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Oli Peate
@olipeate
Software developer working with Ruby, Swift, Go and Javascript.
London
oliverpeate.com
Joined July 2009
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    Oli Peate
    @olipeate
    Jul 15, 2023
    I’m sold that startups / small businesses are the most fun for writing software. A startup doesn’t mean you should write YOLO garbage. Quality matters – but you can create without endless meetings, novel-length requirement docs and cross-team dependencies.
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    Oli Peate
    @olipeate
    Feb 16, 2023
    Gave a talk today and IMMEDIATELY had the driest mouth. A desert appeared from no where. Couldn’t find the mute button mid-pres to sip (damn you Zoom!) New (mild) nightmare unlocked
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    Oli Peate
    @olipeate
    Aug 11, 2022
    Using private ActiveRecord models, as a precursor to engines, is a really elegant technique: kellysutton.com/2019/10/29/tam… - thanks @KellySutton
    kellysutton.com
    Taming Large Rails Applications with Private ActiveRecord Models
    Let’s do some weird stuff with Rails to make our applications more maintainable.
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    Oli Peate
    @olipeate
    May 19, 2022
    Next month I’m riding from London to Brighton 🚲 and fundraising for the British Heart Foundation ❤️. Donations welcome:
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    Oli's London to Brighton ride for BHF
    From justgiving.com
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    Oli Peate
    @olipeate
    Mar 25, 2022
    Petitioning @github to add chef-kiss to their supported emojis
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    Laurie
    @laurieontech
    Nov 11, 2021
    Normalize positive comments on PR reviews!

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