stop acting like they are the same and expecting JS authors to be fine with TS projects.
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    Wes
    @wesleytodd
    Jun 24, 2022
    Did @github just sponsor me for a one time $550 deal or is this a bug? LOL. I mean I am happy to go out to a nice dinner for my many years of OSS work, but I am just surprised 🤣
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    Wes
    @wesleytodd
    Feb 13, 2024
    This will forever bother me: await (await fetch(url)).json() Nearly zero of my use cases are best with fetch so I hardly ever use it, so I hope someone tells me "there is a better way".
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    Wes
    @wesleytodd
    Aug 22, 2024
    Replying to @wesleytodd
    Lesson is: always focus on scaling your engineering to the needs of the business. Sometimes the needs of the business *are* good code, but not always.
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    Wes
    @wesleytodd
    May 23, 2020
    Used it yesterday! Available in @nodejs 12.9 and up I think! Great when you don’t want to abort a whole set of actions because one fails.
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    Philip Ackermann
    @cleancoderocker
    May 23, 2020
    🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥 ES2020 feature: check out the new method Promise.allSettled() Accepts an array of promises and resolves when all of them are settled: either resolved or rejected. #javascript #nodejs #react #angular #vuejs #ES2020
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    Wes
    @wesleytodd
    Jul 9, 2021
    It’s memory leak in prod Friday everyone! Get HYPED!! 🎉🎉🎉😭
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    Wes
    @wesleytodd
    May 25, 2019
    lol, and then there is this little package which I think I wrote in like 20min because the Express router was not working in IE9 or something....
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    Wes
    @wesleytodd
    Nov 9, 2023
    I too prefer to write code that is slower and then try and shame other people for not following my arbitrary preferences. 🙄
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    Marc Backes
    @marcba
    Nov 9, 2023
    When the senior dev sees a for-loop that could easily be a .map().filter()
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    Wes
    @wesleytodd
    Oct 1, 2020
    The longer I'm in tech, the more I'm convinced that the only good technical solutions are the ones that address the related human problems.
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    Wes
    @wesleytodd
    Sep 7, 2020
    If you had it your way, which would you have?
    .use((req,res)=>{})68.7%
    .use((req)=>{req.res()})12.8%
    .use((req)=>new Res())14.8%
    Other (explain below)3.8%
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    Wes
    @wesleytodd
    Jun 22, 2022
    No matter how much folks tell you writing code is hard.... I PROMISE YOU making good documentation is harder. I have spent hours this week making a single 15min training video for a product I built. I deserve this glass of wine I just poured🍷
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    Wes
    @wesleytodd
    Feb 6, 2024
    PSA: if you harass people on a @github repo which I am an admin on its a perma ban. No second chances. Bye. 🔨
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    Wes
    @wesleytodd
    Sep 5, 2024
    Replying to @yagiznizipli
    if it replies with a 200 and “ok” body. I am sorry if I don’t think that is an important metric.
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