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    @mdbaroo
    Sep 14, 2022
    This is excellent.
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    🔎Julia Evans🔍
    @b0rk
    Sep 14, 2022
    a debugging manifesto
    a debugging manifesto

1. inspect, don't squash

try to fix the bug (crossed out) 
understand what happened (yes, smiley faces and stars)

2. check your assumptions

person (thinking): "wait, how do I know that's true?"

3. being stuck is temporary

person (thinking): "I will never figure this out!"
... 2 minutes later....
person (thinking): "well, I haven't tried X..."

4. don't go it alone

person (speaking to other person): "hey, have you seen this problem before?"

5. trust nobody and nothing

person (thinking): this library can't be buggy... OR CAN IT???

6. there's always a reason

computer: "computers are always logical, even when it doesn't feel that way"

7. build your toolkit

person (holding toolkit): "wow, the CSS inspector makes debugging SO MUCH EASIER"

8. it can be an adventure

person (talking, with cute bug next to them): "you wouldn't BELIEVE the weird bug I found"

by @b0rk @omarieclaire, more like this at https://wizardzines.com
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    @mdbaroo
    Feb 18, 2022
    Love this. It's a good guiding principle for writing in any discipline. Write for the reader, always.
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    🔎Julia Evans🔍
    @b0rk
    Feb 18, 2022
    a nice thing about writing with less jargon is that if what I'm saying doesn't make sense, it's easy for readers to call me on it if you use a lot of impenetrable jargon, people will often think the problem is with *them* instead of with your writing
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    @mdbaroo
    Feb 9, 2022
    These illustrations tho. Always A+.
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    Fly.io
    @flydotio
    Feb 8, 2022
    New Turboku. Like New Coke but actually better. fly.io/blog/new-turbo…
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    @mdbaroo
    Jan 11, 2022
    Breaking up (shouldn’t be) hard to do.
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    Fly.io
    @flydotio
    Jan 11, 2022
    New feature: drama free account deactivation. Yes, that's a feature. We don't want your money unless you want to give us your money. A low-drama exit will help us both heal. It's probably not you, it's us. etc. fly.io/blog/self-serv…
    Dear John comic. "I'm so sorry, I can't do this anymore."
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    @mdbaroo
    Dec 14, 2021
    A “why not both” gif would work perfectly here.
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    Fly.io
    @flydotio
    Dec 14, 2021
    Print this color page, give it to your kids, and tell 'em to deploy their full stack apps on Fly.io. #Marketing (Or – don't give it to your kids. @Annie55744704 sez coloring is self care)
    A coloring page with hot chocolate, cookies, and bird creatures oppressing marshmallows.

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